TOULOUSE 2022

SOME OF OUR SPEAKERS

Program

DAY ONE - 08 November 2022

DAY THREE - 10 November 2022

DAY TWO - 09 November 2022

ABSTRACTS

HANDBOOK

DAY ONE

Welcome Speech - José Gavira Izquierdo, ESA

Exploration and Life Support Systems - Giorgio MAGISTRATTI, ESA HRE

Challenges for Circular Economy & Sustainable Living - Stella Tkatchova, EU Innovation

Creating new commercial opportunities for the MELiSSA Project - Geraldine NAJA, ESAD CIP

Return to the Moon and onwards to Mars - Didier SCHMITT, ESA-HRE

Planet Mars Exploration, environment and ressources - François FORGET, IPSL

MELiSSA Overview ESA - Christophe LASSEUR, ESA-TEC

MELiSSA Memorandum of Understanding - Elena GRASHCHENKOVA, ESA CIP

Christer Fuglesang - MELISSA Toulouse

ROOM 1

Plants Characterisation 1

Shortening the Breeding Cycle. Bahar ACIKSOZ – U SUSSEX

PaCMan Unit upgrade. New subsystems for a deeper investigation of the root zone. Claudia QUADRI – ENGINSOFT

Fertilizer production for soilless plant cultivation in closed life support system – lessons learned from 4 years study. Anna JURGA – U WROCLAW

Characterization of three leafy vegetables in a sealed plant-growth chamber for closed life support systems. Antonio PANNICO – UNINA

Plants for Space – a new multidisciplinary centre focused on enabling long term-deep space habitation. Mathew GILLIHAM – U ADELAIDE

Air & Grey Water

Grey Water Recycling : From Space to Earth - Pierre MAGNES, FIRMUS-FGWRS

Indoor CO2 Direct Air Capture (iCO2-DAC): CO2 As Renewable Carbon Source. Luis Rafael Lopez de Leon – U GIRONA

Electroactive biofilm development under controlled hydrodynamic in a Couette-Taylor electrochemical reactor. Florent BOUCHON – INRAE

ROOM 2

Food Process 1/2

A novel multiproduct pathway towards algal food ingredients. Antoinette KAZBAR – U WAGENINGEN

Lettuce cultivation in a urine recycling scenario: Effects of different NH4:NO3 ratios. Mona SCHIEFLOE – NTNU

Species selection of microgreens to be produced in space as functional food for astronaut consumption. Luigi IZZO – UNINA

Green algae for sustainable edible proteins production. Matteo BALLOTARRI – U VERONA.

MEAT4SPACE – Cultured meat for human space exploration. Pedro GARCIA – ESA

Food Process 2/2

How abiotic factors change the requirements for plants cultivation in Space systems. Chiara AMITRANO – UNINA

The significance of aquaponics in Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems. Yoshiaki KITAYA – U OSAKA

ROOM 3

Urine & Nitrification 1/3

Influence of organics removal and nitrification on pharmaceutical and artificial sweetener removal ; the example of urine treatmet. Aurea HEUSSER – EAWAG

Community shift of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and washout of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria due to pH changes during urine nitrification. Kai Udert – EAWAG

Electrochemical stabilization and resource recovery from source-separated urine. Popat SUDEEP – U CLEMSON.

Impact of the Composition of Organics on Urine Treatment. Nele KIRKERUP – EAWAG

Will be three a multitude in the nitrifying compartment? First steps towards the characterization of a novel synthetic community by using flow cytometry and atomic force microscopy. Celia ALVAREZ – U Ghent

The effects of ISS-like ionizing radiation on the proteome and metabolome of ureolytic and nitrifying bacteria. Tom Verbeelen – SCK

Urine & Nitrification 2/3

Fresh urine treatment with bio-mineral phosphorus recovery and nitrification with biocatalysts. Ana SOARES – U CRANFIELD.

Urine and life support: Some nitrification-based MELiSSA solutions. Siegfried VLAEMINCK – U ANVERS

The alkalinity dilemma in nitrification. Agata SIEDLECKA – U WROCLAW

Closing loop with biological nitrification for nutrients recovery and surfactants removal. Kamil JANIACK – U Wroclaw.

