Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015

Session information

International Session (Oral)

Symbol B (Biogeosciences) » B-AO Astrobiology & the Origin of Life

[B-AO01] Astrobiology: Origins, Evolution, Distribution of Life

Thu. May 28, 2015 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM 105 (1F)

Convener:*Kensei Kobayashi(Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University), Akihiko Yamagishi(Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Department of Molecular Biology), Masatoshi Ohishi(Astronomy Data Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Eiichi Tajika(Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo), Takeshi Kakegawa(Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University), Shigeru Ida(Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Chair:Masatoshi Ohishi(Astronomy Data Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Motohide Tamura(The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science)

Astrobiology is a new interdisciplinary science field that intends to address the origins, evolution, distribution and destiny of life on Earth and elsewhere in the universe. In this session, every topic of Astrobiology will be discussed, including cosmic evolution, primitive Earth environments and origins of life, coevolution of life and Earth, life in extreme environments, etc.

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

*Kensei KOBAYASHI1, Yoko KEBUKAWA2, Takeo KANEKO2, Hajime MITA3, Yoshitaka BESSHO4, Kazumichi NAKAGAWA5, Hiromi SHIBATA6, Eiichi IMAI7, Jun-ichi TAKAHASHI6, Yukihiro ISHIBASHI8, Kyoko OKUDAIRA9, Hajime YANO10, Hirofumi HASHIMOTO10, Shin-ichi YOKOBORI11, Akihiko YAMAGISHI12 (1.Yokohama National University / Natl. Inst. Natural Sciences, 2.Yokohama National University, 3.Fukuoka Institute of Technology, 4.RIKEN SPring8, 5.Kobe University, 6.Osaka University, 7.Nagaoka University of Technology, 8.Kyushu University, 9.University of Aizu, 10.JAXA/ISAS, 11.Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 12.Tokyou University of Pharmacy and Life Science / NINS)