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session 8

Title: Biology in Space
type: oral
Description: This session focuses on all aspects of biology and biological systems related to gravity in ground-based and space flight experiments as well as on topics not covered by other sessions of this symposium.
Date: 2025-10-03
Time: 13:45
Room: Room C4.11

IPC members

Co-Chair: Dr. Didier Chaput, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;
Co-Chair: Dr. Jancy C. McPhee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Johnson Space Center, United States;
Rapporteur: Dr. Marta Del Bianco, Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	13:45	Development of automated biosensor technologies for future biological research beyond low Earth orbit	10		Dr. Sergio Santa Maria	NASA Ames Research Center	United States
2	13:55	Evaluation of the Impact of Independent In-Space Testing of Payloads for Enhancing Reliability of Biology CubeSat Missions	10		Prof. Marcos Díaz	University of Chile	Chile
3	14:05	Worms in Space: A Low-Cost, Compact Platform Supporting Biological Experiments	10		Mr. Sedat Izcan	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom
4	14:15	Cambrian Defence & Space Suborbital Flight: Microgravity Research on DLR Sounding Rocket, Launched by Swedish Space Corporation, to Investigate Viability of Escherichia Coli K12, Saccharomyces Boulardii Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Post Launch	10		Ms. Tiffany Sharp		Australia
5	14:25	Computer Vision Enabled Analysis of Medicago truncatula in Microgravity and classrooms around the world (ExoLab 11 on the ISS)	10	confirmed	Mr. Theodore Tagami	Magnitude.io	United States
6	14:35	Science ENterprise to INform Exploration Limits (SENTINEL): The Value of Tissue Chips in Spaceflight	10		Dr. Rihana Bokhari	Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine	United States
7	14:45	Hypothetical LOC Genes as Biomarkers of Spaceflight Adaptation: A Comparative Study from ISS, Suborbital, and Earth-Based Experiments	10		Dr. Cihan TAŞTAN	Üsküdar University	Türkiye
8	14:55	Microgravity Induces Differential Response to Rhinovirus Infection in Lung Cells	10		Ms. Michaela Smith	University of Technology Sydney (UTS)	Australia
9	15:05	Microgravity Regulates Endothelial Cell Inflammation and Pyroptosis Through Metabolic Turnover Mediated by the SIRT3-PDH-NLRP3 Signaling Pathway	10		Dr. Min Jiang	Chinese PLA General Hospital	China
10	15:15	protein crystallization in microgravity: a systematic review and data-driven comparative analysis with earth-based studies	10		Mr. RAVITEJA DUGGINENI		Australia
11	15:25	Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis of Spaceflight-Induced Physiological Adaptations: Insights from Astronauts, the SOMA Initiative, and In-Flight Experiments	10	confirmed	Dr. JangKeun Kim	New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center	United States
12	15:35	Algae as a Feedstock for Space Crop Cultivation	10	confirmed	Mr. Dennis Terry Trevino	Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota	United States
13*	15:45	Developing Regenerative Biodiversity in Closed-Loop Space Environments through Coral reefs in Aquaponic systems	10		Mr. Girinath Anandhan		Lithuania
14*	15:45	Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter-Mediated Regulation of the SIRT3/GSK3β/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway in Microgravity-induced Vascular Remodeling	10		Dr. Min Jiang	Chinese PLA General Hospital	China