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Biomedical Science Support Center
Head of Department: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Ralf Anken

Biolab Facility Responsible Center and ISS Utilization

This working group is focussing on tasks for research under space conditions as the life science part of the German Microgravity User Support Center (MUSC). Life Science Facilities will be supported for the International Space Station ISS. MUSC has been assigned by ESA as a Facility Responsible Center (FRC) for BIOLAB and KUBIK. The necessary ground infrastucture is already set up and operational. The first mission is the KUBIK SOYUZ flight to the International Space Station flight end of March, 2006.

Biomedical Information Technology

BIT is the IT-competence center which customizes and optimizes the technical infrastructure as well as the data and information management system for a wide range of experiments and studies. For this purpose, BIT provides validated state-of-the-art IT-concepts and -tools which satisfy international quality and information standards.

Interdisciplinary Gravity Research

The team has longterm experience in the field of gravitational biology (Gravisensitive Cells) in close connection to the University of Bonn and diverse cooperations. The scientists support during preparation of experiments in microgravity by using ground based equipments (clinostats, centrifuges).

Operational Study Team

The group “Operational Study Team” consists of medical, scientific and technical personnel. On behalf of the institute or other external clients (e.g. ESA, national science community), it is in charge of conducting ambulatory or inpatient studies. Additionally, the team supports/offers planning and conceptional design for various kinds of scientific human studies within DLR. The team has a strong background in conducting complex head-down-tilt bedrest studies as well as clinical studies. Depending on the scientific aims and objectives, the Institute’s special research facilities can be added to study design. These facilities include e.g. the human centrifuges for simulation of “artificial gravity” or the physiology_lab with its wide variety of methods for the investigation of the cardiovascular regulation. All studies involving human subjects can be conducted under standardized conditions in the Simulation Facility for Occupational Medicine Research (AMSAN).

Telemedicine and Telematics

The working group develops techniques and instruments for the institution spanning support of medical care for astronautics, aeronautics, traffic and the health care sector. This also includes the institute's interdisciplinary research on life sciences by developing and implementing of integrated information and communication technologies. Partner and contractors in our telemedical application projects are civil aviation, the Medical Service of the German Armed Forces and various domains of the health care sector.

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