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