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    Event Details

    When: Thursday 26 November 2020 6:45 pm - 9:00 pm

    Admission: Admission Free

    Booking: No booking required (drop-in)

    This event will be held online: http://twitch.tv/sitp

    Event Information

    What is planetary protection? Is it even important? Because it sounds like it’s either an incredibly exciting space battle strategy from Independence Day or an exceedingly dull health and safety class that future generations will be subjected to. In reality it’s kind of both (except that thankfully it’s not from Independence Day). I’m a space scientist who recently finished my postdoc at NASA Ames Research Center, California, where I spent my time developing new ideas to help in the often-overlooked field of planetary protection. I’ll (hopefully) convince you of its importance for our continued exploration of the solar system and how it can even be applied to help solve some of our problems here on Earth.

    Jennifer Wadsworth is an astrobiologist who did her PhD at the University of Edinburgh and recently completed her postdoc at NASA Ames Research Center, California. She’s particularly interested in how microbes can survive extreme radiation environments… or not, as the case may be! She enjoys long walks on the beach, and subjecting bacteria to a plethora of lethal conditions. For science

    Watch online at twitch.tv/sitp

     

    We anticipate that Twitch or SitP may be new for some of you so we will have *early doors at 6:45* to welcome new attendees and answer any questions you may have.
    A useful guide to Twitch here: https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-twitch-4143337
    You don’t need a Twitch account to watch the talk only if you want to take part in the chat.
    You won’t need an account to ask questions in the Q&A though.
    More details on accessibility, inclusion and safety here: https://sitp.online/online-safety

    Contact Details

    Contact Email: publicengagement@glasgow.ac.uk

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About Explorathon ’20

Join us for an online, socially distanced programme of events from 23rd – 29th November 2020 celebrating research from Scotland as part of European Researchers’ Night.

Take part in debates, listen to presentations, try activities at home and much more besides, as we show that research is for all!

This project has received funding from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 955376.

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