DAY TWO

ROOM 1

KEY SPEAKER: Human-microbes symbiosis in health and disease, on earth and beyond our planetary boundaries. Joel Dore, INRAE

KEY SPEAKER: SpaceShip FR’s Contributions to Space Exploration and Human Spaceflight. Alexis PAILLET, CNES

KEY SPEAKER: Institute for space physiology and medicine - Explore and innovate for health. Audrey Berthier, MEDES

BioMaterial 1/2

Passive limitation of surface contamination by perFluoroDecylTrichloroSilane coatings in the ISS during the MATISS experiments. Laurence LEMELLE – ENS Lyon

Assessing the integration of a bioreactor producing SCPs and PHAs from organic waste into global environmental systems. Etienne PERRIN – CNES

From Organic Waste to Ink for 3D Printing Within the MELiSSA Loop. Martin CERFF – BHL

THE FUTURE OF FOOD PRODUCTION. Giorgia PONTETTI – EltHub

Plants Characterisation 3/3

Integration of Human Urine Derivatives in Soilless Systems Fertilization to Grow Salad Crops. Christophe EL NAKHEL – UNINA

Characterization of the performance of the Higher Plants Chamber in the MELiSSA Pilot Plant under batch and staggered mode of operation using L. sativa. Carolina ARNAU – UAB

Effect of the addition of human urine-based struvite on the growth of green bean on Mars and moon soil simulants. Wieger Wamelink – U Wageningen.

Amphibious plants present a gigantic shift in root microbial community across life cycles. Jorge MANDUSSI – U California

Light stimuli to guide roots of agriculturally-important plants in extra-terrestrial environments. Luigi IZZO – UNINA

Waste Treatment 1/2

Bioenergetic modelling for predicting and steering VFA production in carbohydrates anaerobic fermentation. Alberte REGUEIRA – U Ghent

BioPack: a technology for waste inhibition and compaction for Life Support Systems. Fabio LORENZINI – KAYSER It

Characterization of a promising thermophilic chain elongating bacterium isolated from a MELiSSA waste compartment reactor, Thermocaproicibacter melissae gen. nov., sp. nov. for n-caproate production utilizing polymeric carbohydrates. Tinh NGUYEN – KUL

Waste Treatment 2/2

Lift off biogas industry : BIO-VALO, the pilot test platform for your projects. Pierre FONTANILLE – BioVALO

Plastic recycling in space using microorganisms: a potential tool to close the loop. Rosa SANTOMARTINO – U EDINBURGH

Evaluating the use of menstrual blood-derived cell therapy to support astronauts in long-term space missions. Marion DUGUE – TU DELFT

ROOM 2

Plants Characterisation 2/3

SUPER FOOD FOR SPACE: from a complex biological system to a simplified plant model. Leone ROMANO – UNINA

Lactuca sativa L. plants showed different capacities to cope with ionizing radiation when exposed to increasing doses of heavy ions. Sara De FRANCESCO – UNINA

Space & Terrestrial Demonstrators 1/3

SEEDLING GROWTH: results from the largest ESA/NASA Arabidopsis experiment on the ISS looking into the molecular adaptation of plants to the Moon gravity and other life support system relevant scenarios. Raul HERRANZ – CSIC

PFPU: Microgravity Precursor Food Production Unit development statu. Giorgio BOSCHERI – THALES ALENIA SPACE

Concept Study of a BLSS Module for LEO, Cislunar and Mars Transit stations. Paolo CARATELLI – U Abu Dhabi

Adaptive vertical farm for fresh food production in life support systems. Patrizia BAGNERINI

Lessons learned for life support system payloads. Blandine GORCE – ESA

Water Across the Plant Systems (WAPS): ground tests on hydration and air humidity to model plant growth for space experiments. Giovanna ARONNE – UNINA

Space & Terrestrial Demonstrators 2/3

Design & operation of a bread board model of spirulina photobioreactor equipped with a harvesting system to support ISS On Board Demonstrator development. Dominique CHAPUIS – BEYOND GRAVITY

