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Jaap Swanenburg from the UZH Space Hub network is doing measurements on the human spine of healthy test persons during parabolic flights on bord the AIRBUS A310 ZERO G airplane this week (27-30.11.2023).
Oliver Ullrich, Director of the UZH Space Hub and professor at the Institute of Anatomy, has been awarded the Life Sciences Award by the International Academy of Astronautics. The aerospace medicine expert is being recognized for his innovative research in space life sciences, a field he has been instrumental in establishing.
This month we have interviewed Aurel Schneider, Professor at the University of Zurich, working on theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology. His interest lies in exploring dark matter, a barely understood component that is essential for the formation of stars and galaxies that happens in our initially smooth universe.
This interview is part of a series about the UZH researchers involved in Euclid, the ESA space telescope that took off from Cape Canaveral in July this year.
Philippe Jetzer is Professor for Physics at the University of Zurich and member of the UZH Space Hub network. In our latest video he explains the ambitions space project LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna).
This month we have interviewed Julian Adamek, SNF-Eccellenza Professor at the Institute for Computational Science (University of Zurich). Julian is a cosmologist and works on computer models to integrate relativist effects in the simulations of our Universe.
This interview is part of a series about the UZH researchers involved in Euclid, as ESA space mission which will take off from Cape Canaveral in July 2023.
This month we have interviewed Francesca Lepori, cosmologist at the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Zurich. Among different projects, Francesca also works on Euclid, an ESA space mission which will take off from Cape Canaveral in July 2023. Euclid will help researchers to solve the biggest mysteries of modern cosmology: the nature of dark matter and dark energy!
Liliana Layer, CSO of the UZH spin-off Prometheus Life Technology, will give a talk on "Commercializing Human Organoids from Space - Prometheus Life Technologies" (Image: NASA)
This month we have interviewed Ben Moore, professor at the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Zurich and Swiss coordinator ofARRAKIHS, the new fast mission selected by the European Space Agency for its Science Programme. ARRAKIHS (Analysis of Resolved Remnants of Accreted galaxies as a Key Instrument for Halo Surveys) will image about one hundred nearby galaxies and their surroundings and provide data to make tests of the so-called Λ-Cold Dark Matter (ΛCDM) cosmology.
askEarth is one of the UZH spin-offs which this year joined ESA BIC Switzerland. We have interviewed Simon Grüning, Chief Technology Officer at askEarth, whose work is supported by a UZH Entrepreneur Fellowship. Goal of askEarth is to make satellite data accessible to the general public via natural language processing.
Congratulations, the two new UZH spin-offs askEarth and Prometheus Life Technologies, both rooting in the UZH Space Hub environment, join ESA BIC Switzerland, the Swiss Space Incubator!
We’re excited to announce that out of hundreds of applicants, the UZH spin-off Prometheus Life Technologies located at the Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich has been selected as the winner of the Reef Starter Innovation Challenge.
From 3-14 October 2022, the 6th Swiss Parabolic Flight Campaign took place from Dübendorf Airfield, organized by the UZH Space Hub and the Swiss Skylab foundation.
Interested in a space career? Join our event on 30.9.22 at UZH, learn about career opportunities at ESA and connect with space experts.
We are happy to announce that registration is open for our special event "ISSI meets the UZH Space Hub".
The Tech4Impact Showcase 2030 is coming back for its third edition this June 13th – 14th and Space4Impact is joining the program with a half-day session on space.
The University of Zurich was elected as a new member of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) by the current university members on March 25. This election was possible, as the UZH belongs to the worldwide leading institutions for research in the Space- and Aviation field.
The robotic explorer GLIMPSE and its team, consisting of scientists and engineers from the University of Zurich, ETH and other industrial and academic partners, have reached the final round of the “Space resources challenge”.
This month we have interviewed Maria Santos, professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich. Her research focuses on Earth System Science.
A brief review of UZH Space Hub in 2021: The year has been successful and active for the UZH Space Hub and its members, combined with a strong increase in international visibility: According to Space Tec Analytics, UZH Space Hub belongs to the 28 globally significant space hubs – which is impressive when considering that operations had started in 2018. Photos ©Regina Sablotny
This month we have interviewed Florian Kehl, senior scientist at the UZH Space Hub (in front of Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) engineering model at NASA JPL in this picture). His research focuses on instrument development for astrobiology and space biology missions, microgravity research, and in-situ resource utilization (ISRU).
In this article, our UZH Space Hub Director, Prof. Oliver Ullrich, explains the need for a dialogue between Theology and Sciences.
This month we have interviewed Dr. Andreas Losch, Privatdozent at the faculty of Theology of the University of Zurich. In this interview, Andreas told us more about his research on Space and Planetary Sustainability.
