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大学共同利用機関法人 自然科学研究機構

基礎生物学研究所

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The 70th NIBB Conference/ABC International Symposium "Bridging Astronomy and Biology: Spectral Footprints of Life Beyond Earth"

Organizers Science Organizing Committee:
Kenji Takizawa (ABC / NIBB, NINS)
Masahiro Ikoma (ABC, NINS)
Teruyuki Hirano (ABC, NINS)
Takayuki Kotani (ABC, NINS)
Local Organizing Committee Chair:
Kiyoshi Tatematsu (NIBB)
Venue Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Japan
Date Nov. 9 – 11, 2026
Link オフィシャルサイト　（https://nibb-abc-conf70.nibb.ac.jp/）
Poster The 70th NIBB Conference/ABC International Symposium
Photosynthesis Across Scales: From Microscope to Telescope

Our planet’s surface environment is largely shaped by oxygen released through plant photosynthesis and by the vegetation that covers it. At the cellular level, microscopy reveals the pigments that drive photosynthesis and shape the reflection spectra of vegetation, whereas at the planetary level, telescopes can detect distinct yet related photosynthetic signatures in planetary reflection spectra across light-years. Together, these spectral signatures serve as crucial "biosignatures," indicators of life that could reveal its presence on exoplanets from vast interstellar distances.

Photosynthesis does not merely respond to its environment: It can also reshape a planet’s climate and atmospheric chemistry and take different forms under conditions far from Earth’s. Predicting how photosynthetic life and its host planets co-evolve across different environments, and how the resulting biosignatures might be detected through astronomical observations, is a monumental challenge. Addressing it requires cross-disciplinary collaboration (spanning biology, environmental science, planetary science, and astronomy) that breaks through traditional academic boundaries.

With "spectroscopy" as our unifying keyword, this conference brings together researchers across these disciplines, whether they look through a microscope or a telescope, to exchange ideas on photosynthesis and its planetary consequences, spanning scales from molecules to planets.
Program
Tentative Program

Day 1: 2026.11.9 (Mon)
12:00 - 13:00 Registration
12:00 - 13:00 Registration
13:00 - 13:05 Opening Remarks
TBA
   
Session 1 Astrobiology and Extraterrestrial Photosynthesis
Session 2 The Environments of Earth
Session 3 Photosynthesis: From the Microscopic to the Macroscopic
   
Mixer dinner
   
Day 2: 2026.11.10 (Tue)
Session 4 Remote sensing of Earth and Life
Session 5 Exoplanet Detection
   
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch along with Poster session
   
Afternoon Site visit to NIBB Trans-Scale Biology Center
Free time
   
Day 3: 2026.11.11 (Wed)
Session 6 Organisms’ Tolerance to Extreme Environments
Session 7 TBA
   
12:30 - 12:40 Closing Remarks
TBA
13:30 - Departure

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