M1.2.1 - Lab-on-chip systems – new perspectives for microgravitional biomedical research in space
- Event
- EUROSENSORS XXXVII
2025-09-07 - 2025-09-10
Wroclaw - Band
- Lectures
- Chapter
- M1.2 - Sensors for Space Exploration
- Author(s)
- A. Krakos - Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław (Poland)
- Pages
- 46 - 47
- DOI
- 10.5162/EUROSENSORS2025/M1.2.1
- ISBN
- 978-3-910600-07-2
- Price
- free
Abstract
The investigation of the microgravity influence onto different biochemical and biomedical samples is the new research subject discussed in the literature widely. Especially interesting is the opportunity to use small scale, low-weight and fully autonomous lab-on-chip instrumentation to provide comprehensive research in space. According to the current NASA and ESA roadmaps, microfluidic and MEMS-based tools are more and more common, since apart from the ISS research conducted with an astronaut as-sistance, they can be successfully utilized for the autonomous, unmanned, and highly expertized astro-biological missions. In the paper, the overview of microfluidic technologies developed for space researchwill be discussed (nanosatellites missions, ISS investigation). Opportunities for microgravity simulation in Earth laboratories conditions with the use of lab-on-chip systems will also be described. The paper ends with a conclusion regarding the perspectives for microgravitional biomedical research.