Habitats across scales
Mon 19 May
|Doolally Taproom KOPA
From tiny cells to Himalayan peaks and the possibility of life beyond Earth. Join us for an evening exploring how life adapts, thrives, and evolves across diverse and extreme environments.
Time & Location
19 May 2025, 18:00 – 21:00
Doolally Taproom KOPA, 7 H.NO.3 + 4 / 2, , Village, Mundhwa Rd, Koregaon Park Annexe, Ghorpadi, Pune, Maharashtra 411001, India
About the event
Sudha Rajamani, IISER Pune : Earth: The cradle of life and the only home that we might ever know. Or, is it? A fundamental question in Astrobiology deals with delineating how life came about on our planet, the “Pale Blue Dot”! In this talk, I will outline our understanding on how the transition from chemistry to biology/non-life to life would have occurred on the early Earth, which also has implications for discerning whether there is life elsewhere in the universe. Carl Sagan once famously said: "Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known." Let’s get together to discuss these profound questions with far reaching implications.
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