"Let’s dive deeper into the science behind astronaut nutrition. With the growing body of data on spaceflight’s impact on human health, there’s a clear opportunity to optimize nutrition strategies.
Specifically, how can we leverage the OSDR omics data (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics) to identify personalized nutritional interventions that mitigate the risks of spaceflight-related health issues? For instance, can we use biomarkers to predict nutritional deficiencies and tailor dietary recommendations accordingly?
Let’s discuss some potential statistical associations between astronaut omics, human disease biomarkers, and markers of nutritional deficiencies. For example, might there be correlations between specific stimuli during a space flight mission such as hypergravity during launch &/or re-entry and certain nutrients we might want to enrich in their diets?"
This is indeed a crucial topic, as we explore the nutritional content of plants grown in space environments. It’s essential to also consider how astronauts’ molecular responses during spaceflight affect their ability to absorb and utilize these nutrients. Currently, there are only a few nutritional studies focused on lettuce grown aboard the ISS, but I hope that research in this area will expand to include a wider variety of crops and more comprehensive analyses in the future. It would be great to continue this conversation!
I have already identified some important changes in my last paper that we can use, and I have also considered some sets that we can employ to develop methods for improving nutrition. But if you have something specific in mind, we can work on it together. I’ll back at night.
Hi Joan! It would be great to have you on board, could you please fill in your availability on this when2meet and private message me your email so I can arrange a meeting by the end of the week Thank you so much!
To help wet your appetite for this meeting, here is an example of a biofortified crop growing in my garden, special thanks to Norfolk Health Produce and the team who metabolically engineered this new variety of purple tomatoes.
Hi, Im a high school senior and new to this AWG, but this topic seems really interesting to me. Would I be able to follow this project to learn more please?
Welcome to the AWG! Have you been able to attend a plant mtg yet? There are meeting options twice per month in the calendar. If the times don’t work, please reach out to @dr.richard.barker or @borjabarbero or @j.somsanith08 to get involved
Plant AWG projects are listed (or soon will be) in the PROJECT plant section of the forum:
Thank you!