With great pleasure, we welcome Technopark Liechtenstein as partner of the UZH Space Hub. Othmar Oehri, CEO Technopark Liechtenstein, and Oliver Ullrich, Director UZH Space Hub, are very much looking forward to this cooperation. Oliver emphasizes the enormous innovative power in Liechtenstein: "Liechtenstein is a broadly diversified industrial country. Almost half of the gross domestic product is generated by industry. Liechtenstein is also a hot spot of innovation. Measured as share of the gross domestic product, no country in the world invests more in research and development than Liechtenstein. The partnership with Technopark Liechtenstein enables mutual networking of our start-up communities, the establishment of new R&D collaborations, new interfaces from idea to development to distribution and marketing, and last but not least access to investors and opportunities for growth financing".
For the second time, the UZH Space Hub and Airbus are sending adult human stem cells to the International Space Station ISS. The goal of this innovative project is to develop the industrial production of miniature tissues in space for terrestrial use in research and medicine. First tests in 2020 had proven, that the production of tissue in Space is working not only in theory, but in practice. Read more in the UZH press release
This month we have interviewed Claudia Röösli, group leader at the Remote Sensing Laboratories and head of NPOC for satellite data. At the UZH Space Hub, she is the expert for Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. In this interview, she told us more about her research on biodiversity.
The UZH Innovation Hub invites students, researchers and corporate experts to engage in the brand new course at the University of Zurich Innovathon 2021: Digitalization of mobility.
This month we have interviewed Svantje Tauber, biologist and research associate in the group Cell Biology - Gravitational Biology and Biomechanics of Prof. Oliver Ullrich at the Institute of Anatomy, and Expert for Space Life Science at the UZH Space Hub. In this interview, she told us more about her research.
This month we have interviewed Ravit Helled, Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics at the Institute for Computational Science of the University of Zurich. In this interview, she told us more about her research on planet formation and evolution structure, and her passion for Space.
This month we have interviewed Reik Leiterer, CEO and co-founder of ExoLabs, a spin-off of the Remote Sensing Laboratories (RSL) of the University of Zurich. The goal? To provide tailored software solutions, data products and scientific know-how based on geospatial and remote sensing data to support the private and public sector in gaining insights and efficiency at reduced costs.
Applications for one senior researcher position and two PhD positions in thermal remote sensing of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are invited.
This month we have interviewed Giovanni Bertolini, group leader of the Swiss Space Travel and AiR Sickness (SSTARS) group at the Department of Neurology, University of Zurich. His research focuses on the mechanism of habituation and learning of self-motion perception in novel motion environments.
Our UZH Space Hub member, Davide Scaramuzza is a Professor of Robotics and Perception at both departments of Informatics (University of Zurich) and Neuroinformatics (joint between the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich), where he directs the Robotics and Perception Group. He recently conducted flight experiments in the Dübendorf airfield.
The UZH Space Hub, together with the Air Force Center, is supporting the Corona Drive-in-Test Center, that was newly built and operated at the Dübendorf airfield by the University Hospital Balgrist, following a request of the Department of Health of the canton Zurich. Our UZH Space Hub colleague, Dr. Svantje Tauber, is currently working there and gave us a special point of view in this interview.
This month we have interviewed Johannes Vogel, Johannes Vogel, professor and senior group leader at the Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zurich. His research focuses on the cellular response to hypoxia.
This month we have interviewed Alexander Damm, professor at the Remote Sensing Laboratories of the University of Zurich. His research focuses on applications of remote sensing techniques to study water systems on our own planet. Would you like to know more? Then, read the full interview.
This month we have interviewed Philippe Jetzer, professor at the Physics Institute of the University of Zurich. His research focuses on a very hot topic nowadays, the detection of gravitational waves! Would you like to know more? Then read the full interview.
This month we have interviewed Uwe Schneider, professor in the Medical Physics and Radiation Research at the University of Zurich. His research focuses on Space Radiation, an interdisciplinary science that includes the examination of biological effects of radiation on organisms. Want to know more? Read further!
The University of Zurich has sent adult human stem cells to the International Space Station. With this innovative concept Prof. Oliver Ullrich and Dr. Cora Thiel from the UZH Space Hub will explore the production of human tissue in weightlessness. Weightlessness as a tool is being used, because physical forces such as gravity influence how stem cells differentiate and how the formation and regeneration of tissue is organized.
The experiment will be conducted together with Airbus Defence and Space in a mobile mini-laboratory, the CubeLab module of the US company Space Tango. This approach could be of benefit for transplantation medicine and precision medicine and as an alternative to animal experiments.
Read more here: https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2020/UZH-Space-Hub.html
This month we have interviewed Dr. Cora Thiel, Research Group Leader at the Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich. Her research focuses on the impact of Earth’s gravity on chromatin structure and gene expression regulation in cells of the immune system. She was a member of the 4th Swiss Parabolic Flight Campaign crew, curious? Read the full interview!
Early this morning a zero-G aircraft left Dübendorf Airport bringing 8 scientific experiments in different gravity conditions. This is the 4th Swiss Parabolic Flight Campaign and was organised by the UZH Space Hub together with the Swiss Skylab Foundation.
