{"658200":{"#nid":"658200","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Yaszek, Brock to Serve on Panel Discussing Alien Life at AbSciCon 2022 in Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers are leading the charge for astrobiology\u0026rsquo;s largest national conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/lisa-yaszek\u0022\u003ELisa Yaszek\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/andre-brock\u0022\u003EAndr\u0026eacute; Brock\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the School of Literature, Media,\u0026nbsp;and Communication, will serve as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/we-discovered-alien-life-now-what-tickets-311041843527\u0022\u003Epart of a panel\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that will consider how the media and society would react if life besides our own is ever discovered. The panel is free and open to the public.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;ll explore how ideas about alien life have been represented in the media historically and how stories about alien encounters written by marginalized peoples might provide us with new ways of thinking about first contact with other cultures,\u0026rdquo; said Yaszek. \u0026ldquo;The liberal arts provides innovative, human-centered perspectives on science and technology. I hope the roundtables, film screenings, and public performances that we\u0026#39;ve scheduled will help scientists and artists alike think about the origins of life, here on Earth and elsewhere, from new and perhaps surprising perspectives.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbSciCon\u0026rsquo;s sessions are open exclusively to conference attendees. However, to include everyone interested in astrobiology, Yaszek and other members of the special programming committee\u0026nbsp;have also set up two additional events that are free to the public.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/martha-grover\u0022\u003EMartha Grover\u003C\/a\u003E, AbSciCon\u0026rsquo;s general chair and a professor and associate chair for graduate students in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, will\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-search-for-life-in-the-universe-with-your-students-no-cost-tickets-326102841377?utm_source=eventbrite\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_campaign=post_publish\u0026amp;utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail\u0022\u003Emoderate a discussion\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;about bringing astrobiology resources to K-12 students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe final public event is a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astrobiology.nasa.gov\/news\/abscicon-2022-open-public-events\/?utm_source=TWITTER\u0026amp;utm_medium=NASAAstrobio\u0026amp;utm_campaign=NASASocial\u0026amp;linkId=163022604\u0022\u003Eplenary address of Tracy Drain\u003C\/a\u003E, who received her master\u0026rsquo;s degree from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. Drain, a flight systems engineer at NASA\u0026rsquo;s Jet Propulsion Lab, works on deep space missions, including Juno, which is currently circling Jupiter.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 1,000 abstracts will be discussed during\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.agu.org\/AbSciCon\u0022\u003EAbSciCon 2022\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;May 15-20. The event takes place every two years, allowing experts to share their research, collaborate, and map the future of their field. AbSciCon, short for Astrobiology Science Conference, is hosted by NASA and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and will take place in downtown Atlanta for 2022.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s astrobiology community is uniquely positioned within higher education because of the Institute\u0026rsquo;s focus on breaking down silos within our research community,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/martha-grover\u0022\u003EGrover\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;We have the scientists to explore the origin and the potential of life on moons and planets, while our engineers can create the technology to launch and test.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead the full article on AbSciCon on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/evolution-astrobiology\u0022\u003ECollege of Engineering website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech to host NASA, AGU, and the nation\u2019s astrobiology community during renowned conference focused on the origins of life"}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2022-05-13 16:07:31","changed_gmt":"2022-05-13 17:56:02","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"658201":{"id":"658201","type":"image","title":"An Evolution of Astrobiology","body":null,"created":"1652458115","gmt_created":"2022-05-13 16:08:35","changed":"1652458115","gmt_changed":"2022-05-13 16:08:35","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249505","name":"abscicon header.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/abscicon%20header.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/abscicon%20header.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":233166,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/abscicon%20header.jpeg?itok=_rLCpSxW"}}},"media_ids":["658201"],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"12963","name":"AbSciCon"},{"id":"11021","name":"Lisa Yaszek"},{"id":"181530","name":"Andre Brock"},{"id":"2660","name":"events"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}