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This message is being sent to you courtesy of BCM Center for Space Medicine
Date, Time & Location:
Wednesday, 10/02/2013 12:10p - 1:00 p.m.
Cullen 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:
"Towards Precision Space Medicine: Individual Responses to the Space Environment"
* Graham Scott will highlight individual differences and phenotypic variability observed in astronaut crew members during spaceflight, as well as in analog environments.
* He will also discuss current and future opportunities to employ modern -omics techniques, such as next generation sequencing, as a key component of space biomedical research.
* Particular mention will be made of an upcoming flight study on the International Space Station involving a set of identical twin astronauts, namely Scott and Mark Kelly.
* Dr. Scott will also touch on the planned use of personalized medicine approaches to better enable the upcoming Inspiration Mars mission that will involve a husband and wife couple.
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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