This month we have interviewed Lucio Mayer, here on the left, professor at the Institute for Computational Science and Center for Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Zurich. Want to know more? Read the full interview!
The Space Hub does not stop, we just moved to digital! Are you wondering who is we? Then, let us introduce you the Research, Development and Operations Team, together in this picture taken during our last Skype meeting while working for you from home. With our various background, we support the UZH Space Hub community, take care of our events and distribute relevant information. Would you like to know more? Read below!
This month we have interviewed Dr. Andreas Hueni, shown on the right side of this picture, taken at the NASA Armstrong Research Flight Facility in Palmdale, CA, with one of the pilots of the ER-2 research aircraft, shortly before take-off. Andy is an academic associate with the Remote Sensing Laboratories at the University of Zurich, responsible for APEX (Airborne Prism Experiment) sensor and data calibration, campaign manager for APEX and AVIRIS-NG flights in Europe in collaboration with ESA and NASA, and project manager of the future ARES platform. His research interests are the calibration of spectrometers and the design of combined database and software systems such as the spectral information system SPECCHIO. Want to know more? Read the full interview!
We have interviewed Dr. Jaap Swanenburg, who works in the Integrative Spinal Research (ISR) group, the research arm of the department of Chiropractic Medicine at Balgrist University Hospital. Their research focuses on the human spinal motor control under different gravity conditions with the aim of improving spinal health, let's discover more!
With the Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich a new platform for research, development and innovation is being created on the Dübendorf airfield. In the near future, renowned research institutions and companies will settle on the site.
On November 7, the roadshow event “Be a Star in ESA’s Universe” stopped by at the UZH and the UZH Space Hub hosted an interactive evening about careers either at ESA or in space academia, industry or research and innovation. Here is a roundup for you to become a star yourself!
Every venture depends on an active and strong team. Therefore, the UZH Space Hub members will meet for the first time on October 17, 2019 to shape and enrich the cluster with your ideas and your contribution.
Fluglärm ist ein viel diskutiertes Problem im Grossraum Zürich. Von Seiten der Wissenschaft wird intensiv geforscht um Verbesserungen zu erzielen. Im Rahmen eines von der Swiss SkyLab Foundation initiierten 3-jährigen Projekts wurde in einem Konsortium zusammen mit der Eidgenössischen Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt Empa und dem Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) das Pilotenassistenzsystem LNAS (Low Noise Augmentation System) für den sogenannten Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) weiterentwickelt. Dieses System soll Piloten im Alltag dabei helfen, Lärmimmissionen bei Anflügen minimal zu halten und gleichzeitig möglichst ökonomisch anzufliegen.
Von der Mondlandung bis zu Arbeitsplatz im All
Mit dem Artemis-Programm will die amerikanische Raumfahrtagentur NASA erneut Astronauten zur Mondoberfläche senden. Damit wird im Jahr 2024 zum ersten Mal seit dem Ende des Apollo-Programms im Jahr 1972 eine bemannte Mission den Erdtrabanden erkunden. Seit dem ersten Mann auf dem Mond hat sich die Raumfahrt grundlegend verändert, denn der Weg in den Weltraum soll bald nicht mehr nur den staatlichen Raumfahrtagenturen vorbehalten bleiben.
Die US-amerikanische Raumfahrtagentur will die internationale Raumstation ISS zunehmend für inländische Unternehmen öffnen und privatwirtschaftlich organisierte Astronauteneinsätze unterstützen. Ziel sei es, die ökonomische Nutzung des unteren Erdorbit (weniger als 2000 km über der Erdoberfläche) zu beschleunigen, wie die NASA in einer Pressekonferenz mitteilte.
Regelmässig scannen Wissenschaftler der Universität Zürich die Lägern aus der Luft. Dabei kommt ein Spektrometer zum Einsatz, das im Rahmen des PRODEX Programms der Europäischen Raumfahrtagentur entwickelt wurde. Mit den Aufnahmen können Rückschlüsse u.a. auf den Zustand des Ökosystems und die Zusammensetzung der Atmosphäre gezogen werden.
Zum fünfzigsten Jubiläum der Mondlandung kommt das Starmus-Festival nach Zürich.
Unter den hundert innovativsten Universitäten Europas belegt die Universität Zürich den neunten Platz. Damit konnte sie vier Plätze nach oben rücken, wie aus dem aktuellen Reuters- Ranking 2019 hervorgeht.
Neben der Universität Zürich sind auch die EPFL Luzern (Platz 5) und die ETH Zürich (Platz 10) in den Top 10 vertreten. An erster Stelle rangiert, zum vierten Mal in Folge, die belgische KU Leuven. Abgesehen vom Spitzenreiter sind nur englische, deutsche und Schweizer Hochschulen unter den zehn Top-Innovatoren.
