Dear SEA colleagues,

for students and young postdocs interested on early Earth geochemistry, prebiotic environments, the formation of energy gradients, molecular complexity, the formation of polymers and the gain of functions, origin of metabolisms, and emergence of supramolecular complexes and protocells:

   XXI International Summer School of Astrobiology ‘Josep Comas i Solà’:
   Origins to Organisms: Understanding Life’s Beginnings

   7-11 July 2015
   Santander, Spain

   https://cab.inta-csic.es/uimp/uimp-2025/

This year the lecturers will be:

+ Laurie Barge <laura.m.barge@jpl.nasa.gov>,
  https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/barge/

+ Greg Fournier <g4nier@mit.edu>,
  https://eaps.mit.edu/people/faculty/gregory-fournier/
  http://fournierlab.scripts.mit.edu/web/

+ Klára Hlouchová <klara.hlouchova@natur.cuni.cz>,
  https://khlab.org/

+ Matthew Powner <matthew.powner@ucl.ac.uk>,
  https://pownerlab.com/

There are five ESA grants (for ESA nationals in European institutions) and seven UIMP-INTA grants (for EU nationals studying in EU). Most of the details and links are in the website, but if you want to apply for either or both scholarships, please send an email to José A. Caballero (caballero@cab.inta-csic.es) and he will answer you with additional instructions. There are also grants for young researchers in the USA (follow the indications in the webpage) or you can also register by yourself.

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE AMONG ANYONE INTERESTED.

Santander in July is one of the best places of the planet.

Jose

http://exoterrae.eu