| Time |
Speaker |
Subject / Title |
| 09:15 |
Dr. J. van Loon (DESC, NL) |
Welcome |
| 9:20 Introduction |
Prof.dr. E.H. Burger (ACTA-VU, Amsterdam, NL) |
Microgravity research in Europe, past performance and new challenges. (abstract) |
| Gravity on a Molecular Level |
| Chair: |
Dr. H. van Mil (TU-Delft, NL) |
|
| 09:35 |
Dr. J. Tabony (C.E.A. Grenoble, F) |
Microtubule self-organisation depends upon gravity. (abstract) |
| 10:00 |
Prof.dr. G. Köhler (ASM, Univ. Vienna, AU) |
Effects of gravity on molecular self-assembly. (abstract) |
| Ground Research Projects |
| Chair: |
Prof.dr. H. van den Ende (Univ. of Amsterdam, NL) |
|
| 10:20 |
J. Oldenhof (Univ. of Amsterdam, NL) |
Effect of red and blue light on the timing of cell division in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (abstract) |
| 10:35 |
Dr. J.P. Veldhuijzen (Free University Amsterdam, NL) |
Simulated microgravity on the Random Positioning Machine and the responses of isolated fetal mouse long bones. (abstract) |
| 10:50 |
J. Maroothynaden (Imp. College, London, UK) |
Bioactive glass stimulation of embryonic bone mineralisation in simulated micro-gravity conditions. (abstract) |
| 11:05 |
Vermaelen K.Y. (Univ. Gent, B) |
Effect of simulated microgravity on dendritic cell migration and maturation. (abstract) |
| 11:20 |
Coffee |
|
| Animal Hypergravity Research |
| Chair: |
Dr. J. van Loon (DESC, NL) |
Short introduction. |
| 11:45 |
Dr. R. Wubbels (AMC-Univ. of Amsterdam, NL) |
The vestibulo-oculomotor reflex of hypergravity rats. (abstract) |
| 12:00 |
Dr. N. Bravenboer (Hospital Free University Amsterdam, NL) |
The consequences of long term exposure to hypergravity for bone mass in rats. (abstract) |
| 12:15 |
Dr. F. v. Nieuwenhoven (U. Maastricht, NL) |
Chronic hypergravity increases the content of heat shock protein HSP70 in skeletal muscle of rats. (abstract) |
| 12:30 |
Dr. R. Bank (TNO Leiden, NL) |
Post-translational chemistry of collagen type I in tail tendon and compact bone of hypergravity and normal rats. (abstract) |
| 12:45 |
E. Tanck (Univ. Nijmegen, NL) |
Trabecular bone architecture in the rat, normally and after long-term exposure to 2.5 hypergravity. (abstract) |
| 13:00 |
M. de Jong (EUR) |
Preliminary findings on rat hearts submitted to prolonged hypergravity. (abstract) |
| 13:15 |
Dr. D. Schmitt (ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL) |
ESA activities in animal research. |
| 13:30 |
Lunch |
|
| New Projects |
| Chair: |
Dr. M. Heppener (ESA/ESTEC) |
|
| 14:30 |
Dr. J. Klein Nulend (ACTA-Free University Amsterdam, NL) |
Microgravity and bone cell mechanosensitivity. (abstract) |
| 14:50 |
Dr. P. Ehrenfreund (Univ. Leiden, NL) |
Evolution of organic matter in space – International Space Station ISS (abstract) |
| 15:10 |
Dr. G. Verbist (Shell, Amsterdam, NL) |
Hydrodynamics of wet foams. (abstract) |
| 15:30 |
Dr. W. Vassen (Free University Amsterdam, NL) |
A Helium fountain clock. (abstract) |
| 15:50 |
Tea |
|
| Flight / Ground Data |
| Chair: |
Ir. D. de Hoop (NIVR, Delft, NL) |
|
| 16:10 |
Dr. E. Groen (TNO, Soesterberg, NL) |
Ground-based simulation of space motion sickness. (abstract) |
| 16:25 |
Dr. Lambert Charles A. (Univ. Liege, B) |
Modulation of mechanotransduction by gravitational forces: microgravity induced expression of Interleukin-6 mRNA in human dermal fibroblasts. (abstract) |
| Programmatic Issues |
| Chair: |
Ir. D. de Hoop (NIVR, NL) |
|
| 16:40 |
Dr. M. Heppener (ESA/ESTEC, NL) |
Space Station utilization, life and physical sciences. |
| 17:00 |
Dr. R. van Akker (Dutch Ministry of Education & Science) |
Dutch participation in the ESA microgravity program. |
| 17:20 |
Drinks |
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