2nd Australian
Space Biology Symposium
FURTHERING SPACE EXPLORATION & TREATING HUMAN DISEASES
FROM TOMORROW AND BEYOND

PIONEERING SPACE BIOLOGY INNOVATION

WELCOME to the
2nd Australian Space Biology Symposium
UTS in collaboration with Mayo Clinic is hosting ASBS 2020 to showcase and discuss the latest developments in space biology & medicine.
ASBS2020 will bring together the international research and industry community to bridge the gap between basic science and technology.
You will hear from a number of world-leading multidisciplinary group of experts about new biological experiments and advances in space research.
What we hope you may take away
Be inspired – exchanging ideas with colleagues
Build new collaborations – connect with old and new colleagues both in academia and industry
Create new ideas - identify new areas for your next research project
Build new bridges – it can be difficult to find the right partner, here you can start to find the best fit for your project ideas
Think further – what are the questions we haven’t asked? What is the next big discovery waiting in space biology?
Dream big – what would you like to see happen next, where do you see your work going?
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SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER 17th/ 2020
Sydney Time November 17th - [US EAST COAST TIME 7PM November 16th]
11:00am - 11:10am Dr. Joshua Chou - Welcome and Introduction to ASBS2020
11:10am - 11:20am Ingrid Marsh - Director Industry Development, Advanced Manufacturing &Space NSW Treasury
11:20am - 11:40am Mr. Hanjie Wu + 5 mins Q&A
Molecule Mechanism of Mechanical Force Unloading on Breast Cancer Cells
11:40am - 12:00pm Prof. Boris Martinac+ 5 mins Q&A
Mechanosensory transduction and its relevance for space biology
12:00pm - 12:20pm Prof. Anatoly Rozenfeld + 5 mins Q&A
Biologically relevant radiation monitoring for radiation shielding evaluation and
astronaut protection in the GCR environment
12:20pm - 12:30pm Dr. Joshua Chou session closing and post-session discussion/ Q&A
12:30pm - onwards Government Agencies presentations available online.
NOVEMBER 18th/ 2020
Sydney Time November 18th - [US EAST COAST TIME 7PM November 17th]
11:00am onwards Space Biology sessions available online
NOVEMBER 19th/ 2020
US EAST COAST Time November 18th - [SYDNEY TIME 5am – 6am November 19th]
01:00pm - 02:00pm Jack Miller [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]
Space radiation and its impact on human exploration of the solar system
02:00pm - 03:00pm Samrawit Gebre and Sylvain Costes
NASA Genelab: The NASA systems biology platform for space omics repository, analysis and visualzation
Sydney Time November 19th - [US EAST COAST TIME 7PM November 18th]
11:00am onwards Emerging Technologies and Space Business Industry sessions available online
NOVEMBER 20th/ 2020
US EAST COAST Time November 19th - [SYDNEY TIME 5am – 6am November 20th]
01:00pm - 02:00pm Space Tango LIVE session
US EAST COAST Time November 19th - [SYDNEY TIME 8am – 9am November 20th]
04:00pm - 05:00pm Blue Origin LIVE session
Sydney Time November 20th - [US EAST COAST Time 7pm – 7:30pm November 19th]
11:00am - 11:30am Closing of ASBS 2020
Government Agencies
Dr. Craig Kundrot | NASA Biological and Physical Sciences
Looking forward to next decade of space biology
Dr. Gordon Cable | Australian Space Agency |
Space Medicine and Life Sciences at the Australian Space Agency
Dr. Daniel Liang | CSIRO
Manufacturing material structures for shielding space radiation
Dr. Jason Dowling | CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
CSIRO and Space Life Sciences
Lisa Denzer & Dr. Jason Hatton | European Space Agency
ESA Space Biology - Basic, Applied & Commercial Research Opportunities
Space Biology & Technologies
Dr. Peta Bradbury | Curie Institute
The emerging role of Space in regulating the function of cell-cell junctions
Dr. Rowena Christiansen | University of Melbourne
Human reproduction in the space environment – challenges and conundrums
Dr. Alan Johnston | Villanova University
The AMSAT CubeSatSim: A functional model of a CubeSat satellite for education
Dr. Chad Kim | Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Irisin acts on osteocytes to enhance bone resorption via αV integrin receptor
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Singh | Mayo Clinic
Protecting the GI tract from radiation injury
Dr. Se-Jin Lee | Jackson Laboratory
Sending Mighty Mice to Space
Prof. Boris Martinac | Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Mechanosensory transduction and its relevance for space biology
Dr. Christine Mehner | Mayo Clinic
Studying human cells in space – from suborbital flight to CubeSats
Dr. Jack Miller | Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Space radiation and its impact on human exploration of the solar system
Dr. Cliff Rosen | Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Irisin: A mediator of osteoclast mediated bone resorption
Dr. Anatoly Rozenfeld | University of Wollongong
Biologically relevant radiation monitoring for radiation shielding evaluation and astronaut protection in the GCR environment
Hanjie Wu | University of Technology Sydney
The effects of microgravity on breast cancer function and mechanism
Dr. Abba Zubair | Mayo Clinic
Stem cells in space: Impact of microgravity on gene expression
Dr. Sylvain Costes & Dr. Sam Gebre | NASA Genelab
GeneLab: The NASA systems biology platform for space omics repository, analysis and visualization
Jackie Carpenter | One Giant Leap Australia Foundation
Seeds in space – What’ll happen to the wattle?
Space Business
Haruka Yoshie | Cellink |
3D Bioprinting in space? – 3D Bioprinting applications in Space Biology
Dr. Jason Held | Sabre Astronautics
Misaki Inoue | Mitsui Aerospace
Mitsui, the window for your space mission
Mac Kanazawa | Space BD
Utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) as the test bed for the future deep space habitation
Kieran Blair | Being Systems |
Parabolic (Microgravity) Flights in Australia
Mark Kugel | Yuri Microgravity
Microgravity Research for All
Mark Shumbera | Alpha Space
External Orbital Testing on MISSE: Materials, Electronics, Biology
Dr. Bill McLamb | Space Tango
Space Tango's autonomous cell culture capabilities for biofabrication and stem cell research applications in microgravity
Dr. Erika Wagner | Blue Origin
Research on Blue Origin’s New Shepard platform
Hilde Stenuit
ICE Cubes Service's focus on 3D cell culturing and biomanufacturing: from organs-on-a-chip to cellular agriculture in / through space
Alessandro Mariani | Kayser Italia
Biological experimentation in Space with the Bioreactor Express Service
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