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Date, Time & Location:

Wednesday, 04/15/2015   12:10 - 1:00 p.m.  DeBakey Classrooms M321, M323


Speaker:

Neal R. Pellis, Ph.D., Director, Division of Space Life Sciences
Universities Space Research Association


Lecture  Title:

Learning Objectives:

"Space Cell Biology: A Microcosm  of the Influence of Physical Forces on Life"


*       The rationale for cell based research in the Space Program

*       Role of physical forces in life processes

*       Cellular responses to microgravity and to mechanical forces

*       Conditions created by microgravity that influence cell function

*       Integration of observations in cells to tissue, system, organ, and organismal level



We encourage BCM students, faculty and staff to attend the CSM elective lecture series "Introduction to Human Space Exploration and Medicine."   Please contact me if you need additional information about this presentation.

Thank you,

Nancy Gibbins
Center for Space Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
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