Workshop: Life Below Planetary Surfaces

The workshop “Life Below Planetary Surfaces” aims to cover the following subjects:

* The possible role of subsurface organisms in the emergence of life
* Hydrothermal systems
* Piezophiles
* Endoliths
* Life in caves
* Characterisation and detection methods for sub-surface extremophiles
* Metabolic strategies of extremophiles
* The quest for sub-surface life in ongoing and future space missions
* Remote sensing and machine learning in the search for subsurface life
* Possibility of life in subglacial oceans on other planets and moons