Spreading and sliding of condensed air humidity droplets over metallic substrates under non-isothermal conditions. Ouriana OIKOMIDOU – U Thessalonikis

The Effect of ISS-like Ionizing Radiation and Microgravity on the Transcriptome of N-cycle Bacteria. Thanh Huy Nguyen – uMons

Space & Terrestrial Demonstrators 3/3

Advancement of the PFPU Root Module for the production of tuberous species in microgravity. Luigi DURI – UNINA

The SOLE project: a hydroponic greenhouse demonstrator for fresh food production in space. Giorgia PONTETTI – G&A Engineering

Autonomous complex biospheres in space : moral grounds, historical perspectives and a way forwards. Louise FLEISCHER – SPRING

Analog astronaut habitats and space simulation systems. Kato CLAEYS – KUL

ROOM 3

KEY SPEAKER: MELiSSA PILOT PLANT INTEGRATION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES. Francesc GÒDIA, UAB

KEY SPEAKER: NEW STAKES FOR NUMERICAL MODELING AND SIMULATION OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS. Eric Landel, RTX

System Studies 1/3

Assessing the resilience of circular water systems: a simulation-based approach using the UWOT model. Dimitrios BOUZIOTAS – KWR

Circularity indicators and digitalisation for monitoring circular space and terrestrial systems. Francois CLUZEL – CENTRALSUPELEC

Space Greenhouse Design: towards a systematic methodology. Lucie POULET – UCA

Designing the MELiSSA Pilot Plant Integration. Gas loop closure between higher plant chamber and crew compartment: requirements specifications, simulations and hardware. Carles CIURANS – UAB

System Studies 2/3

A roadmap for future system studies VARSITY legacy. Marco GATTI – ENGINSOFT

Specification process of a simulation platform for the MELiSSA project. Alexandre SOBAS – CENTRALSUPELEC

Modelling physical processes in higher plants using leaf replicas for space applications. Joanna KUZMA – UCA

Design of the MELiSSA loop control strategy. Benjamin THIRON – SHERPA

SpaceShip.FR and MELiSSA: Harmonized Roadmaps for Regenerative Life Support Systems. Gregory NAVARRO – CNES

System Studies 3/3

Knowledge models of photobioreactors and their paths integral formulation. Jeremi DAUCHET – UCA

Conceptual design of an Environment Control and Life Support System for a Mars Transit Mission. Blandine GORCE – ESA

Model structuration and review for MELiSSA knowledge and control. Laurent POUGHON – UCA

Analog mission to test life support systems for future manned missions. Quentin ROYER – ISAE

Societal Impact 1/2

Mars Camp – How to raise awareness of STEM through the topic of space. Gaëtan GRECO – Euro Space Center

The MELiSSA Project in the ESA_Lab@ Initiative: A Brainstorming Platform Promoting European STEM talents. Maria Gabriella SARAH – ESA

DAY THREE

ROOM 1

REBUS 1/2

The REBUS project in the context of the Italian Life Science Roadmap for human space exploration. Marta del Bianco – ASI

Simulated microgravity affects pollen tube development: a crucial stage in the seed-to-seed cycle of space candidate crops. Maurizio IOVANE – UNINA

The Potential of Lunar and Martian regolith simulants as plant growth media. Antonio Giandonato Caporale – UNINA

The REBUS fungal collection for the space organic waste exploitation. Solveig TOSI – U PAVIA

REBUS 2/2

Space organic waste degradation: a new approach to microgreens cultivation. Silvia TABACCHIONI – ENEA

Entomological degradation in bio-regenerative systems for space: Study on the efficacy of Hermetia illucens-mediated bioconversion. Maurizio CALVITTI – ENEA

Chicory (Cichorium intybus L) for space-oriented production of prebiotic rich plant under controlled conditions for astronaut wellbeing. Alberto BATTISTELLI – CNR-IRET

Chicory roots as antidote to spaceflight-induced chronic stress: a translational study in the framework of the ReBUS project. Francesca ZORATTO – ISS

