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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	confirmed	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	confirmed	Prof. Marcos Díaz	University of Chile	Chile
3	14:05	Worms in Space: A Low-Cost, Compact Platform Supporting Biological Experiments	10	confirmed	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	confirmed	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. Gilbert Cauthorn	Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota	Japan
6	14:35	Science ENterprise to INform Exploration Limits (SENTINEL): The Value of Tissue Chips in Spaceflight	10	confirmed	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	confirmed	Dr. Cihan TAŞTAN	Üsküdar University	Türkiye
8	14:55	Microgravity Induces Differential Response to Rhinovirus Infection in Lung Cells	10	confirmed	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	confirmed	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	confirmed	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