The C.N.R. Representative
M. Velarde (President E.L.G.R.A.)
C. Bonifazi (ASI Representative)
G. Riondino (I.N.R.C.A.Scientific Coordinator)
Scano (A.I.M.A.S. President)
M. Cogoli (Congress Scientific Coordinator, ETH)
F. Strollo (Congress President, I.N.R.C.A.)

08:45 – 9:45 Plenary Lecture
EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY ON MUSCLE POWER: SOME POSSIBLE COUNTERMEASURES
P.E. di Prampero

09:45 – 10:00 Coffee Break

10:00 – 11:00 Scientific Session I: LIFE SCIENCES
Chairpersons: C. Fuller, F. Strollo

ANALYSIS OF EEG SIGNALS RECORDED AT DIFFERENT GRAVITY LEVELS DURING PARABOLIC FLIGHTS USING THE METHOD OF DIMENSIONALITY OF STRANGE ATTRACTORS
V.Pletser, O. Quadens

CONTINUOUS TRIDIMENSIONAL VECTOCARDIOGRAPHY AND TWELVE LEADS EKG IN HUMANS DURING PARABOLIC FLIGHTS
P.Vaïda, A. Capderou, O. Bailliart, O. Atkov, C. Kays, I. Desormes, J. Maule, P. Techoueyres, J.L.Lachaud

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN NEUROENDOCRINE REACTIVITY TO PASSIVE HEAD-UP TILT
F. Strollo, M. Morè, L. Bollanti, A. Ciarmatori, E. Longo, A. Mambro, M. Morè, S. Di Paolo, G. Strollo, A. Scano

11:00 – 11:40 Invited Lecture I
SPACE MEDICINE: A MODEL FOR PATIENT-ORIENTED MEDICINE IN THE NEXT CENTURY
R. Gerzer

11:40 – 15:00 Lunch and Guided Visit to the Roman Forum (confirm your participation at the Registration desk, if interested)

15:00 – 17:00 Scientific Session II: MATERIALS AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Chairpersons: L. Liggieri, J. Richter

BRIDGMAN SOLIDIFICATION RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED ON A 3D SN/BI ALLOY GROWN UNDER MICROGRAVITY
G. Boutet

STUDY OF ADSORPTION DYNAMICS IN MICROGRAVITY: THE FAST EXPERIMENT ONBOARD STS-95
A. Passerone, L. Liggieri, M. Ferrari, F. Ravera, R. Miller, R.Loglio

EXPERIMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE OSCILLATING BUBBLE TECHNIQUE
T. Karapantsios, A.I. Balouktsis

LOW RESIDUAL ACCELERATION LEVELS TO CARRY-OUT A GRAVITATIONAL EXPERIMENT ON DROP TOWER BREMEN
H. Dittus, St. Lochmann, C. Mehls

REVIEW OF LIGHT SCATTERING EXPERIMENTS IN MICROGRAVITY
J.-C.Worms

TEMPERATURE AND WETTING BEHAVIOR OF A GAS-LIQUID SYSTEM HEATED UNDER MICROGRAVITY
D. Beysens, Y. Garrabos, R. Wunenburger, C. Chabot, J.P. Delville, V. Nikolayev, J. Hegseth

17:00 – 17:20 Coffee Break

17:20 – 18:00 Invited Lecture II
THE PHYSICS OF FOAMS
D. Weaire


18:00 – 19:00 ELGRA General Assembly

Tuesday, March 2^nd


09:00 – 9:40 Invited Lecture III
BIOREACTORS IN SPACE
I. Walther


09:40 – 10:40 Scientific Session III: LIFE SCIENCES (part I)
Chairpersons: M. Cogoli, G. Pèrbal

CELL CYCLE IN THE PRIMARY LENTIL ROOT DURING GERMINATION F. F. Yu, D. Driss-Ecole, G. Perbal

DYNAMIC REDISTRIBUTION OF CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS IN TIP-GROWING CELL TYPES
M. Braun

