• 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