Tuesday, April 1st

14:00- 17:00

ELGRA Management Committee Meeting.

17:00- 19:00

Registration (Künstlerhaus, Lenbachplatz 8, Munich)

Wednesday, April 2

09:00- 09:40

Opening Ceremony

Dr. Marianne Cogoli-Greuter, President of ELGRA
Representative of ESA
Representative of the Government of Bavaria
Representative of the Technical University of Munich
Representative of the Bavarian Space Industry
Dr. Kurt Kemmerle, Organiser of the ELGRA - 03 Meeting

09:40- 10:10

Invited Lecture:

ACES : ATOMIC CLOCK ENSEMBLE IN SPACE
N. Dimarcq, Ch. Salomon, A. Clairon, A. Jornod, P. Thomann, C. Sirmain and S. Feltham

10:10- 10:30

Coffee break

10:30- 12:30

Session I: Physical Sciences (Multiphase Flow / Surface effects)

Chairpersons: H.C. Kuhlmann and A. Passerone

10:30

The effect of vibrations on inhomogeneous matter. Some studies in weightlessness
D. Beysens, Y. Garrabos, P. Evesque, D. Chatain, C. Lecoutre and V. Nikolayev

10:50

PARTICLE ACCUMULATION STRUCTURES IN THERMOCAPILLARY FLOWS
St. Domesi, H. Kawamura, H. C. Kuhlmann, J. Leypoldt and D. Schwabe

11:10

BUBBLES INTERACTION IN MICROGRAVITY
N. Divinis, T.D. Karapantsios, V. Bontozoglou, M. Kostoglou, A.C. Michels and R. de Bruijn

11:30

MICROGRAVITY BOILING AND TWO-PHASE FLOW- REVIEW OF EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS AND RESULTS
H. Ohta and A. Baba

11:50

Preliminary Results from the Facility for Adsorption and Surface Tension (FAST) Experiment onboard STS-107.
L. Liggieri, M. Ferrari, F. Ravera and A. Passerone

12:10

INSTABILITY OF A THIN LIQUID LAYER WITH SURFACTANTS W. Ellermeier

12:30- 14:15

Lunch

14:15- 15:55

Session II: Life Sciences (Human Physiology / Developmental Biology / Unicellular Organisms)

Chairpersons: Ch. Dournon and H.-J. Marthy

14:15

EFFECTS OF HEAD DOWN TILT UPON LEPTIN AND STEROID LEVELS
F. Strollo, F. Celotti, P. Magni*, B.M. Uva, M. More, A. Mambro, R. Corelli, G. Strollo, and G. Riondino

14:35

FISH AS MODEL SYSTEMS IN GRAVITATIONAL ZOOLOGY
R.H. Anken

14:55

Relations between The static vestibulo-ocular reflex and fictive swimming in tadpoles (Xenopus laevis) AFter a 9-day microgravity exposure
E. Horn, L. Gualandris-Parisot, Ch. Dournon, and S. Böser

15:15

hypergravity affects on the embryonic development of cerebral neurons in crickets (Acheta domesticus)
U. Kirschnick, M. Schmäh, E. Horn, H.-J. Agricola

15:35

Parameters of gravitaxis in Euglena gracilis obtained during short term microgravity periods
M. Lebert, P. Richter, M. Ntefidou and D.-P. Häder

16:00- 16:20

Coffee break / Poster Session

16:20– 17:15

Poster Presentations

Life Sciences

COSMIC RADIATIONS AND GENETIC EXPRESSION IN HUMAN T-LYMPHOCYTES FROM BIRBA 1 MISSION
M.A. Meloni, P. Pippia, G. Galleri, M.G. Camboni, R. Negri, G. Costanzo, V. De Sanctis and A. Cogoli

Microgravity induces apoptosis in human lymphocytes by activating 5-lipoxygenase
M. Maccarrone, M. Meloni, N. Battista, M. Bari, G. Galleri, P. Pippia, A. Cogoli and A. Finazzi-Agrò

SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DAMAGE BY µG EXPOSURE REVEALS ALTERATIONS IN BASAL CELL METABOLISM. DIFFERENTIAL BEHAVIOUR IS SHOWN IN NORMAL AND IN TUMORIGENIC CELL LINES
P. Degan, A. Zunino, F. Cesarone, L. Ottaggio, S. Viaggi, St. Bonatti, P. Pippia, G. Galleri, M. Sancandi, A. Abbondandolo

Orientation of flagellates under µg-conditions
K. Vogel and D.-P. Häder

DISCLOSING THE SITE OF OTOLITHIC CALCIUM UPTAKE IN DEVELOPING FISH USING FLUORESCENT CALCIUM-TRACERS
M. Beier, R.H. Anken and H. Rahmann

CALCIUM SUPPLY OF INNER EAR OTOLITHS IN FISH VISUALIZED BY ENERGY FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (EFTEM)
M. Ibsch, R.H. Anken and H. Rahmann

Morphometry of the utricular macula in motion sick fish: A parabolic aircraft flight study
A. Bäuerle, R.H. Anken, R. Hilbig, N. Baumhauer and H. Rahmann

