| ORIGINS TO ORGANISMS: UNDERSTANDING LIFE'S BEGINNINGS DATES: JULY 7-11, 2025
Essential questions in Astrobiology include: What is life? How and why did life emerge? Does life exist or has it existed in places beyond the Earth? Is life a necessary consequence of the physical and chemical evolution of planets? What are the conditions for life to emerge and adapt to environmental changes? Just over a century ago, “The Origin of Life” (1925), by A.I. Oparin, revolutionized the approach to the study of life's origins. Thus, the XXI International Summer School in Astrobiology “Josep Comas I Solá” in 2025 is devoted to understanding life’s beginnings and the planetary context for life's origin and evolution.
For one week, four outstanding experts in the field (two American and two European) will lecture and guide discussion with 40 graduate students on key aspects of 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.
The Josep Comas i Solá Astrobiology School is a unique forum to foster and consolidate transatlantic relationships through science and culture. We hope you will join us!
DEADLINE REMINDERS: ESA Application Deadline: April 18, 2025 UIMP Application Deadline: April 25, 2025 US Application Deadline: April 28, 2025 | 
