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SpaceLife Doctoral Student Yu Zhang received audience award

14. Mai 2013
SpaceLife Doctoral Student Yu Zhang received the audience award for his poster at the 7th International Stem Cell Congress organized by the Competence Network Stem Cell Research North Rhine Westphalia.

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SpaceLife Doctoral Candidate Petra Schwendner won the 2nd prize at the 12th EANA conference

20. November 2012
For the second time, the "Space Factor" competition for students took place during the EANA Conference (European Astrobiology Network Association) as a half-day session. This competition offers young scientists a big forum to talk with other students and learn from each other.

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SpaceLife doctoral student participates in Nordic-NASA Summer School 'Water, Ice and Origin of Life in the Universe' - or two weeks without darkness

31. Oktober 2012
Graduate students and early career scientists (up to 5 years after their first Ph.D.) in fields related to astrobiology could apply for this summer school. The course was organized by the Nordic Network of Astrobiology together with the NASA Astrobiology Institute in Iceland from July 2-15 2012.

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The SpaceLife Doctoral Candidates Sonja Brungs and Petra Schwendner were awarded at the 50th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Aviation and Space Medicine

The SpaceLife Doctoral Candidates Sonja Brungs and Petra Schwendner were awarded at the 50th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Aviation and Space Medicine (“Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin“) which took place in Bonn on September 27-29, 2012. Sonja Brungs received the "Rainer Kowoll First Presenter Preis", which was awarded for the first time, and the third poster price was lended to Petra Schwendner.

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Record-breaking number of inquiries and applications received

The Helmholtz Space Life Sciences Research School is very grateful for the recent commitment of all the applicants for a SpaceLife scholarship.

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Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) finally measures radiation on the Martian surface

After six years of development the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) finally measures radiation on the Martian surface. Essential methods for measuring charged and neutral particles with the RAD instrument were developed by the SpaceLife students Bent Ehresmann and Jan Köhler.

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The 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physics) – Nobelpreisträger hautnah erleben

"And here they are: The Nobel Laureates!" Wie Stars betreten sie den großen Saal der Inselhalle in Lindau. Allen voran Bettina Gräfin Bernadotte, Präsidentin des Kuratoriums für die Tagungen der Nobelpreisträger in Lindau.

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SpaceLife Doctoral Candidates participate in NASA Space Radiation Summer School

After Kristina Koch in 2011, Arif A. Chishti was selected in 2012 to participate in the NASA Space Radiation Summer School (“NSRSS”). In their doctoral theses, Arif A. Chishti and Kristina Koch work on space radiation biology topics since 2009 in the Cellular Biodiagnostics Group of the DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine.

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Three DAAD RISE students work with Spacelife doctoral candidates during the summer

Three students from Canada and USA arrived in June to start their internship in different fields of space life sciences. They are sponsored by the DAAD Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) program for three months.

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SpaceLife Doctoral Student graduated with „summa cum laude“ and received award

Jan Köhler started his PhD thesis with the title: “Gamma/Neutron separation in the Martian radiation environment” on January 1, 2009 and handed in the final version on November 28, 2011. He was supported by his supervisor Prof. Dr. Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber at the Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany.

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Another Price: SpaceLife Doctoral Candidate Arif Ali Chishti received the 3rd poster price at the 50th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Aviation and Space Medicine

The 50th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Aviation and Space Medicine (DGLRM Jahrestagung in Sinsheim, Germany – “50 Jahre Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin”) was held from 8th to 10th September 2011 at the Hotel Sinsheim.

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First SpaceLife Career Day at the University of Applied Sciences in Rheinbach.

Around fifty students and postdocs participated in the SpaceLife Career Day on September 17, 2011, at the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in Rheinbach. Not only the SpaceLife doctoral candidates, but also participants of the annual conference of the Society of Biological Radiation Research (GBS2011), and students from other universities in the area, such as Cologne and Düsseldorf, but also from Bremen, profited from this opportunity to discuss different career paths with experienced speakers from academia, industry, and funding bodies.

