{"688188":{"#nid":"688188","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ExplOrigins Colloquium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ExplOrigins early career group invites you to join the 2026 Exploration and Origins Colloquium! This colloquium will have events on two days: a poster session and social event on February 26th (4:30-8pm) and talks on February 27th (8:30am-3:15pm). We are thrilled to feature plenary talks by Dr. Danna Qasim from the Southwest Research Institute and Dr. Denis Bodewits from Auburn University, Alabama.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETalks and the poster session will be held in person at Georgia Tech, with a virtual viewing\/presenting option for talks. Our aim is to highlight early career projects that explore, conceptualize, celebrate, and discover pieces of space, life\u2019s origins, and astrobiology from any field in the Atlanta area. Through this colloquium, we hope to:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eforge relationships between diverse individuals of various fields, experience\u003Cbr\u003Elevels and backgrounds\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eexpand our internal awareness of local work and innovations\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eencourage collaboration and interdisciplinary understanding\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eprovide a professional growth opportunity for early career individuals including undergraduates, graduates, and post-docs\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s theme is \u201cLife on Ice: How Ices Shape Planets, Comets, and Origins.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfAd04-X_Ccy4jyDkYo7jqLUs79U5H4VaWI4yw4NvC_-5-cnQ\/viewform\u0022\u003ERegister here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLife on Ice: How Ices Shape Planets, Comets, and Origins\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u201cLife on Ice: How Ices Shape Planets, Comets, and Origins\u0022"}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2026-02-11 17:41:13","changed_gmt":"2026-02-11 17:42:33","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-02-27T08:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2026-02-27T15:15:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-02-27T15:15:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-02-27 13:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-02-27 20:15:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-02-27 20:15:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Marcus Nanotech 1117-1118","extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfAd04-X_Ccy4jyDkYo7jqLUs79U5H4VaWI4yw4NvC_-5-cnQ\/viewform","title":"Register here"},{"url":"https:\/\/astrobiology.gatech.edu\/exo\/","title":"More about Exploration and Origins"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"660370","name":"Space"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"189814","name":"go-researchevents"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ladepoju6@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELea Adepoju\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}