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Day 2 - Tuesday 17 November 2026

Time Title Speaker(s)
8.30 - 9.00 Coffee and arrivals

Spaceflight as a model of ageing
9.15 - 10.00 Ageing Beyond Earth Prof. Ghada Alsaleh
10.00 - 10.45 Microgravity as a Model of Accelerated Skeletal Muscle Ageing Prof. Malcom Jackson
10.45 - 11.00 Coffee break

Organ systems in spaceflight 
11.00 - 11.45 Preserving Brain Health During Human Spaceflight: Towards a Neuroadaptive Framework for Deep Space Exploration Dr. Jon Sen
11.45 - 12.30 You might make it to Mars, but will you need dialysis on the way back? Dr. Keith Siew
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

Adapting to spaceflight 
14.00 - 14.45 Individual and combined effects of space radiation and reduced weight bearing during actual and simulated spaceflight on musculoskeletal tissues Prof. Jeffrey Willey
14.45 - 15.30 Clinical Space Medicine Dr. Lisa McNamee
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break

Plant and Microbiology in space
16.00 - 16.45 Lessons from Microbiome Science Beyond Earth Dr. Nick Brereton
16.45 - 17.30 Biofilms in Space Dr. Katherine Baxter
17.30 - 17.45 Closing remarks

Prof. Ghada Alsaleh

Prof. Afshin Beheshti

 

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