Prof. Shogo Tachibana gave an invited talk on Ryugu and Bennu at the symposium “Life in Universe: Diversity in the building blocks, environments, and biological functions” at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan from November 26 (Wed.) to 29 (Fri.), 2024.
For details, please refer to the following URL.
https://pub.confit.atlas.jp/ja/event/mbsj2024/session/2R901-06
On Saturday, November 9, 2024, Professor Shogo Tachibana of UTOPS gave a space science class to the 6th graders of Nakamura Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo.
While reviewing and continuing the stories about Ryugu and Hayabusa2 told to the 5th graders in each class, Professor Tachibana answered questions about the space and the Earth that had been asked in advance.
Please refer to the following URL 「宇宙のお話」 for the scenes of the day.
Dr. George Cody, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Science, visited UTOPS and gave lectures “The Ancient and complex history recorded in organic solids in meteorites, and why this is important!” (introductory) and “Complexity in primitive chondrite heating and fluid chemical histories: a potentially unrealized major complexity” (advanced).
He talked about the importance and what we can learn about extraterrestrial organic materials.
(2024.11.1)
