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This message is being sent to you courtesy of BCM Center for Space Medicine
Date, Time:
Location:
Tuesday, 04/05/2016 12:10p - 1:00 p.m.
Kleberg Auditorium
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Speaker:
Graham B.I. Scott, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and
Center for Space Medicine
Vice President, Chief Scientist & Institute Associate Director
National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI)
Lecture.Title:
Astro-Omics as a First Step to Deploying Precision Medicine in Space
Learning Objectives:
* Describe NSBRI / BCM / NASA driven Astro-Omics projects, with particular emphasis on the NSBRI/NASA funded Twins Study.
* Discuss the pernicious space radiation environment, from the perspective of individual vulnerabilities - including sex-based differences between male and female astronauts.
* Anchor the use of personalized medicine, including mitigating the health effects of space radiation, to the future exploration of deep space such as a Mars Flyby mission.
Please contact me if you need additional information about this elective.
Nancy Gibbins
Center for Space Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
713-798-7639
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