Space Biomedicine Conference 2026

II Ogólnopolska Konferencja Medycyny Kosmicznej

5–6 listopada 2026

Dzień 1


08:00 – 09:00 Registration & welcome coffee

09:00 – 09:20 Conference opening

Michał Żmijewski | Medical University of Gdańsk

Grzegorz Kade | Military Institute of Aviation Medicine

09:20 – 10:20 Keynote Lecture

Afshin Beheshti | University of Pittsburgh
Space Biomedicine: Leveraging Extreme Human Physiology to Advance Precision Medicine on Earth

10:20 – 11:00 Session 1: Space Radiation & Omics

Isaiah Reeves | Axiom Space

The Evolving Flight Surgeon Role - Insights from Commercial Space

Willian da Silveira | University of Salford
Space Omics and the Power of Networks

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break 

11:30 – 12:50 Session 2: Human Health & Translational Space Medicine

<Maybritt Kuypers / Leiden University Medical Center

Space Medicine: From space exploration to health innovation on earth.

Anna Fogtman / European Space Agency

TBA

Begum Mathyk | University of South Florida
Beyond LEO: A Clinical Framework for Women’s Health in the Artemis Era (online)

Ewelina Maculewicz | Military Institute of Aviation Medicine
Potential Chromosomal Changes Associated with Ionizing Radiation Exposure in Aviation Personnel

12:50 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 –15:20 Session 3: Environmental Adaptation in Human

Jacek Kot | Medical University of Gdańsk
Pressure and Oxygen in Human Adaptation: From Saturation Diving to Lunar Exploration

Dariusz Tomaszewski | Military Institute of Aviation Medicine

Hypobaric Hypoxia and Exploration Atmospheres: Lessons from Aviation Medicine

Joseph Borg | University of Malta

Blood Beyond Earth - Decoding the Haemoglobin Switch

Ian Johnson | European Space Agency
From Tissue Chips to BioBoxes: Building the Next Generation of Space Biomedicine

15:20 – 15:50 Coffee break 

15:50 – 16:50 Roundtable: Collaboration in Space Biomedicine

Michał Żmijewski | Medical University of Gdańsk

Afshin Beheshti | University of Pittsburgh

Joseph Borg | University of Malta

Maybritt Kuypers | Leiden University Medical Center

Magdalena Kozak(moderator) | Military Institute of Aviation Medicine

16:50 – 18:00 Poster Session & Networking

Dzień 2


09:00 – 09:40 Opening Lecture
Angelique van Ombergen | European Space Agency
ESA’s Exploration Science activities

09:40 – 10:00 Early-Career Flash Talks (4 speakers)

10:00 – 10:30 Telling the Stories of Space
Maciej Myśliwiec | SGH Space Ecosystem Center
Hubert Kijek | TVN24 BiS

10:30 – 11:30 Session 4: Technologies & Commercial Opportunities in Space Biomedicine
Jonathan Scott | European Space Agency
Crew Health and Performance Technologies for Future Human Space Exploration Missions
Maciej Kosiński | Biomedica Poland
ONT – A Powerful Platform for Next-Generation Sequencing
Bartosz Rybacki | Frontier Space
Microgravity Engineering for Next-Generation Therapeutics

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 13:00 Roundtable: Space Medicine: Opportunities for Students
Agnieszka Zimmerman | Medical University of Gdańsk
Willian da Silveira | University of Salford
Karolina Twardowska | Polish Astromedical Society
Maksymilian Brzezicki | King’s College London
Anna Zielazek | Lunares Research Station
Urszula Lawrynowicz (moderator) | Medical University of Gdańsk

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 Session 5: Emerging Research & New Directions
Monika Tarpiłowska | Military Institute of Aviation Medicine
Red planet, red flags - intergroup conflict on Mars
Agata Rudolf | AGH University of Krakow
From Mitochondrial Stress to Physiological and Evolutionary Adaptation to Spaceflight
Aleksander Kucner | Polish Astrobiology Society, Medical University of Łódź
Effect of microgravity on regenerative capacity of cardiac fibroblasts

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 – 15:50 Introduction to STARS project
Mona Nasser |University of Plymouth
Anna Fogtman | European Space Agency

15:50 – 16:50 Roundtable: Space Medicine in Europe: Priorities, Opportunities and Constraints
Anna Żaczek | Medical University of Gdańsk
Angelique van Ombergen | European Space Agency
Anna Fogtman | European Space Agency
Jonathan Scott | European Space Agency
Grzegorz Kade | Military Institute of Aviation Medicine
Jakub Mieczkowski (moderator) | Medical University of Gdańsk

16:50 – 17:00 Awards & Closing

Zapraszamy także na specjalne warsztaty Decompression Sickness: From Water to Space, które odbędą się w przeddzień konferencji, 4 listopada 2026 r. w godzinach 15:00-18:00.

Prowadzący: prof. Jacek Kot
Miejsce: Aula im. Kieturakisa (ta sama lokalizacja co konferencja)
Udział w warsztatach jest bezpłatny i otwarty dla wszystkich zainteresowanych. Rejestracja nie jest wymagana.
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