UC Berkeley SETI Research Center

Daniel Czech is a postdoctoral scholar working on Breakthrough Listen's groundbreaking commensal SETI search, in collaboration with the SARAO team at the MeerKAT Radio Telescope in South Africa. In this video Daniel breaks down how a commensal search functions and what makes MeerKAT such a well suited tool for this type of survey. Follow us https://twitter.com/BerkeleySETI https://www.facebook.com/BerkeleySETI/ A Film by @BuddyTerry.

Kevin Lacker is a software engineer working with Breakthrough Listen. Lacker's work is focussed on coding algorithms that process and filter data collected from telescopes around the world. Lacker believes that as the field of SETI continues to advance, there is a growing demand for researchers who not only have a solid understanding of astronomy but who also possess computer software engineering skills. Follow us https://twitter.com/BerkeleySETI https://www.facebook.com/BerkeleySETI/ A Film by @ProducerBuddyTerry

Dave MacMahon is an expert in designing and building the cutting-edge digital instrumentation that powers our searches. Dave has built much of the equipment used in radio SETI searches on telescopes around the world, including for the Breakthrough Listen initiative at Parkes, Green Bank, and MeerKAT. In this video we explore what's involved in building a SETI receiver, and Dave muses about how the dinosaurs might have missed out on picking up alien signals. Follow us https://twitter.com/BerkeleySETI https://www.facebook.com/BerkeleySETI/ A Film by @BuddyTerry.

Vishal Gajjar is a radio astronomer working with the Breakthrough Listen Project and the SETI Institute. He conducts investigations at some of the world's leading facilities, including the Green Bank Telescope, LOFAR, and the Allen Telescope Array. In this interview Vishal talks about his studies of the dynamic region at the center of our galaxy. He describes how new algorithms and new approaches might help us find extreme astrophysical objects as well as signatures of extraterrestrial intelligence. Follow us https://twitter.com/BerkeleySETI https://www.facebook.com/BerkeleySETI/ A Film by @ProducerBuddyTerry

The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California is a 42 antenna array designed specifically for radio SETI - the detection of technosignatures from extraterrestrial life. But in 2011 the program's funding was cut short. This is the story of a team of researchers who have since revitalized the array and conduct daily SETI searches on site. The ATA and this film are made possible by generous donations from Franklin Antonio. Produced by: @Buddy Terry ​

The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California is a 42 antenna array designed specifically for radio SETI - the detection of technosignatures from extraterrestrial life. But in 2011 the program's funding was cut short. This is the story of a team of researchers who have since revitalized the array and conduct daily SETI searches on site. The ATA and this film are made possible by generous donations from Franklin Antonio. Produced by: @Buddy Terry ​

High School Student Searches for Aliens 👽

The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California is a 42 antenna array designed specifically for radio SETI - the detection of technosignatures from extraterrestrial life. But in 2011 the program's funding was cut short. This is the story of a team of researchers who have since revitalized the array and conduct daily SETI searches on site. The ATA and this film are made possible by generous donations from Franklin Antonio. A Film by @BuddyTerry. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: BerkeleySETI

Martin Rees | On the Future Prospects for Humanity | 14 / 22 | Life in the Universe 2021 The second Life in the Universe conference will take place from 22-24 November 2021 online. A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)

Heather Graham | Agnostic Biosignatures and Decision Trees for Life Detection | 20 / 22 | Life in the Universe 2021 The second Life in the Universe conference will take place from 22-24 November 2021 online. A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)

Self-organization and Catalysis in Coacervate Based Protocells | Tommasso Fraccia | 22 / 22 | Life in the Universe 2021 The second Life in the Universe conference will take place from 22-24 November 2021 online. A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)

Jason Wright | An Overview of Technosignatures | 21 / 22 | Life in the Universe 2021 A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)

David Grinspoon Venus and the Limits of Life on Rocky Worlds | 19 / 22 | Life in the Universe 2021 The second Life in the Universe conference will take place from 22-24 November 2021 online. A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)

Tim Goudge | Exploring the Record of Ancient Habitability on Mars | 18 / 22 | LITU The second Life in the Universe conference will take place from 22-24 November 2021 online. A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)

Frances Westall | Life in the Universe and Europe's Exploration Programme 17 / 22 | LITU The second Life in the Universe conference will take place from 22-24 November 2021 online. A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)

| 16 / 22 | Life in the Universe 2021 The second Life in the Universe conference will take place from 22-24 November 2021 online. A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)

Jonah Chioniere | The Role of Mass-Extinctions in Shaping Planetary Biodiversity | 15 / 22 | Life in the Universe 2021 The second Life in the Universe conference will take place from 22-24 November 2021 online. A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)

Dietrich Stout | Technology | 13 / 22 | Life in the Universe 2021 The second Life in the Universe conference will take place from 22-24 November 2021 online. A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)

Claudia Bonfio | The Role of Death in the Rise of Eukaryotes | 12 / 22 | Life in the Universe 2021 The second Life in the Universe conference will take place from 22-24 November 2021 online. A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)

SoRi La | The Role of Death in the Rise of Eukaryotes | 11 / 22 | Life in the Universe 2021 The second Life in the Universe conference will take place from 22-24 November 2021 online. A recording of the proceedings of the first conference is available on YouTube at Life in the Universe Symposium 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the South African Astronomical Observatory. This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the wide range of research which is aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of life in the universe. The conference is multi-disciplinary: it covers the search for technosignatures and biosignatures from the universe using telescopes, the space missions searching for life in the solar system, prebiotic chemistry in the universe and in the laboratory, the earliest life forms on Earth, genetics, mass extinctions, the coevolution of technology and intelligence and the future of humanity and the planet. The conference will follow a chronological narrative, from the formation of complex molecules in the universe through our earliest common ancestors to the appearance of advanced cognition and the possible future evolution of life on Earth. It emphasizes that we all derive from an earliest common ancestor and that we may not be unique in the universe, given the recent discovery of thousands of habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Scientific Organising Committee is Bernie Fanaroff (SARAO) (Co-Chair), Dave DeBoer (UC Berkeley) (Co-Chair), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto), Andrew Siemion (UC Berkeley), Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), Mike Garrett (Manchester), Pierre Durand (Witwatersrand), Jamie Drew (Breakthrough Initiatives) and Robert Blumenschine (PAST). Confirmed speakers include: Martin Rees (Cambridge) Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell) Shino Suzuki (JAXA) Steve Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Toronto) Eugene Koonin (National Centre for Biotech Information) William Martin (Dusseldorf) Jaganmoy Jodder (Witwatersrand) Jonah Chioniere (Witwatersrand) Arik Kershenbaum (Cambridge) Jim Green (NASA) Frances Westall (European Space Agency) Tim Goudge (UT Austin) David Grinspoon (Planetary Science Institute) Heather Graham (NASA) Jason Wright (Penn State) Daniel Czech (Berkeley) Dietrich Stout (Emory) Scott Hubbard (Stanford) Harry Attwater (Caltech) SoRi La (Witwatersrand) Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives)