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| * [[http://www.highz-malta.com/|Signals from the Deep Past, Unveiling early cosmic structures]], Malta, 18-22 July 2016. Registration DL: '''30 April 2016''' * [[http://chiantitopics.it|Chianti Workshop 2016: Use of small telescopes in the giant era]] San Donato in Poggio, Firenze (Italy) 11-13 May 2016. Organized by INAF, ESO, UC Davis, University of Florence. "It is not so much time that 8 m class telescopes are on duty and there are projects to build 30-40 m aperture telescopes. In this realm inhabited by such giants is still there need for small (less than 2 m) telescopes?". Registration DL : '''30 April 2016''' |
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| * [[http://chiantitopics.it|Chianti Workshop 2016: Use of small telescopes in the giant era]] San Donato in Poggio, Firenze (Italy) 11-13 May 2016. Organized by INAF, ESO, UC Davis, University of Florence. "It is not so much time that 8 m class telescopes are on duty and there are projects to build 30-40 m aperture telescopes. In this realm inhabited by such giants is still there need for small (less than 2 m) telescopes?". Registration DL : '''30 April 2016''' | |
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| * [[http://eventi.na.astro.it/en/scuola-lucchin/|PhD School F. Lucchin]], Napoli, Italy, 23-27 May 2016. Main topics: Novelty and Rarity of Stellar Explosions (chairs E. Cappellaro and M. Della Valle), Cosmology with Large Surveys (chair M. Viel). Early registration DL : '''15 April 2016''' * [[http://www.cifs-isss.org/|Ground and space-based instruments for future research in Solar-Terrestrial physics]], in L’Aquila (Italy) 6-10 June 2016. Organized by the International School of Space Science of the Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale at the Gran Sasso Science Institute. Applications DL : '''27 March 2016''' |
* [[http://eventi.na.astro.it/en/scuola-lucchin/|PhD School F. Lucchin]], Napoli, Italy, 23-27 May 2016. Main topics: Novelty and Rarity of Stellar Explosions (chairs E. Cappellaro and M. Della Valle), Cosmology with Large Surveys (chair M. Viel). |
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| * Postdoctoral position at Purdue University with Kyoung-Soo Lee on a broad range of topics including spectroscopic and photometric properties of field and protocluster galaxies at high redshift. DL is 29 Feb 2016, but late applications will be accepted until the position is filled. [[https://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=53501|More info]]. |
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Contents
Conferences and workshops...
...with abstract submission still open
Shining from the heart of darkness: black hole accretion and jets, Kathmandu, Nepal, 16-21 October 2016. The conference will be focused on the discussion of accretion physics and the mechanisms of jet launching and evolution in Galactic and extragalactic black hole systems (major observational and theoretical results). Abstract DL : 31 July 2016.
BRITE-Constellation Science Conference: small satellites - big science. Innsbruck, Austria, 22-26 Aug 2016. Abstract DL : 15 June 2016
The galaxy life-cycle. From activity to quiescence, and back, across cosmic times. Organized by Excellence Cluster Universe and the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics at Venice, Italy, 24-28 October 2016. Abstract DL : 31 May 2016.
The Milky Way and its environment: gaining insights into the drivers of galaxy formation and evolution. International workshop held at IAP, Paris (France), 19-23 Sept 2016. Abstract DL : 15 May 2016.
From Wall to Web, conference on the IGM held at the Harnack House in Berlin (Germany), 24-29 July 2016. Early registration is highly recommended. Abstract DL : 30 April 2016.
Hidden Monsters: Obscured AGN and Connections to Galaxy Evolution in the Era of NuSTAR and WISE Hanover, NH, USA on 8-12 Aug 2016. A workshop bringing together observers and theorists to discuss the physical nature and cosmological importance of obscured AGN. Abstract DL : 22 Apr 2016
... abstract submission closed/not expected
Workshop on the next decade of Chandra observations, Cambridge (USA), 16-19 August 2016.
Dark Matter 2016: from the smallest to the largest scales. Santander (Spain) 27 June - 1 July 2016.
Star Formation in Different Environment, Quy Nhon, Vietnam, 25-29 July 2016. Organized by NAOJ and EAO. Registration DL : 3 July 2016.
Illuminating the Dark Ages: Quasars and Galaxies in the Reionization Epoch, MPIA Summer Conference 2016. Heidelberg, Germany, 27 June - 1 July 2016.
JWST @ Royal Observatory of Edinburgh Edinburgh, 4-7 July 2016.
Workshop on the 1st GAIA release at ESAC, Madrid, Spain, 2-4 Nov 2016. If you are interested in the exploitation of Gaia data.
Crossing the Rubicon: the fate of gas flows in galaxies, Santarcangelo di Romagna (Italy), 5-9 Sept 2016. Registration DL : 15 July 2016.
Active Galactic Nuclei: What's in a name? ESO Garching bei München, Germany, 27 June - 1 July 2016. Registration DL : 6 June 2016
European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences (EWASS), Athens, Greece, 4-8 July 2016. This is the premier annual astronomy conference in Europe, organized by the European Astronomical Society (EAS), consisting of 17 symposia and 12 special sessions on many topics (among the others: MUSE First Year Science and Beyond). Early registration DL : 30 April 2016.
Signals from the Deep Past, Unveiling early cosmic structures, Malta, 18-22 July 2016. Registration DL: 30 April 2016
Chianti Workshop 2016: Use of small telescopes in the giant era San Donato in Poggio, Firenze (Italy) 11-13 May 2016. Organized by INAF, ESO, UC Davis, University of Florence. "It is not so much time that 8 m class telescopes are on duty and there are projects to build 30-40 m aperture telescopes. In this realm inhabited by such giants is still there need for small (less than 2 m) telescopes?". Registration DL : 30 April 2016
Discs in Galaxies, ESO, Garching (Germany) 11-15 July 2016. The aim of this Joint international conference is to explore the importance of stellar and gaseous discs in a variety of galaxies from high redshift to the Milky Way in the context of exciting new observations and numerical simulations. Early registration closes on 29 April. Early registration DL : 29 April 2016.
Cosmic dawn of galaxy formation: linking observations and theory with new-generation spectral models IAP Paris, 20-24 June 2016. Early registration DL : 15 April 2016
Workshop "High-resolution X-ray spectroscopic software and tools" 12-13 May 2016. Registration DL: 14 Apr 2016.
Star Clusters: from Infancy to Teenagehood, Heidelberg, Germany, 8-12 August 2016. Early registration DL : 15 June 2016
XMM-Newton: The Next Decade 9-11 May 2016. Registration DL : 14 Apr 2016
A series of workshops at the Munich Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics (MIAPP) This is the 2017 programme, but the registration DL is quite early this year. Each workshop typically consists of regular seminars, but leaves much time for collaborations and informal discussions. Registrations for 2016 MIAPP Workshops are closed, but you can contact the organizers (info@munich-iapp.de) to know if spaces are still available.
PhD schools
III Krome School on Computational Astrochemistry, Arcetri, Firenze (Italy), 19-21 September 2016.
The Data Incubator An 8 week (from 6 June 29 July) fellowship for people interested in entering data science industry. It's in the US, but it's open to everyone, there's no fees, and there's the possibility of attending remotely.
PhD School F. Lucchin, Napoli, Italy, 23-27 May 2016. Main topics: Novelty and Rarity of Stellar Explosions (chairs E. Cappellaro and M. Della Valle), Cosmology with Large Surveys (chair M. Viel).
ADA8 Summer School, Chania, Crete (Greece), 22-24 May 2016. This is a summer school on Astronomical Data Analysis that will take place just before the COSMO21 conference (see above), at the same venue and the COSMO21 registration includes the possibility to participate in the ADA8 Summer School.
Telescope time and other science proposals
Spitzer Space Telescope Cycle-13 Call for Proposals - DL : 8 June 2016 (4:00 PM PDT)
TNG and REM telescope, call for proposal with DL 16 May 2016
Funding and grants
Bilateral France-Iran - travel money. DL: 23 June 2016.
France-Netherland collaborations, travel money. DL : 15 June 2016.
Bilateral France-Poland travel money. DL : 3 June 2016
Bilateral France-Switzerland - travel money. DL : 1 May 2016
L'Oreal-UNESCO prizes for women in science. 15+15 grants for female PhD students and postdocs.
Job offers
Postdoc within Tsvi Piran's project (ERC funded), to work on Relativistic Transients - Mergers, TDEs and GRBs at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). More info here.
The MAP (Multi-messenger Approach for Astro-Particle Physics) research group at the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC) in Barcelona(Spain) is offering 2 post-doctoral positions. One such position is dedicated to theoretical studies, whereas the other will be observationally-oriented. For info about the group see: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/map
- 3 year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to work at
Universidad de Chile in any field of quasar/GRB-afterglow absorption-line studies. The complete ad is attached below and can also be found on the AAS Job Register.
PhD student position at the Geneva observatory, working with Pascal Oesch on very high redshift galaxies. More info here.
FONDECYT postdoctoral fellowships in Astrophysics at the Department of Physics at Universidad Andres Bello (Chile). More info here
PhD position in (experimental or theoretical)cosmology or particle astrophysics at the Stokholm University.
Argos postdoc position on adaptive optics.
Two generic postdoc positions at IAC (Tenerife, Spain). There is no "a priori" research field for this offert. Application DL : 31 May 2016.
Useful links
List of international meetings (CADC)
Call of Proposals webpages of the principal Observatories