Exciting Opportunity for Aspiring Space Biologists!
We are thrilled to announce the ESA Space Omics Hackathon, an event designed to push the boundaries of space biology and omics research in alignment with the ESA HRE Exploration 2040 Strategy. If you’re a Master or PhD student in the biological sciences, this is your chance to make a significant impact in the field of space exploration!
Key Topics: Reproducibility and Open Science in Space Omics Space Multi-omics and Data Integration Meaningful Experiment Design for Space Biology Applied Space Biology Research Bioengineering and Synthetic Biology – Making Space Exploration Sustainable
How to Participate: Apply through the OSIP platform. Registration is open from June 10th to July 10th at ideas.esa.int.
Who Can Participate? We are looking for Master/PhD students from biology fields. The scientific institution for which the coordinator of a proposal is working must be located in one of the ESA member or associated member states.
Prizes: First Place: An online internship with NASA GeneLab! Top Three Winners: ESA’s support for an open publication, a tour of the ESA European Astronaut Centre (EAC), an opportunity to present at NASA-GeneLab Multi-omics Working Group online, and an ESA goodie bag.
Our Goal: The ESA Space Omics Hackathon aims to encourage scientists to explore the field of space biology, promote open science, and foster community engagement, especially among early career scientists. Together, we can identify new applications for omics methodology in space biology.
Join us in this unique journey to advance space science and contribute to the future of space exploration!
Tagging some colleagues in Europe who may not have heard of this ESA Space Omics hackathong. Are you interested? Know students/others who may be interested? I don’t believe anyone below was tagged prior .
This sounds like an EXCELLENT event. Cheers ESA SciSpacE @rodrigo.coutinhodeal et al!
Hi Abraham, just a correction, to participate in the hackathon you don’t have to be a citizen of an ESA member state, you have to be enrolled or graduated less than 1 year ago, in European University/Institute.
The scientific University or institution for which the coordinator of a proposal is enrolled must be located in one of the ESA member or associated member states. However, for co-applicants this rule doesn’t apply.
So teams can have students from non-ESA member as long as the coordinator is a Master or PhD student from ESA member. Not nationality but a student.
Please check citizens of countries mentioned on this NASA published listthey are not able to participate in the Hackathon.
Exciting Opportunity for Aspiring Space Biologists! 
Reproducibility and Open Science in Space Omics
First Place: An online internship with NASA GeneLab!
Top Three Winners: ESA’s support for an open publication, a tour of the ESA European Astronaut Centre (EAC), an opportunity to present at NASA-GeneLab Multi-omics Working Group online, and an ESA goodie bag.
.