Morpho-physiological and nutritional responses of Brassica microgreens to heavy ions: an outlook on ionizing radiation from the REBUS project. Veronica De MICCO UNINA

ReBUS-Cyanobacteria: The use of the desiccation-, radiation-tolerant cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis sp. CCMEE 029 for in situ resource utilization on the Moon and Mars. Daniella BILLI – U ROME

BioMaterial 2/2

Assessing the Recycling Potential of Cupriavidus necator for Space Travel: Production of SCPs and PHAs from Organic Waste. Pierre JORIS – TBI

3D printing in low-gravity (3DmedLowG project): Challenges in development of hardware and food compatible printing ink. Gasan Osojnik – Univerza v Ljubljani

Kombucha-derived biomaterials for life in space. Agata KOBODZIEJCZYK – AGH UST

ROOM 2

Algae & Photobioreactor 1/2

The assessment of microalgae biochemistry through NMR non-invasive approach offers new perspectives for their monitoring in photobioreactors. Gonçalves Olivier – GEPEA

Extracellular conversion of CO2 into sugars and other functional food ingredients: SweetAir. Iulian-Zoltan BOBOESCU – U WAGENINGEN

Assessing the efficiency of cyanobacterium-based BLSS on Mars. Cyprien VERSEUX – ZARM

Optimizing phosphorus removal for municipal wastewater post-treatment with Chlorella vulgaris. Aigars LAVRINOVIS – RTU

ALGOLIGHT to produce high value products in a compact controlled and intensified photobioreactor adaptable to the life support for human space exploration. Charlène THOBIE – ALGOLIGHT.

Development of innovative processes for the industrial cultivation of high added-value plants in a vertical farming pilot system. Nico BETTERLE – U VERONA

Algae & Photobioreactor 2/2

Implementation of an automated process for a continuous Limnospira harvesting and the recycling of the culture medium for space applications. Céline COENE – QINETIQ

Modeling and experimental campaign of a novel, compact, thin-tube photobioreactor for high volumetric productivity. Jack HOENIGES – GEPEA

Duckweed Production for Space Life Support. Christine ESCOBAR – Space Lab

Urine & Nitrification 3/3

Nitrogen gas production and extraction from urine to compensate for gas leakage during long-term Space missions: Proof of concept for an energy-efficient microgravity-compatible bioreactor. Marijn TIMMER – U ANVERS

Nitrogen gas and water recovery using the Nitrogenisor bioreactor for crewed Mars mission: A feasibility study based on stochastic mission scenarios. Tim Van WINCKEL – U ANVERS

ROOM 3

Societal Impact 2/2

History of CELSS in Europe. Christophe LASSEUR – ESA

The MELiSSA foundation and the selection of young scientists involved in research on life support in space: eight years of experience in the POMP project. Max MERGEAY – MELiSSA Foundation

Terrestrial Applications 1/2

URIDIS, electricity-driven water technology for safe and sustainable toilets without chemical additives. Korneel Rabaey – U Ghent

Microalgae-based biofacade to develop sustainable buildings: system modeling with Modelica Flora GIRARD – GEPEA

Integrated Water Cycle Demonstration Pilot Project Using MELiSSA Space Technology. Ernesto LOPEZ BAEZA – U VALENCIA

Terrestrial Applications 2/2

PhotoBioreactor Space R&D at MEG Science. Mattia TOFFANETTI – MEG

Q&A about MELiSSA terrestrial applications Aude De CLERCQ – ESA Stephan Speidel – ESA

Opportunities for MELiSSA-derived downstream services within ESA’s Space Solutions. Arnaud RUNGE – ESA

Advancing Opportunities for Ag-Tech in the Space Environment: Mutation Breeding Programs, Closed-Loop Developments, and Exploring Future Opportunities. Connor KISELCHUK – StarLab Oasis

2022 MELiSSA Conference in Toulouse

SOME OF OUR SPEAKERS

Program

DAY ONE

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ROOM 2

ROOM 3

DAY TWO

ROOM 1

ROOM 2

ROOM 3

DAY THREE

ROOM 1

ROOM 2

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Regenerative Life Support Systems for Long Term Space Missions