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Wednesday, 10/21/2015  12:10 - 1:00 p.m.



Albert B. Alkek Bldg., Room N311

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 a currently ongoing flight study on the International Space Station involving a set of identical twin astronauts, namely Scott and Mark Kelly.

*        Dr. Scott will also discuss the use of personalized medicine approaches to better enable a future flyby mission of the red planet, as proposed by the Inspiration Mars Foundation.

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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