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Proudly progressing towards conception and embryo development in space! Preparing the ground based testing of our microfluidic subsystem at the IVF lab at Ghent University / UZ Ghent.    We are preparing our experiment series that include mouse oocytes, embryos and sperm in our rotating microfluidic discs. We learned valuable lessons that we can integrate in the execution of the experiment series shortly.   Big thanks to Winter Vandenberghe and Sylvie Lierman for your contributions and feedback, team Aster in Space for providing and optimizing the disc rotation setup with variable RPM and indicator and to Rapid Fluidics for providing the advanced 3D printed discs. #UZGent #ARTIS #IVF #SpaceBornUnited Angelo Vermeulen Seerat Maqsood Arno den Toom 🌻 🚀 🛰️ Kelly Tilleman Dominic Stoop Sheela Ali, PhD, HCLD/TS/CC (ABB) David Cullen Robert Carrasquillo, MD Francesca Lee-Rizzi Rafael Elias Marques Alejandro Chavez-Badiola, MD, PhD Axel Hochstetter, PhD Adeel Nasir Valerie Bertele 🚀Alexandra Vidyuk Eduardo Hariton, MD, MBA Dr Cristina Hickman Rayan Salam Jarod Lopez Junaid Mian, RPh Marta Ferraz Shawna Pandya, MD Saeed Fathi, PhD Alon Brandman Henk Stapert Adri Kraa Cheryl Gallagher Sanketh Dhumal Satya Aqeel Shamsul, PhD Prateek Singh Sarah Pousho Tijn Quinten Zeelenberg

It was a great pleasure for Prof. David Cullen and Dr. Egbert Edelbroek to contribute to the AI Fertility 2024 Conference and present our goals and progress regarding enabling IVF and embryo development in space, and how that improves IVF on Earth.     We appreciate the many interesting discussions with other participants and requests to explore collaborations. A very passionate community that help patients in their pursuit of parenthood!   Thanks Nikica Zaninovic, Dr Cristina Hickman and the organizing committee for inviting us and for a very inspiring Conference on the beautiful Island of Brijuni. Our compliments for the very professionally organized event. #AIFertility2024 #ARTIS #IVF Sheela Ali, PhD, HCLD/TS/CC (ABB), Angelo Vermeulen, Seerat Maqsood, Robert Carrasquillo, MD, Begum Mathyk, Rafael Elias Marques, Warren Burggren, Kelly Tilleman, Alejandro Chavez-Badiola, MD, PhD, Eduardo Hariton, MD, MBA, Rayan Salam, Saeed Fathi, PhD, Alon Brandman, Valerie Bertele 🚀, Bob Brumley, Alexander L., Arno den Toom 🌻 🚀 🛰️ Carmen Messerlian, Marta Ferraz, Marco Toschi, Cheryl Gallagher, Jarod Lopez, Junaid Mian, RPh, Izmir Yamin, Brian J. Esposito, Shawna Pandya, MD

It is a great honor the Malaysian Prime Minister YAB Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the Minister of Science and Innovation celebrate the extended collaboration between SpaceBorn United and Independence-X Aerospace. Independence-X will have our ARTIS minilab onboard their MERCAP space capsule next year. Thank you Dr. Izmir Yamin for organizing and for the extended collaboration. #SpaceBornUnited #ARTIS #spacelifescience #IVF Angelo Vermeulen David Cullen Aqeel Shamsul, PhD Scott Solomon Alexander L. Marta Ferraz Sheela Ali, PhD, HCLD/TS/CC (ABB) Robert Carrasquillo, MD Rafael Elias Marques Francesca Lee-Rizzi Arno den Toom 🌻 🚀 🛰️ Carmen Messerlian Junaid Mian, RPh Rick Tumlinson Kelly Tilleman Dominic Stoop Kris Kimel Winter Vandenberghe Christopher Mason Shawna Pandya, MD Brian J. Esposito Seerat Maqsood Steve Behram, M.D. Rowena Christiansen Paul Marshall Terry Trevino Terry Rector Warren Burggren Adri Kraa Jarod Lopez Bob Brumley Valerie Bertele 🚀Armando C. Volodymyr Usov Alexandra Vidyuk

