SELGRA webinar #9
What can be expected from hypogravity environments:
Will sex matter for musculoskeletal health on the Moon and Mars?
Dr Mortreux is a NASA-funded Instructor at Harvard Medical School, an active member of the NASA Animal Life Science Data Archive (ALSDA) Analysis Working Group, and a member of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research.
Book your spot for this webinar on this link!
About Dr. Marie Mortreux:
Expertise
Simulated lunar and martian gravities – musculoskeletal system –nutraceutical countermeasure - biomarkers
Short Biography
Since 2016, Dr Mortreux has been investigating the impact of partial gravity exposure in vivo by creating the first ground-based partial gravity rat analog model. With the addition of this new model, Dr. Mortreux started investigating gravity shifts as may be encountered during the future space missions to the lunar and Martian surfaces. Dr. Mortreux first focused on musculoskeletal adaptations to partial gravity, gravity shifts, and during recovery. Her work further expanded to include studies assessing the impact of biological sex on musculoskeletal adaptations, assessing the stress response and hindlimb blood flow in response to partial gravity, identifying new biomarkers and evaluating the impact of nutraceutical countermeasures to prevent disuse-induce musculoskeletal deconditioning.
Dr. Mortreux is currently an Investigator on several NASA-funded studies including one clinical bed-rest study that will take place at the: envihab facility in Germany, to assess the benefits of proprioceptive training and electrical muscle stimulation during simulated microgravity in men and women.
The topic covered will be:
Musculoskeletal response to simulated hypogravity
Sex-differences in muscle and bone plasticity
Identification and development of new biomarkers
Come on live on July 8th, 4pm CET, and enjoy this amazing talk !
Here is a link!