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ExoClimesVII @exoclimes.bsky.social · Jul 5

ExoSLAM is done!!! 🔭🪐☄️The summer school has been a great success and we learned so much! Special thank you to the organizers, lecturers and of course participants for making it such a great time!! Onto ExoClimes! 💫🤩

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Dr Jake Taylor @astrojake.bsky.social · Jul 3

Kicking off with ExoSLAM hosted by former @oxoplanets.bsky.social member Dr Joost Wardenier, who is the chair of the summer school which focuses on exoplanet observations.

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Dr Jake Taylor @astrojake.bsky.social · Jul 3

Super excited to be attending ExoSLAM and ExoClimes VII (@exoclimes.bsky.social) in Montreal exoclimes.org

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ExoClimesVII @exoclimes.bsky.social · Jul 3

The second edition of the exoSLAM summer school has officially begun!! ☄️🛸👽🧑‍🚀👩‍🚀👾

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ExoClimesVII @exoclimes.bsky.social · Jul 3

IT’S ALMOST TIME!!! 😍🤩 The badges and goodies have arrived and the fun kicks off with exoSLAM tomorrow!!

Can’t wait to see all of the exoSLAM participants tomorrow at Campus MIL to learn about some cool science 💫🔭🪐☄️🚀

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ExoClimesVII @exoclimes.bsky.social · Jun 16

Calling all ExoSLAM Participants 🚀🧑‍🎓📝 Our schedule is out for the second edition of the Summer school!! From July 3rd to the 5th we will be learning all about data reduction and analysis techniques for exoplanet atmospheric characterization! See the schedule here: exoclimes.org/exoslam/inde...

Exoclimes VII - ExoSLAMExoSLAM Schedule

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ExoClimesVII @exoclimes.bsky.social · Jun 12

🚨🚨🚨 Exoclimes Program is LIVE 🚨🚨🚨
Check out our website to see the list of speakers, the book of poster abstracts and the Exoclimes schedule!!! We have also released our list of ✨✨ invited speakers ✨✨. We have a theme every day! Check it out here: exoclimes.org/exoclimes_vi...

Exoclimes VII

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · Apr 22

Astronomers will keep pointing out to folks that the Roman telescope is *already built* and is being prepped for launch *next year* and I know we live in a stupid timeline but cancelling Roman at this point would be SO STUPID.

Dr. Amber Straughn (she/her) @astraughnomer.bsky.social · Apr 22

Took a little walk over to the giant #nasa Goddard cleanroom yesterday where the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is looking great 😎 It’s assembled and going through testing before its scheduled launch late next year! It will study dark energy, dark matter (ahem @pearljam.com), exoplanets & more!

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Eoin Brodie @elbrodie.bsky.social · Apr 11

US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18.
Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky

US Applicant Week

www.grad.ubc.ca

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Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social · Mar 16

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · Mar 14

🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️

www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs

As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.

www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca

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Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social · Feb 26

How were these clouds were able to survive on the dayside is still a mystery 🔍 to be demystified! (4/4)

Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social · Feb 26

Although we don't expect clouds on the scorching hot dayside of the planet, clouds can form on the permanent frigid nightside ☁️ and winds can carry them to the dayside! Our observations suggests that somehow, these clouds were able to survive the extremely hot environment on the dayside! (3/n)

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Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social · Feb 26

LTT 9779b is tidally locked to its host star, resulting in a permanent dayside blasted with stellar heat reaching close to 2000C 🔥 where we expect all forms of cloud to boil off!
Using the NIRISS instrument, we were able to measure starlight reflected off the dayside of the planet! (2/n)

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Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social · Feb 26

🚨New paper alert🚨!
Cloudy skies on the hot Neptune LTT 9779b using JWST NIRISS/SOSS lead by my colleague Louis-Philippe Coulombe!
By observing the exoplanet as it completes a journey around it's host star, we mapped out its temperature and cloud coverage across the globe!
shorturl.at/6FLH3

JWST Forecasts Partially Cloudy Skies on Ultra-Hot Neptune LTT 9779 b - Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets

Montréal, Canada—A team of researchers led by Louis-Philippe Coulombe, a graduate student at the Université de Montréal's Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx), has used the James Webb ...

exoplanetes.umontreal.ca

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Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social · Jan 24

🚨🚨🚨Last day to apply!!! 🚨🚨🚨

Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social · Dec 12

🚨 SPECIAL FIRST POST 🚨
Applications to @exoclimes.bsky.social (7-11 July, 2025 at @umontreal.ca) is now OPEN until Jan 24, 2025! Join us for a week of exciting talks on planetary atmospheres interspersed with ample opportunities to discuss and forge new collaborations! forms.gle/mpeZ3LXGoFb9...

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ExoClimesVII @exoclimes.bsky.social · Jan 16

Registration deadline for #ExoclimesVII is coming up!🚀 Make sure to submit your application before next Friday, January 24th! Fill out the google form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And make sure to check out our website for more information! exoclimes.org ☄️🔭🌌🪐

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Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social · Jan 17

🚨Only 1 week left to apply to Exoclimes VII in Montreal!!🚨

Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social · Dec 12

🚨 SPECIAL FIRST POST 🚨
Applications to @exoclimes.bsky.social (7-11 July, 2025 at @umontreal.ca) is now OPEN until Jan 24, 2025! Join us for a week of exciting talks on planetary atmospheres interspersed with ample opportunities to discuss and forge new collaborations! forms.gle/mpeZ3LXGoFb9...

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Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social · Dec 13

it is open to undergrads, with the caveat that the level will be aimed at new graduate student level!

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Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social · Dec 12

🚨 SPECIAL FIRST POST 🚨
Applications to @exoclimes.bsky.social (7-11 July, 2025 at @umontreal.ca) is now OPEN until Jan 24, 2025! Join us for a week of exciting talks on planetary atmospheres interspersed with ample opportunities to discuss and forge new collaborations! forms.gle/mpeZ3LXGoFb9...

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