Professor Joseph Borg has been invited to deliver an online talk alongside other principal investigators that hail from world leading centres such as NASA Ames Research Centre, NASA Johnson Space Centre, Stanford University and others involved in cutting edge research.
The theme ’Stem Cells in Space’ forms part of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
Space scientists, biologists and biomedical scientists have been studying the impact of space flight, and the exposure to microgravity and space radiation, on both cellular and systems physiology for decades. It is now well appreciated that the lack of gravity has degenerative effects on multiple systems including the musculo-skeletal and haematopoietic systems as well as impacting the nervous system and cellular physiology in general.
Thus, the recent study of stem cells in microgravity has “taken off” to help understand these effects, how they may be counteracted, what role stem cells play, and potential terrestrial applications of the results.
The talks will take a closer look at the study of stem and progenitor cells in space across different systems to understand the latest research and its impact. The events are scheduled to take place on 9, 17, 23 November and 1 December 2021.
Registration is now open and may be accessed .
Professor Borg forms part of the multi-omics working group at NASA Gene Lab, collaborates in the analysis of blood parameters for various missions sent to space and back for both human and animal models and is also leading Project Maleth and its mission studying human skin microbiome samples from diabetic foot ulcers. Project Maleth is taking place at the laboratories of the University of Malta, and at the International Space Station orbiting laboratory.
