Space Biology
Since 2004, LINV participated to several ESA and DLR parabolic flights campaigns (operated from Bordeaux – Mérignac Airport in France by the company Novespace, the plane draws a trajectory of multiple parabolas, during which hyper-gravity and microgravity conditions are repeated), Drop tower campaigns (located in the Zarm laboratory of Bremen, with a height of 146 m, produces 4.74 s of microgravity), Large Diameter Centrifuge (LCD) experiments (the facility at the ESA-Estec, with a diameter of 8 m and 4 harms, allows hyper-gravity up to 20 g) and ISS experiments (i.e. BIOKIS project on the next STS-134).
LINV projects:
• 2004 Spatial and temporal patterns of oxygen consumption in root apices growing under changing gravitational conditions (39th ESA-PFC)
• 2005 NOAPORM – Nitric oxide, action potentials and oxygen fluxes in roots under microgravity (41st ESA-PFC)
• 2006 Spatial and temporal patterns of oxygen (O2), nitric oxide (NO) and action potential (AP) in root apices growing under changing gravitational conditions (43rd ESA-PFC)
• 2006 Spatial and temporal patterns of oxygen (O2), nitric oxide (NO) and action potential (AP) in root apices growing under changing gravitational conditions (9th DLR-PFC)
• 2007 Electrical network activity and endocytosis dynamics in plant roots under gravity-changing condition (46th ESA-PFC)
• 2008 Oxidative burst: Earliest response of roots to changes of gravitational force (47th ESA PFC)
• 2008 Electrical network activity, ROS production and endocytosis dynamics in plant roots under gravity-changing conditions (49th ESA-PFC)
• 2008 Reconstructing the fastest chemical and electrical signalling responses to microgravity in plants (DLR Drop Tower Campaign)
• 2009 Reconstructing the fastest chemical and electrical signalling responses to microgravity in plants (51st ESA-PFC)
• 2010 Study of the electrical network of the root apex under changing gravity conditions (NEAR). (52nd ESA-PFC)
• 2010 Arabidop-ISS experiment in the frame of ASI-BIOKIS Project, scheduled on the ISS through STS-134 mission
• 2010 ESA Spin your thesis! 2010: electrical signals during acclimation to hypergravity in plants
• 2011 ESA Spin your thesis! 2011: electrical signals during hypergravity in plants
• 2011 ESA Drop your thesis! 2011: reactive oxygen species (ROS) production during microgravity in plants
• 2012 ESA Fly your thesis! 2011: reactive oxygen species (ROS) production during microgravity in plants