Starting from 2001, the European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) has organised each year in a different country associated to EANA the European Workshops on Astrobiology gathering together astrobiologists from all the world. This meeting, the 13th European Workshop on Astrobiology (EANA 13) continues this tradition, that is now arrived at its 13th edition. EANA 13, will take place in Szczecin, Poland from the 22th to the 25th of July. The organisers of EANA 13 on behalf of EANA are CASA*, the University of Szczecin and Commitee of Space Reserch PAS.

The list of main topics that will be the subject of EANA 13 is given below:

• Astrochemistry, interstellar medium
• Astrophysics, protoplanetary discs and planets
• Planetary habitability and exploration
• Macromolecules and models of prebiotic molecules
• Origin and evolution of life, extremophiles
• Rocks, fossils and meteorites
• Space technology, medicine and industry
• Miscellaneous subjects in astrobiology

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Artificial Life is an interdisciplinary undertaking that investigates the fundamental properties of living systems through the simulation and synthesis of biological entities and processes. It also attempts to design and build artificial systems that display properties of organisms, or societies of organisms, out of abiotic or virtual parts. ECAL, the European Conference on Artificial Life, is a biennial event that alternates with the US-based Alife conference series.

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The Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marseilles is an annual congress which has gathered high level experts in evolutionary biology since its creation in 1997.

If the congress was initially a local meeting, it quickly gained an important weight in the scientific life. Indeed, whereas the number of participants has been increasing, the geographical origin of the researchers has been diversifying and widening year by year.

Today, the Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marseilles has reached a worldwide dimension and plays a paramount role in the international scientific life: allowing the gathering of high level specialists, it encourages the exchange of ideas and stimulates the works of the researchers all through the world.

The following subjects will be discussed:

• Evolutionary biology concepts and modeling
• Biodiversity and Systematics
• Comparative genomics ans post-genomics (at all taxomic levels)
• Functional phylogeny
• Environment and biological evolution
• Origin of life and exobiology
• Non-adaptative versus adaptative evolution
• The "minor" phyla: their usefulness in evolutionary biology knowledge
• Convergent evolution
• Evolution of complex traits (Evo-Devo)

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