SpaceBorn United on Tour Presenting in Arizona, London and Ghent (Belgium). Angelo and Egbert had the pleasure of presenting at amazing locations for amazing audiences:     - Analog Astronaut Conference in Biosphere 2 in Arizona - UZ Ghent/ Reproductive Medicine Research Group - London FemTech event ‘Decoding the Future of Women’   #Biosphere2 #d3cod1ng2024  #ReproductionInSpace #IVFTechnology #SpaceBornUnited Angelo Vermeulen Karina Vazirova David Cullen Merri Moken Kate Nikityuk Seerat Maqsood Sheela Ali, PhD, HCLD/TS/CC (ABB) Marta Ferraz Aqeel Shamsul, PhD Torsten Hoffmann Eliah Overbey Scott Solomon Alexander L. Shawna Pandya, MD Izmir Yamin Rafael Elias Marques Robert Carrasquillo, MD Hilde Stenuit Rowena Christiansen Jarod Lopez Carmen Messerlian Stavroula Toska Kris Kimel Christopher Mason Junaid Mian, RPh Rick Tumlinson Warren Burggren Terry Rector Terry Trevino Francesca Lee-Rizzi Paul Marshall Brian J. Esposito Vanessa Farsadaki Valerie Bertele 🚀Armando C. Kelly Tilleman Arno den Toom 🌻 🚀 🛰️ Javin "Jay" Pierce Cheryl Gallagher Luca Principi

We're very excited to collaborate with Sidereus Space Dynamics on launching our ARTIS experiments with their EOS Orbital Launch Vehicle. This partnership promises groundbreaking advancements in microgravity research and biotechnology.   Stay tuned for more updates! #SpaceInnovation #MicrogravityResearch #SidereusSpace #SpaceBornUnited Luca Principi Mattia Barbarossa Angelo Vermeulen David Cullen Seerat Maqsood Sheela Ali, PhD, HCLD/TS/CC (ABB) Marta Ferraz Aqeel Shamsul, PhD Scott Solomon Alexander L. Shawna Pandya, MD Rafael Elias Marques Robert Carrasquillo, MD Hilde Stenuit Rowena Christiansen Jarod Lopez Carmen Messerlian Stavroula Toska Kris Kimel Christopher Mason Junaid Mian, RPh Rick Tumlinson Warren Burggren Dr. Terry Rector Terry Trevino Francesca Lee-Rizzi Paul Marshall Brian J. Esposito Vanessa Farsadaki Valerie Bertele 🚀Armando C. Kelly Tilleman Dominic Stoop Arno den Toom 🌻 🚀 🛰️ Javin "Jay" Pierce

Enabling conception and embryo development in space As our ARTIS minilab is progressing well, the ethical discussions also further mature. Working towards ethically sensitive goals requires committing to comply with high ethical standards and preparing for research council reviews. And more …   Considering the expected implications we also feel the responsibility to participate in and initiate transparent ethical discussions. To safeguard and promote valid and rich dialogues our Ethics Team is working on a specific bio-ethical framework for our ARTIS missions program. Especially via PhD research by our team member Theofanis Sivris.   We are excited our goals and way of working continue to attract passionate experts that want to contribute to enabling safe conception and early embryo development in space. Robert Carrasquillo, MD certainly is such a biomedical expert and recently joined the team. Robert is expert in Male Fertility and Reproductive Urology and reinforced our IVF research team. #SpaceBornUnited #spacelifescience #Bioethics   Theofanis Sivris Carrasquillo, MD Rafael Elias Marques Marta Ferraz Angelo Vermeulen Sheela Ali, PhD, HCLD/TS/CC (ABB) David Cullen Begüm A. Mathyk Shawna Pandya, Scott Solomon Carmen Messerlian Christopher Mason Hilde Stenuit Seerat Maqsood Alexander L. Cheryl Gallagher Junaid Mian, RPh Rick Tumlinson Kris Kimel Rowena Christiansen Paul Marshall Aqeel Shamsul, PhD Kelly Tilleman Dominic Stoop Sumbal Mushtaq Brian J. Esposito Steve Behram, M.D. Javin "Jay" Pierce Ali (A.H.A.) Alamri Terry Trevino Terry Rector Dave Brody Gary Hudson Dane Gobel Warren Burggren Adri Kraa