DETERMINing THE THRESHOLD OF GRAVITY FOR INDUCING MOTION SICKNESS IN FISH: A DROP- TOWER EXPERIMENT
R.H. Anken and R. Hilbig

EFFECTS of HYPERGRAVITY ON the growth of INNER EAR OTOLITHs oF DEVELOPING FISH CORRELATE WITH MACULAR CARBONIC ANHYDRASE REACTIVITY
M. Beier, R.H. Anken and H. Rahmann

Effect of hypergravity on succinate dehydrogenase reactivity in fish vestibular ganglia
J. Kempf, R.H. Anken, and H. Rahmann

BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSES TO HYPERGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT IN PERIADOLESCENT CD1 MOUSE
N. Francia, D. Santucci and E. Alleva

MR IMAGING METHODS FOR ASSESSING TRABECULAR BONE QUALITY AFTER PROLONGED SPACE FLIGHT
R. Toffanin, A. Accardo, I. Strolka, P. Szomolanyi, M. Cova, and F. Vittur

The use of body-fixed exciters and series- elastic devices to study space flight- induced neuromuscular changes.
E. Gallasch

Effects of microgravity on in-vitro- mineralization of odontoblasts
C. Möhl and M. Dreiseidler

The effects of microgravity and hypergravity on crab, Carcinus maenas (L.) statocyst interneurones.
P. J. Fraser (project supervisor), Denis G. Alferéz, R. Araújo, M. J. Carneiro and M. Pollard

Physical Sciences

"BUBBLE BATH" – PARABOLIC FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS WITH AQUEOUS FOAMS
M. Meier, D. Hille, M. Walter, M. Knoepke, R. Richter and G. Wallot

LLESCA-SCF Artificial gravity generation
Ciurana, X., Gerones, I., Selga and J. Sola

Demonstration

Remote Access to Life Sciences Experiments on the ISS or in Ground-Based Facilities - Demonstration of a User Home Base
M. Schuber, D. Seibt and P. Esser

17:15- 18:55

Session III: Education / User Support / Sounding Rocket / Soyuz Mission

Chairpersons: R. Hemmersbach and M. Cogoli-Greuter

17:15– 17:35

Students Presentations

The effects of microgravity and hyper- gravity on crab, Carcinus maenas (L.) statocyst interneurones
P. J. Fraser, D. G. Alferéz, R. Araújo, M. J. Carneiro and M. Pollard

LLESCA-SCF Artificial gravity generation
Ciurana, X., Gerones, I., Selga and J. Sola

17:35

Experiences from a German-French Project on the Integration of Pupils in an Actual Space Experiment
E. Horn and Ch. Dournon

17:55

User Support and operations services for ISS Utilisation - BIOLAB as AN Example of a Columbus Payload
M. Schuber, D. Seibt and P. Esser

18:15

EURO LAUNCH, the next generation of EUropean consolidated sounding rocketry
S. Kemi, P. Turner and O. Norberg

18:35

THE DUTCH SOYUZ MISSION
J.J.W.A. van Loon and R. P. de Groot

20:00

Reception at Kayser Threde

Slide Show on MAXUS 4 Mission

Thursday, April 3

09:00- 9:30

Invited lecture:

Cell Biology in Space: From Basic Science to Biotechnology
A. Cogoli

9:30- 12:10

Session IV: Life Sciences (Cell Biology)

Chairpersons: F. Strollo and S. Ambesi-Impiombato

9:30

MICROGRAVITY AND BONE CELL MECHANO- SENSITIVITY - RAPID NITRIC OXIDE PRODUCTION BY BONE CELLS IS FLUID SHEAR RATE DEPENDENT
R. G. Bacabac, T. H. Smit, S. Dijcks, J. J. W. A. Van Loon and J. Klein-Nulend

9:50

FLG 29.1 CELL DIFFERENTIATION: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF SIMULATED LOW G AND THOSE INDUCED BY ULTRASOUND EXPOSURE
M. Monici, F. Fusi, A. Cogoli, M. Paglierani, E. Biagi and P. A. Bernabei

10:10

WEIGHTLESSNESS-INDUCED ALTERATIONS AT SUBCELLULAR LEVEL IN CULTURED GLIAL CELLS
B.M. Uva, M.A. Masini, M. Sturla, G. Tagliafierro and F. Strollo

10:30- 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50

AN INTERPLAY BETWEEN HSP70 AND IL-1 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH ADVANTAGE IN SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY
S. IM Carlsson, M. TS Bertilaccio and J. AM Maier

11:10

SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY INDUCES PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH IN HUMAN THYROID CARCINOMA CELLS
A. Cogoli, P. Kossmehl, M. Shakibaei, H. Pickenhahn, M. Paul and D. Grimm

11:30

THE ROLE OF PROTEIN KINASE C IN LYMPHOCYTE LOCOMOTION: RESCUE OR CAUSE
A. Sundaresan, D. Risin and N.R. Pellis

