Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace

News

  • Catch our experiment in action on German TV! ZDF features LEIA’s Dario De Smet at 1:58 during the second Brain Flight parabolic flight campaign.

​https://www.zdfheute.de/video/zdf-mittagsmagazin/iss-astronaut-parabelflug-100.html​

  • Catho Schoenmaekers explains the effects of microgravity and space travel on the human body in an informative video of the 'Universiteit van Vlaanderen'. Why do you come back from Mars feeling like a total wreck? Check this video for the answer. 

https://www.universiteitvanvlaanderen.be/college/waarom-kom-je-als-een-wrak-terug-van-mars​

  • The BRAIN-DTI project has received the ISSRDC "Compelling Results Award - Human Health in Space" for "Identifying structural and functional brain changes of astronauts returning from space", given by the American Astronautical Society, ISS National Laboratory and NASA. ​
  • Catho Schoenmaekers gives a talk to high school students about the effect of long duration spaceflight on the vestibular system during the 2024 Kekulé cyclus Jeugdnamiddag 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOZaQU4ayxk​

  • Steven Jillings talks about the effects of spaceflight on the brain during a webinar for The Scientist. 

https://www.the-scientist.com/understanding-brain-changes-in-response-to-extreme-environments-71121​

  • LEIA has organized the 42nd conference of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology (ISGP) in Antwerp. 

https://www.isgp-space.org/isgp2023/​

  • Catho Schoenmaekers explains the focus of her doctoral research funded by the FWO Frank De Winne mandate. 

https://kennismakers.be/geflitst-toponderzoek-op-heterdaad-betrapt​

  • Steven Jillings, Chloë de Laet, and Catho Schoenmaekers host a side event for the 2021 summer camp (STEM) for 14-16 year olds. 
  • Prof. Wuyts explains the mechanisms of the vestibular system and why we get motion sick (Dutch). 

https://neus-keel-oor.be/nl/onze_dienst/actueel/prof_floris_wuyts_zijn_zicht_op_evenwicht​

  • Prof. Andrzej Zarowski from Sint-Augustinus Hospital performs a first vestibular implant surgery in Belgium.

https://neus-keel-oor.be/nl/onze_dienst/actueel/prof_andrzej_zarowski_plaatst_eerste_evenwichtsimplantaat_in_belgie​

  • A publication by LEIA on the effects of spaceflight on the brain. 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/04/scans-reveal-how-brain-adapts-to-life-in-space​