RHA1, A NEW ARABIDOPSIS MUTANT SHOWING REDUCED ROOT GRAVITROPISM TOGETHER WITH INCREASED RESISTANCE TO AUXIN AND ETHYLENE
F. Migliaccio, S. Piconese, Z. El Gawhary

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:20 Scientific Session IV: LIFE SCIENCES (part II)
Chairpersons: M. Cogoli, G. Sonnenfeld

DIRECT EFFECT OF MICROGRAVITY ON T LYMPHOCYTE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
A. Cogoli, I. Walther, F. Turrini, F. Mannu, M.A. Meloni, P. Pippia

PRE-EXPOSURE TO SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY DOES NOT INFLUENCE MITOGENIC RESPONSE OF T LYMPHOCYTES AT 1 G
G. Cossu, M. Schwarzenberg, M.A. Meloni, F. Turrini, F. Mannu, M. Cogoli-Greuter, P. Pippia, A. Cogoli

EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS ON APOPTOSIS IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES
D. Risin, N.R. Pellis

DIRECT EFFECT OF MICROGRAVITY (MG) ON HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES: FUNCTIONAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
N. Pellis, D. Risin, A. Sundaresan, D. Cooper


12:20 – 13:50 Lunch


13:50 – 14:30 Invited Lecture IV
INVESTIGATION OF GRAVITY-DEPENDENT EFFECTS IN MAGNETIC FLUIDS: RECENT RESULTS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
S. Odenbach


14:30 – 16:10 Scientific Session V: PHYSICS OF FLUIDS
Chairpersons: M.G. Velarde, A. Viviani

PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE SOUNDING ROCKET EXPERIMENT ON OSCILLATORY MARANGONI FLOWS IN LIQUID BRIDGE
R. Savino, R. Monti, M. Lappa, L. Carotenuto, D. Castagnolo, R. Fortezza

BENARD-MARANGONI INSTABILITY IN VISCOELASTIC MEDIA
G. Lebon, S. Van Vaerenbergh

FROM STEADY TO CHAOTIC THERMOCAPILLARY FLOW IN FLOATING ZONES UNDER MICROGRAVITY
D. Schwabe

GEOPHYSICAL FLUID FLOWS BETWEEN TWO CONCENTRIC SPHERICAL SHELLS: THE ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC TESTCONTAINER FOR THE FLUID SCIENCE LABORATORY
C. Egbers

OSCILLATORY ACCELERATIONS ON GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS
R. Wunenburger, D. Beysens, C. Chabot, Y. Garrabos


16:10 – 16:30 Coffee Break


16:30 – 18:30 Round Table: Space Station International Cooperation Perspectives
H. Azuma, J.A.M.A.S.
Feuerbacher, Chairman S.S.U.P.
Fuller, I.S.G.P.
G. Reibaldi, E.S.A.-E.S.T.E.C.
G. Sonnenfeld, Immediate Past President A.S.G.S.B.
21:00 – 24:00 Banquet
Wednesday, March 3^rd


09:00 – 10:40 Scientific Session VI: MICROGRAVITY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
Chairpersons: H. Dittus, K. Wittmann

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY: A NEW TECHNOLOGY ON BOARD ISS
J. Becker, M. Cecconi, L. Gatti, F. Solitro

NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPACE PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH
J. Cornier

SPACEHAB STS-95 MISSION REPORT, FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR USERS
C. Mirra

EXPERIMENT HARDWARE FOR SPACE BIOLOGY AND RELATED GROUND RESEARCH
R. Huijser

ESA MGDB MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS DATA BASE: THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE
V. De Chiara

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:40 Poster Session

THERMAL RADIATION FORCES IN MICROGRAVITY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FACILITY FOR AN EXPERIMENT ON MASER8 SOUNDING ROCKET
C. Albanese, F. Cavaliere, R. Fortezza, F.S. Gaeta

COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS AND MICROGRAVITY ACTIVITIES OF THE ITALIAN TEAM
U. Anselmi-Tamburini, V. Buscaglia, G. Cao, P. Giuliani, R. Orru, C. Zanotti

