BIOcontamination Specific Modeling in HAbitats Related to Space

Project Information

BIOSMHARS

Grant agreement ID: 263076

Project closed

Start date 1 June 2011

End date 31 May 2013

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space

Total cost € 742 342,00

EU contribution € 493 345,00

Coordinated by

MEDES-INST MEDECINE PHYSIOLOGIE SPATIALE
France

Objective

BIOSMHARS is the first phase of a Europe - Russia research effort aiming to develop the scientific and technical tools enabling to have a comprehensive approach of biocontamination inside manned spacecrafts, and to develop appropriate countermeasures. BIOSMHARS will develop and calibrate a mathematical model predicting the transportation of bioaerosols in a closed environment and the induced biocontamination. The model of biocontamination will be calibrated in the BIOS-3 facility in Krasnoyarsk as an analogue to the International Space Station. It will integrate parameters enabling it to be adapted to a real spacecraft. A first experiment will enable to calibrate the physical model and particles transportation. A second experiment will enable to correlate the real biocontamination induced by injecting calibrated bioaerosols of bacteria and fungi with the calculations of the model. BIOMHARS will also develop a scientific and technical roadmap to facilitate the links with other EU relevant initiatives and plan for further phases. The project is proposed by a consortium of European and Russian leading research institutions in space, modelling and microbiology. The consortium is coordinated by MEDES, Institute for Space physiology and medicine in France. It also includes VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland, the University of Eastern Finland and the Belgium Centre for nuclear research as European partners. For Russia, it includes IBMP, the Institute of BioMedical Problems of Moscow and IBP, the Institute of BioPhysics of Krasnoyarsk. The project duration is of two years.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › astronautical engineering › spacecraft
• natural sciences › biological sciences › microbiology › bacteriology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › microbiology › mycology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › biophysics
• natural sciences › mathematics › applied mathematics › mathematical model

Programme(s)

• FP7-SPACE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space

Topic(s)

• SPA.2010.3.2-04 - EU-Russia Cooperation for Strengthening Space Foundations (SICA)

Call for proposal

FP7-SPACE-2010-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA)

Coordinator

MEDES-INST MEDECINE PHYSIOLOGIE SPATIALE

• EU contribution: € 59 400,00
• Address: Clinique Spatiale, Avenue Jean Poulhes 1 ; 31403 Toulouse ; France
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Géraldine Denat (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (5)

STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE / CENTRE D'ETUDE DE L'ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 75 656,00
• Address: AVENUE HERRMANN DEBROUX 40 ; 1160 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Ludo Veuchelen (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

Institute of Biophysics of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences

Russia

• EU contribution: € 97 460,00
• Address: Akademgorodok 50 ; 660036 Krasnoyarsk
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Alexander Tikhomirov (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

RUSSIAN FEDERATION STATE SCIENTIFIC CENTER - INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES - SSC RF IBMP RAS

Russia

• EU contribution: € 94 260,00
• Address: KHOROCHEVSKOE SHOSSE 76A ; 123007 MOSCOW
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Viacheslav Ilyin (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT

Finland

• EU contribution: € 96 488,00
• Address: TEKNIIKANTIE 4 A ; 02044 VTT ESPOO
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Ulla Peltonen (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO

Finland

• EU contribution: € 70 081,00
• Address: YLIOPISTONRANTA 8 ; 70211 KUOPIO
• Region: Manner-Suomi › Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi › Pohjois-Savo
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Tiina Reinikainen (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data