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SpaceLife Doctoral Candidate Yueyuan Hu was awarded a poster price at the National Radiobiology Conference GBS2011

The SpaceLife doctoral candidates Arif Ali Chishti, Yueyuan (Luna) Hu, Petra Schwendner and Kristina Koch took the chance to present their latest results at the annual conference of the Society of Biological Radiation Research (14. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für biologische Strahlenforschung, GBS2011).

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Spacelife Doctoral Candidate Yu Zhang presents his thesis at the Chinese Academic Salon

Spacelife Doctoral Candidate Yu Zhang was invited to give a presentation on the topic “Investigation of Vascular Functional Changes in Microgravity” at the Symposium of German and Chinese exchange of Life Science Technology Science and Technology – 2011 Summer Academic Salon.

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Spacelife doctoral candidate Yu Zhang gets support by a DAAD RISE student

Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) is a summer internship program of the DAAD for undergraduate students from the United States, Canada and the UK. It offers unique opportunities for students to work with research groups at universities and top research institutions across Germany for a period of 2 to 3 months during the summer.

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SpaceLife Doctoral Candidate Silke Müller participates in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting from June 26 - July 1, 2011, in Lindau, Germany

Silke Müller's report about the 61st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physiology and Medicine 2011 and the interview with her.

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And the winner is...

During the 2^nd SpaceLife Students' Workshop "Progress Reports" on March, 14 - 18, 2011 at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, 21 students of the SpaceLife Program presented their recent results and future work required.

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First SpaceLife Doctoral Student graduated in September 2010

Nicole Vagt defended her thesis on September 13, 2010 at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. The title of her thesis is: Gravity-sensing processes and gravity-dependent gene expression in plants studied under altered gravity conditions.

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Radio report about SpaceLife at Deutsche Welle (13/09/2010)

Suzanne Cords and Gaby Reucher from the radio station Deutsche Welle interviewed the SpaceLife doctoral students Tina Koch and Alankrita Mrigakshi and the coordinator Dr. Christine Hellweg.

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From Tina Koch, Arif A. Chishti and Yueyuan Hu

In July 2010, we had the chance to take part in the biggest conference about space research, which was this time located in Bremen and lasted one week. It was the 38th Committee of Space Research Scientific Assembly, bringing together about 3800 participants from 58 different countries.

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SpaceLife Doctoral Student Yu Zhang received audience award

SpaceLife Doctoral Candidate Petra Schwendner won the 2nd prize at the 12th EANA conference

SpaceLife doctoral student participates in Nordic-NASA Summer School 'Water, Ice and Origin of Life in the Universe' - or two weeks without darkness

The SpaceLife Doctoral Candidates Sonja Brungs and Petra Schwendner were awarded at the 50th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Aviation and Space Medicine

Record-breaking number of inquiries and applications received

Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) finally measures radiation on the Martian surface

The 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physics) – Nobelpreisträger hautnah erleben

SpaceLife Doctoral Candidates participate in NASA Space Radiation Summer School

Three DAAD RISE students work with Spacelife doctoral candidates during the summer

SpaceLife Doctoral Student graduated with „summa cum laude“ and received award

Another Price: SpaceLife Doctoral Candidate Arif Ali Chishti received the 3rd poster price at the 50th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Aviation and Space Medicine

First SpaceLife Career Day at the University of Applied Sciences in Rheinbach.

SpaceLife Doctoral Candidate Yueyuan Hu was awarded a poster price at the National Radiobiology Conference GBS2011

Spacelife Doctoral Candidate Yu Zhang presents his thesis at the Chinese Academic Salon

Spacelife doctoral candidate Yu Zhang gets support by a DAAD RISE student

SpaceLife Doctoral Candidate Silke Müller participates in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting from June 26 - July 1, 2011, in Lindau, Germany

And the winner is...

First SpaceLife Doctoral Student graduated in September 2010

Radio report about SpaceLife at Deutsche Welle (13/09/2010)

COSPAR From Tina Koch, Arif A. Chishti and Yueyuan Hu

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From Tina Koch, Arif A. Chishti and Yueyuan Hu