NANOROS is a project granted by the Italian Space Agency (ASI, http://www.asi.it) and coordinated by the Smart Bio-Interfaces group of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT, https://www.iit.it/research/lines/smart-bio-interfaces). Partners of the project are the Biorobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (http://www.sssup.it) and Kayser Italia S.r.L. (http://www.kayser.it).

The project aims at the evaluation of the antioxidant effects of cerium oxide nanoparticles on a model of differentiated muscle cells in microgravity conditions, on the International Space Station.

The project started on August 1st, 2016 and will last 30 months. The space mission is scheduled for next August 1st, 2017.

Key persons involved in the project

Gianni Ciofani, Principal Investigator

Senior Researcher, Italian Institute of Technology

https://www.iit.it/people/gianni-ciofani

Associate Professor, Polytechnic University of Torino

http://www.dimeas.polito.it/en/personale/scheda/(nominativo)/gianni.ciofani

Giada Genchi

Post-doctoral fellow, Italian Institute of Technology

Attilio Marino

Post-doctoral fellow, Italian Institute of Technology

Ilaria Pezzini

Ph.D. student, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Arianna Menciassi

Full professor, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Alice Rita Salgarella