Course: Life science under space conditions (2302-412)

Persons:

• (verantwortlich)
• PD Dr. Florian Kohn (begleitend)
• Dr. med. vet. Claudia Koch (begleitend)
• Ralf Anken (begleitend)

Type of Course:

lecture

In-Class Hours Per Week:

1

Contents:

This lecture gives an introduction to cosmology and to radiation in space. It delivers information about techniques/platforms to study live under space conditions on earth and in space missions. It also includes detailed information about gravity perception in living systems.

The excursion leads to the DLR Research Center in Köln (Inst. Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin).

Literature:

Meike Wiedemann, Florian P.M. Kohn, Harald Rösner, and Wolfgang R.L. Hanke. Self-organization and pattern-formation in neuronal systems under conditions of variable gravity. In:Springer Complexity, Springer Publishing Comp., ISBN 978-3-642-14471-4 (2011)
Tipler, P.A. and Mosca, G. Physics for scientists and engineers. Freeman and Company, 2008

Location:

Hohenheim

Module:

• 2302-410 Spring School "Extreme Environments" (compulsory)
• 1301-410 Spring School "Extreme Environments" (compulsory)

eLearning:

Course in ILIAS