PROTEIN CRYSTALS GROWTH IN MICROGRAVITY: THE CASE OF (Pro-Pro-Gly) 10 POLYPEPTIDE
L. Carotenuto, R. Berisio, C. Piccolo, G. Sorrentino, L. Vitagliano, A. Zagari

FLUCTUATIONS IN FREE DIFFUSION PROCESSES
D. Brogioli, A. Vailati, M. Giglio

TOWARDS THE UTILIZATION OF SELF-LUBRICATED SYSTEMS FOR SPACE APPLICATION
P. Dell'Aversana, G.P. Neitzel

FAST ON STS-95. PRELIMINARY MISSION RESULTS ANALYSIS
P. Falciani, M. Tacconi, G. Simoncini
FERROELECTRIC-LIKE PROPERTIES OF HORNET STRUCTURES OR CONSTRUCTION
J. S. Ishay, S. Kirshboim, L. Litinetsky

POLYAMINE LEVELS IN HUMAN ERYTHROLEUKEMIA K562 CELLS SUBJECTED TO ALTERATED GRAVITY
M. Maccarrone, M. Bari, A. Finazzi-Agrò

FRTL5 CELLS RESPONSES TO THYROTROPIN HORMONE UNDER DIFFERENT GRAVITY CONDITIONS
A. Meli, G. Perrella, F. Curcio, R. Hemmersbach, J. Neubert, F.S. Ambesi Impiombato

ESA'S NEW INSTRUMENT TO OBSERVE CRISTALLIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: THE PROTEIN CRISTALLISATION DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY
V. Pletser, O. Minster, J. Stapelmann, L. Potthast, R. Bosch

EVALUATION OF SURFACE TENSION GRADIENT OF OLTEN SILICON AS A FUNCTION OF OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE
E. Ricci, R. Novakovic, E. Arato, M. Ratto, A. Passerone

TEEMING (Telemetic Energy Exchange in microGravity)
A. Sacripanti

PLATEAU EXPERIMENTS ON THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION
J. Siekmann, M. Pehl

THE RENEWABLE THERMODYNAMICS OF LIGHT FOR DIRECT SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION IN SPACE
T. Sukhodolsky

STUDY OF A REGENERATIVE SYSTEM FOR THE LIFE SUPPORT IN SPACE
A. Virzo De Santo, N. D'Ambrosio, S. De Pascale, V. De Chiara

NON-NAVIER STOKES FLUIDYNAMICS IN VAPOUR CRYSTAL GROWTH
A. Viviani, C. Golia

CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION IN A SPACE BIOREACTOR
I. Walther, B. van der Schoot, A. Cogoli

MAGNETIC VARIATION AND COMPENSATION OF EARTH'S GRAVITY IN HYDROGEN AT LIQUID-VAPOR COEXISTENCE
R. Wunenburger, D. Chatain, Y. Garrabos, D. Beysens

PHYSICAL VAPOUR TRANSPORT GROWTH OF UROTROPINE CRYSTALS
M. Zha, L. Zanotti, C. Salati, L. Carotenuto, C. Paorici


11:40 – 13:00 Scientific Session VII: LIFE SCIENCES
Chairpersons: M. Cogoli, A. Scano

MICROTUBULE SELF-ORGANIZATION DEPENDS UPON GRAVITY
C. Papaseit, N. Pochon, J. Tabony

OSTEOGENESIS OF EMBRYONIC LONGBONES IN SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY
J. Maroothynaden

IN VITRO SPICULOGENESIS OF SEA URCHINS: AN IN VITRO MODEL SYSTEM FOR STUDYING BIOMINERALIZATION PROCESSES
H.-J. Marthy, R. Bacchieri

EFFECT OF GRAVITY AT MACROMOLECULAR LEVEL
P. Boncinelli, F. Ranaldi, E. Giachetti, P. Vanni

13:00 – 13:30 Closing Ceremony

15:00 – 18:00 Special Satellite Meeting: Familiarization of Italian Life Scientists
Chairpersons: F. Strollo, E. Ziparo