iScience (Mar 2022)
Space omics research in Europe: Contributions, geographical distribution and ESA member state funding schemes
- Colleen S. Deane,
- Willian A. da Silveira,
- Raúl Herranz,
- Colleen S. Deane,
- Joseph Borg,
- Thomas Cahill,
- Eugénie Carnero-Diaz,
- Timothy Etheridge,
- Gary Hardiman,
- Natalie Leys,
- Pedro Madrigal,
- Aránzazu Manzano,
- Felice Mastroleo,
- F. Javier Medina,
- Manuel A. Fernandez-Rojo,
- Keith Siew,
- Nathaniel J. Szewczyk,
- Alicia Villacampa,
- Stephen B. Walsh,
- Silvio Weging,
- Daniela Bezdan,
- Stefania Giacomello,
- Willian A. da Silveira,
- Raúl Herranz
Affiliations
- Colleen S. Deane
- Department of Sport and Health Science, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK; Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
- Willian A. da Silveira
- Department of Applied Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida MSD, 2080, Malta; Corresponding author
- Raúl Herranz
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain; Corresponding author
- Colleen S. Deane
- Department of Sport and Health Science, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK; Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
- Joseph Borg
- Department of Applied Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, 2080 Msida, MSD, Malta
- Thomas Cahill
- Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
- Eugénie Carnero-Diaz
- Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UA, 75005 Paris, France
- Timothy Etheridge
- Department of Sport and Health Science, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK
- Gary Hardiman
- Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
- Natalie Leys
- Microbiology Unit, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK CEN, 2400 Mol, Belgium
- Pedro Madrigal
- Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, UK
- Aránzazu Manzano
- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, 72076, Germany
- Felice Mastroleo
- Microbiology Unit, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK CEN, 2400 Mol, Belgium
- F. Javier Medina
- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, 72076, Germany
- Manuel A. Fernandez-Rojo
- Hepatic Regenerative Medicine Lab, IMDEA-Food Institute, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Keith Siew
- University College London, London NW3 2PF, UK
- Nathaniel J. Szewczyk
- Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens OH43147, USA
- Alicia Villacampa
- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, 72076, Germany
- Stephen B. Walsh
- University College London, London NW3 2PF, UK
- Silvio Weging
- University of Halle, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
- Daniela Bezdan
- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Stefania Giacomello
- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 17165 Stockholm, Sweden
- Willian A. da Silveira
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Health, Science and Wellbeing, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DF, UK; Corresponding author
- Raúl Herranz
- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, 72076, Germany; Corresponding author
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 25,
no. 3
p. 103920
Abstract
Summary: The European research community, via European Space Agency (ESA) spaceflight opportunities, has significantly contributed toward our current understanding of spaceflight biology. Recent molecular biology experiments include “omic” analysis, which provides a holistic and systems level understanding of the mechanisms underlying phenotypic adaptation. Despite vast interest in, and the immense quantity of biological information gained from space omics research, the knowledge of ESA-related space omics works as a collective remains poorly defined due to the recent exponential application of omics approaches in space and the limited search capabilities of pre-existing records. Thus, a review of such contributions is necessary to clarify and promote the development of space omics among ESA and ESA state members. To address this gap, in this review, we i) identified and summarized omics works led by European researchers, ii) geographically described these omics works, and iii) highlighted potential caveats in complex funding scenarios among ESA member states.