11:50

EARLY TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE OF HUMAN T- LYMPHOCYTES TO MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS DURING A MASER FLIGHT
M. Cogoli-Greuter, R. Negri, G. Costanzo, G. Galleri, M.A. Meloni, T. Schopper and P. Pippia

12:10– 14:00

Lunch

14:00- 14:30

Invited Lecture:

Life and Physical Sciences and Space Station Utilisation at ESA, Future Perspectives at a Difficult Time
P. Clancy

14:30- 16:50

Session V: Physical Sciences (Convection / Front Propagation)

Chairpersons: L. Liggieri and T. Karapantsios

14:30

GEOFLOW: EXPERIMENTS WITH GEOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS IN THE FLUID SCIENCE LABORATORY ON ISS
Ch. Egbers, V. Travnikov, P. Beltrame and R. Hollerbach

14:50

NATURAL CONVECTION IN ROTATING SPHERICAL GAP UNDER THE CENTRAL FORCE FIELD
V. Travnikov, R. Hollerbach and Ch. Egbers

15:10

COMPLEX DYNAMICS IN DIFFERENTIALLY HEATED CAVITIES UNDER LOW GRAVITY CONDITIONS
X. Ruiz, I. Mercader, O. Batiste, L. Ramírez-Piscina and J. Casademunt

15:30- 15:50

Coffee Break

15:50

MICAST - The effect of magnetically controlled fluid flow on the solidification of technical Al-Alloys under microgravity conditions
M. Hainke, J. Friedrich and G. Müller

16:10

SEGREGATION ANALYSES OF SEMICONDUCTOR SINGLE CRYSTALS GROWN INSIDE MODELLED INERTIAL MODE ORBITING SYSTEMS
X. Ruiz and M. Ermakov

16:30

Combustion Synthesis under Microgravity Conditions of Titanium Diboride-Titanium Aluminides
R. Licheri, R. Orru, G. Cao, J. De Wilde, I. A. Beloki, D. J. Jarvis and L. Froyen

17:00- 19:00

ELGRA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

20:00

Banquet

ELGRA Award (Dr. Greg Briarty)

Friday, April 4

09:00– 9:30

Invited lecture:

MICROENCAPSULATION IN MICROGRAVITY
T. L. Whateley

09:30- 10:30

Session VI: Physical Sciences (Transport coefficient)

Chairpersons: A. Viviani and J. Richter

9:30

Applicability of Shear cell technique for ground based Diffusion experiments of liquid alloys
S. Suzuki, K.-H. Kraatz, A. Griesche, M.-P. Macht and G. Frohberg

9:50

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SHEAR CELL FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF LIQUID DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS UNDER MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS
R. Smith

10:10

ThermoLab: High-Precision Thermophysical Property Data of Liquid Metals for Modelling of Industrial Solidification Processes. Results of surface tension and density of Ni-based superalloys
E. Ricci, D. Giuranno, R. Novakovic, A. Passerone, L. Battezzati, R.E. Brooks, P. N. Quested, I. Egry, S. Schneider, H. Fecht, R. K. Wunderlich, J.P. Garandet, B Vinet, K.C. Mills and S. Seetharaman

10:30- 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50– 12:30

Session VII: Life Sciences (Plant Biology)

Chairpersons: L.G. Briarty and F. Migliaccio

10:50

IS THE UNCONVENTIONAL PLANT MYOSIN VIII INVOLVED IN GRAVI- AND MECHANOSENSING
D. Volkmann, A. Schick, A. Hlavacka and F. Baluška

11:10

The effects of simulated microgravity on the lignification of young Eucalyptus globulus
P. Genot, M. Cabané, J. Banvoy, N. Ladouce, A. Dauphin, B. Pollet, J. Grima-Pettenati, C. Lapierre and V. Legué

11:30

INVESTIGATING THE CIRCUMNUTATING MOVEMENTS OF ARABIDOPSIS ROOTS THROUGH THE RANDOM POSITIONING MACHINE
F. Migliaccio, S. Piconese and C. Rosi

11:50

HYPER-GRAVITY EFFECTS ON THE ARABIDOPSIS TRANSCRIPTOME
M. Martzivanou and R. Hampp

12:15– 14:00

Lunch

14:00- 15:55

Session VIII: Instrumentation / EU Project

Chairpersons: J. J.W.A. van Loon and D. Karapantsios

14:00

Fluorescence Miniature MIcroscope for Biolab
R.H. Huijser, G. Borst, G. Brandt, L. de Vos, P. Schiller and J. Kraemer

14:20

THE FAST FACILITY: FROM SPACEHAB TO ISS
F. Brandani, P. Falciani, M. Simoncini, F. Valgattarri and C.A. Schmidt-Harms

14:35

International Microgravity Plasma Facility / Dust Particle Facility
R. Seurig

15:00

Perspectives and difficulties to enter "Space-related Life and Physical Sciences" into FP6
B. Roux and J. J.W.A. van Loon

15:20

Discussion on EU Project

15:50

Conclusions and Outlook

16:00

Closure of ELGRA - 03 Meeting