Biotech Blast-off: understanding the role for biotechnology in crewed space exploration

Name: Biotech Blast-off: understanding the role for biotechnology in crewed space exploration — Bioeconomy Cluster Builder Project
Start: 2024-02-08T10:00:00+0000
End: 2024-02-08T12:30:00+0000

Thursday, 8 February 2024
10:00 am 12:30 pm 10:00 12:30

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The Bioeconomy Cluster Builder and Space Scotland are delighted to collaborate on this webinar dedicated to exchanging knowledge and building connections between stakeholders in the space sector and biotechnology community.

Sustaining human life in space presents many significant challenges in terms of supporting health, providing sustainable food sources and constructing appropriate habitats. In the harsh environment of space, biotechnology applications can contribute to the development of life support systems, providing solutions for oxygen generation, water purification, and waste recycling. Engineering biology can enable development of hardy crops, facilitating sustainable, extra-terrestrial agriculture and reducing dependency on supplies from Earth. Biotechnology can also contribute to production of pharmaceuticals tailored to address space-specific medical challenges during extended missions.

Join us on Thursday 8th February as we explore the many intersections between biotechnology and space exploration, and to learn how Space Scotland and the Bioeconomy Cluster Builder can support your ambitions in this area.

Agenda

10.00 Welcome and introduction to the Bioeconomy Cluster Builder

Kim Cameron, Business Engagement Manager, IBioIC

10.10 Introduction to Space Scotland

Christina MacLeod, Cluster Development Manager, Space Scotland

Presentations followed by open floor discussion:

10.20 Human health in space

Michael Maughan, Director – MAC SciTech Ltd

11.00 Space architecture and habitat management

Prof Martyn Dade-Robertson , Co-Director – Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment

11.40 Controlled environment agriculture

Prof Derek Stewart, Director – Advanced Plant Growth Centre, The James Hutton Institute

12.20 Next steps and close

Who should attend

- Space sector professionals

- Biotechnology solutions providers

- Academics

- Funders and investors

- Policy makers

For further information please contact Kim Cameron at IBioIC – kim.cameron@ibioic.com or Christina MacLeod at Space Scotland christina@spacescotland.org.