Time: December 15th, 2020  15:00
Venue: Zoom, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81421451290（ID: 81421451290; Passcode: 520880）

The virtual  symposium,  entitled  “Chemistry  and  Biology  in  Extraterrestrial  Space”, is organized by MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, the  Department  of  Chemistry, Tsinghua  University, Qian  Xuesen  Collaborative  Research Center of Astrochemistryand SpaceLife Sciences,  and Special Committee on the Origin and Evolution of Life. The symposium focuses on recent advances in origins of life, biochemical evolution, in-situ resource utilization, and new detection methods for chemical analysis in outer space. We have eight speakers and two sessions, hold on Dec. 15th, 15:00-17:40 and Dec. 16th, 9:00-11:40 (Beijing time). Four speakers abroad include Prof. Hikaru Yabuta from Hiroshima University (Japan), Dr.    Andreas Riedo from Bern University (Switzerland), Dr.   Ziwei Liu from MRC–Laboratory of Molecular Biology (United Kingdom), and Prof. Ulrich Müller from UC San Diego (United States).  The four    speakers from China include Prof. Wei Yao from Qian Xuesen Laboratory, Prof. Ting Zhu from Tsinghua University, Prof. Yan Qiao from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Prof. Yufen Zhao from Ningbo University, Xiamen  University, and  Tsinghua  University. Through  the  symposium we  hope  to  foster interactions  and  collaborations on  astrochemistry  and  astrobiology amongst  scholars  from Tsinghua and other national or international institutions.