This message is being sent to you courtesy of BCM Center for Space Medicine Date, Time & Location: Wednesday, 04/02/2014 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: Personalized Medicine: a 21st Century Countermeasure Against Becoming Lost in Space * Describe NSBRI / BCM / NASA driven Astro-Omics projects, as a first step towards employing personalized medicine in space. * Discuss the pernicious space radiation environment, from the perspective of individual vulnerabilities - including differences between male and female astronauts. * Anchor the use of personalized medicine, including mitigating the health effects of space radiation, to a future 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