Next in our partner interview series (part 4): Dr. Izmir Yamin, CEO of Independence-X Aerospace, our key payload recovery partner. Dr. Yamin is leading the development of the MERCAP re-entry capsule for the safe recovery of our embryos in our ARTIS missions.   This dual-mode-capsule is also the unmanned satellite carrying the ARTIS minilab in which the conception and embryo development takes place. In the interview Dr. Yamin explains focus of his company, his personal involvement, the development stages of the MERCAP and the collaboration with SpaceBorn United. Click the link: https://lnkd.in/eXN8hsYE #SpaceBornUnited #AssistedReproductiveTechnology #ARTIS Izmir Yamin Paul Marshall David Cullen Aqeel Shamsul, PhD Cheryl Gallagher Scott Solomon Alexander L. Angelo Vermeulen Marta Ferraz Sheela Ali, PhD, HCLD/TS/CC (ABB) Robert Carrasquillo, MD Rafael Elias Marques Junaid Mian, RPh Rick Tumlinson Kelly Tilleman Dominic Stoop Hilde Stenuit Kris Kimel Christopher Mason Shawna Pandya, MD Sumbal Mushtaq Brian J. Esposito Seerat Maqsood Steve Behram, M.D. Rowena Christiansen Javin "Jay" Pierce Ali (A.H.A.) Alamri SALAM ABUALHAYJAA Carmen Messerlian Terry Trevino Terry Rector Dave Brody Gary Hudson Dane Gobel Warren Burggren Adri Kraa  

We are excited to join this facinating webinar about Human Reproduction In Space, by Humanity In Deep Space, moderated by Kris Kimel. We look forward to see you there and invite you to register via: https://lnkd.in/er6nEyjT #SpaceBornUnited #AssistedReproductiveTechnology #ARTIS Scott Solomon Alexander L. Kris Kimel Angelo Vermeulen Marta Ferraz Sheela Ali, PhD, HCLD/TS/CC (ABB) Robert Carrasquillo, MD Rafael Elias Marques David Cullen Junaid Mian, RPh Rick Tumlinson Kelly Tilleman Dominic Stoop Hilde Stenuit Brian J. Esposito Christopher Mason Shawna Pandya, MD Sumbal Mushtaq Seerat Maqsood Steve Behram, M.D. Rowena Christiansen Javin "Jay" Pierce Ali (A.H.A.) Alamri SALAM ABUALHAYJAA Carmen Messerlian Terry Trevino Terry Rector Izmir Yamin Simon Dubé, PhD Dave Brody Gary Hudson Dane Gobel

Introducing our new research partner SpaceBorn United is very excited about the new collaboration with the Reproductive Medicine Research Group at UZ Gent in Belgium, represented by Dr. Kelly Tilleman (IVF Lab Director) and Prof. Dominic Stoop (Head of Reproductive Medicine) and their team.   They will be involved in reviewing and optimizing our embryo research roadmaps and help prepare next year’s ground-based experiments (performing IVF in simulated partial/ micro gravity). We will benefit from their combined expertise in both mammalian and human conception and embryo development. #ivfsuccess #ARTIS #SpaceBornUnited Angelo Vermeulen Ilse De Croo Björn Heindryckx Marta Ferraz Sheela Ali, PhD, HCLD/TS/CC (ABB) Mark Larman Bart CJM Fauser Robert Carrasquillo, MD David Cullen Christopher Mason Rick Tumlinson Alexander L. Shawna Pandya, MD Rafael Elias Marques Hilde Stenuit Marina Fontoura Scott Solomon Bart Van Acker Javin "Jay" PierceSimon Dubé, PhD Wendy MensinkSumbal Mushtaq Brian J. Esposito Junaid Mian, RPh Rowena Christiansen Steve Behram, M.D. Adri Kraa Cheryl Gallagher Terry Trevino Arno den Toom 🌻 🚀 🛰️ Jules Lancee Paul Marshall Izmir Yamin Aqeel Shamsul, PhD