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Why Space Matters for Advancing Life Sciences Research

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To mark our 200th episode, we are taking you into Space to discover the benefits of microgravity for health and medical research and its real-world applications. Can we use space technology to advance medical discoveries to improve health here on earth? And should we be doing more to connect our life science sector innovators into Australia’s space research sector?

We meet leading Australian superstars working at the intersection of space and health technologies at MTPConnect SA’s Insights Series event “What’s Your Place in Space’, celebrating Australian Space Week in Adelaide.

Australia’s first astronaut, Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Director of Space Technology at the Australian Space Agency shares her view on why space matters, and the role of astronauts on the International Space Station as scientists in space. She reveals how biotech research in space using microgravity is revolutionising pharmaceutical development and unlocking treatments for cancer here on Earth.

Aerospace medicine specialist Dr Gordon Cable from Human Aerospace, is working on a spacesuit design program, developing compression garments that "trick" the body into thinking gravity exists, with applications for burns, lymphedema and post-surgical recovery.

Dr Richard Harvey from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space explains how the international research consortium is engineering smart plants in space labs, that operate as programmable biological factories for biomolecule synthesis, to produce pharmaceuticals, including compounds that protect against radiation and improve cancer therapies.

And Tiffany Sharp from Cambrian Defence and Space discusses launching medical research into space on a rocket in the Arctic circle - looking into the gut microbiome which shows how certain bacteria affecting anxiety and depression decline in microgravity, offering insights for mental health treatments.

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Chapters

1. Announcement (00:00:00)

2. Meeting Australia's First Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg (00:00:35)

3. Health Research Benefits of Microgravity (00:06:03)

4. Space-Based Cancer Research Breakthroughs (00:10:48)

5. Aerospace Medicine Challenges - Dr Gordon Cable (00:15:03)

6. Innovative Spacesuit Technology for Health (00:20:09)

7. Space Nutrition and Mental Health - Tiffany Sharp (00:28:12)

8. Plants for Space: Biotech Frontiers - Dr Richard Harvey (00:36:47)

9. Recognizing MTPConnect's 200th Episode (00:48:46)

200 episodes

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Content provided by MTPConnect. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by MTPConnect or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

To mark our 200th episode, we are taking you into Space to discover the benefits of microgravity for health and medical research and its real-world applications. Can we use space technology to advance medical discoveries to improve health here on earth? And should we be doing more to connect our life science sector innovators into Australia’s space research sector?

We meet leading Australian superstars working at the intersection of space and health technologies at MTPConnect SA’s Insights Series event “What’s Your Place in Space’, celebrating Australian Space Week in Adelaide.

Australia’s first astronaut, Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Director of Space Technology at the Australian Space Agency shares her view on why space matters, and the role of astronauts on the International Space Station as scientists in space. She reveals how biotech research in space using microgravity is revolutionising pharmaceutical development and unlocking treatments for cancer here on Earth.

Aerospace medicine specialist Dr Gordon Cable from Human Aerospace, is working on a spacesuit design program, developing compression garments that "trick" the body into thinking gravity exists, with applications for burns, lymphedema and post-surgical recovery.

Dr Richard Harvey from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space explains how the international research consortium is engineering smart plants in space labs, that operate as programmable biological factories for biomolecule synthesis, to produce pharmaceuticals, including compounds that protect against radiation and improve cancer therapies.

And Tiffany Sharp from Cambrian Defence and Space discusses launching medical research into space on a rocket in the Arctic circle - looking into the gut microbiome which shows how certain bacteria affecting anxiety and depression decline in microgravity, offering insights for mental health treatments.

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Announcement (00:00:00)

2. Meeting Australia's First Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg (00:00:35)

3. Health Research Benefits of Microgravity (00:06:03)

4. Space-Based Cancer Research Breakthroughs (00:10:48)

5. Aerospace Medicine Challenges - Dr Gordon Cable (00:15:03)

6. Innovative Spacesuit Technology for Health (00:20:09)

7. Space Nutrition and Mental Health - Tiffany Sharp (00:28:12)

8. Plants for Space: Biotech Frontiers - Dr Richard Harvey (00:36:47)

9. Recognizing MTPConnect's 200th Episode (00:48:46)

200 episodes

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