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WHAT'S
NEW
2003
Summer Short Course, "Basic Biology for Engineers"
A new course
designed to emphasize the principles of biology for the engineers
who design research equipment for the International Space Station
will be presented August 11-16, 2003 at the NASA Ames Research Center.
August
18, 2003 Special
Technology Seminar
A special seminar on Monday, August 18, 2003,
from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. will offer a glimpse at new “lab-on-a-chip” technology. Ms. Lisa Monaco,
Lab-on-a-Chip Project Scientist at the Marshall Space Flight Center, will present “Lab-on-a-Chip
Technology for Macromolecular Crystal Growth and Other Space Science Applications” in the
Lecture Hall, Center for Advanced Space Studies, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard at Middlebrook Drive.
A Question and Answer Session from 11:00 to 11:45 a.m. will follow the seminar for the discussion
of opportunities to use this technology and for the exploration of research collaboration.
August
26, 2003 Aerospace Medicine Grand Rounds
Tuesday,
August 26, 2003, 8:00–9:00 a.m. (note new start time)
Russell T. Rayman, M.D.Executive Director of the Aerospace Medical
Association, will discuss “Operation Homecoming,” Aerospace Medicine
Grand Rounds, 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 26, 2003,
Lecture Hall, Center for Advanced Space Studies, 3600 Bay Area
Blvd. at Middlebrook Drive, Houston, Texas. Dr. Rayman will discuss
the repatriation of Vietnam prisoners-of-war, the plans for their
medical evaluation, and the medical problems of
their long-term captivity.
Credit for
Continuing Medical Education will be given for participation in
the Aerospace Medicine Ground Rounds.
August
28,
2003 Brown Bag Seminar
Esfandiar Behravesh, Ph.D., Universities Space Research Association,
Division of Space Life Sciences, will discuss his work with mutagenesis and
radiation biology
on Thursday, August 28, 2003 from noon to 1:00 in the Hess Room, Center
for Advanced Space Studies, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, Texas.
Future
Meetings, Workshops, and Conferences
12th
International Congress of Radiation Rsearch
August 17-22, 2003
Brisbane, Australia
3rd International Workshop
on Space Radiation Research and 15th Annual NASA Space Radiation Health
Investigators' Workshop
May 16-20, 2004
Port Jefferson, New York
Earth
and Space 2004
9th Biennial ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference on
Engineering, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments
March 7-10, 2004
Houston, Texas
Workshop
Proceedings
Proceedings
(pdf format) of the Second Biennial Space Human Factors Workshop
held January 23-24, 20002 at the Center for Advanced Space Studies,
Houston, Texas.
Proceedings
(pdf format) of the Bioastronautics Investigators' Workshop, held
January 17–19, 2001 in Galveston, Texas.
Video
Archive
Aerospace Medicine Grand Rounds presentations
(since April 25, 2000) are archived at this site and may be viewed
with RealPlayer.
"NASA's
Bioethics Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects," presented
by Paul Wolpe, Ph.D. is also archived at this site.
Last
updated:
August 15, 2003
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