Astrobiology and Space Biotechnology Research at the Chinese State Key Laboratory

Join a seminar exploring cutting-edge research from the Astrobiology Research Group at China's State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences. Discover how this newly established group advances astrobiology research in China while fostering international collaborations through Macau's East-West connections. Learn about expeditions to extreme environments including hydrothermal sites, deep-sea brines, and hypersaline locations as terrestrial analogues for Mars and the Icy moons of the Outer Solar System. Examine the isolation and characterization of novel microorganisms from these sites, their potential applications, and insights from exposure-based experiments for in situ resource utilization (ISRU) in space exploration. Explore the development of computational tools in Macau that help analyze big data in microbiology, identify knowledge gaps, and facilitate new discoveries in the field of astrobiology and space biotechnology.