AWG Workshop 2021 Agenda

Day 1: November 10th 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PT

Time

Session

Moderator/Presenter

10:00-10:10am

Opening Remarks

Sylvain Costes

10:10-10:50am

Keynote Presentation: Disentangling the impact of spaceflight on brain and heart by using spatial multi-omics approaches

Stefania Giacomello

10:50-11:40am

Presentation: Future of ML in Space Biology

Lauren Sanders

Presentation: Beyond LEO Payload Assessment

Sidney Sun

11:40am-12:40pm

Presentation: Of mice, worms and flies: Using model organisms to anticipate human skeletal muscle responses to spaceflight

Candice Tahimic

Presentation: Microbes AWG

David Danko

Presentation: Quantitative proteomic analysis of the medial prefrontal cortex of rats exposed to 15 cGy 600 MeV/n 28Si particles

Evagelia Laiakis

Presentation: Stress-related mutants may show an improved molecular response to spaceflight and Mars gravity level: An European contribution to ESA/NASA Seedling Growth Experiment

Aránzazu Manzano

12:40-1:10pm

Break

1:10-1:30pm

Presentation: Malta's first ever mission to the ISS

Joseph Borg

1:30-2:00pm

Optional: AWG Meet and Greet (Breakout Rooms)

The purpose of the GeneLab Analysis Working Groups (AWGs) is to optimize the processing of raw omics data from the GeneLab repository in order to maximize the gain of new knowledge from such complex datasets. If you are interested in learning more and/or joining the AWGs, please participate in this breakout section.

  • Animal
  • Plant
  • Microbes
  • Multi-Omics
  • ALSDA

 

Day 2: November 12th 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PT

Time

Session

Moderator/Presenter

10:00-10:10am

Opening Remarks

Jonathan Galazka

10:10-11:50am

Presentation: Immunity and Spaceflight: Considerations for Exploration Missions

Amber Paul

Presentation: Microorganisms in space(-relevant environments)

Christine Moissel-Eichinger

Presentation: Multi-omics AWG

Diego Galeano

Presentation: Plant Transcriptomes Across the Gravity Spectrum

Chris Wolverton

Presentation: Spaceflight Microbiology: Beyond the Cultures 

Sarah Wallace

11:50am-12:20pm

Break

12:20-12:50pm

Lightning Talks: Early Career Scientists

Presentation: Plant AWG

Parul Gupta

Presentation: Multimodal Spatial Transcriptomics

Sami Saarenpää

Presentation: Deep learning-based detection of antimicrobial resistance at the International Space Station

Pedro Madrigal

Presentation: Thin-Skinned: Multi-mission transcriptomic analysis indicates spaceflight-induced structural damage to skin

Henry Cope

Presentation: Re-Analysis of the CARA experiment using different representation learning models including deep learning-based approach

Alex DongHyeon Seo

Presentation: Alternative slicing aboard the International Space Station

Erik Hanschen

12:50-1:10pm

Presentation: Grants in realm of Space Biology/HRP

Parag Vaishampayan

Presentation: GL Trainings (GL4U and GL4HS)

Sigrid Reinsch

1:10-1:30pm

Presentation: Technology to measure muscle strength of C. elegans on the International Space Station

Siva Vanapalli

1:30-2:00pm

Optional: AWG Meet and Greet (Breakout Rooms)

The purpose of the GeneLab Analysis Working Groups (AWGs) is to optimize the processing of raw omics data from the GeneLab repository in order to maximize the gain of new knowledge from such complex datasets. If you are interested in learning more and/or joining the AWGs, please participate in this breakout section.

  • Animal
  • Plant
  • Microbes
  • Multi-Omics
  • ALSDA