Mahidol University, Thailand
Group photo
"This is a great opportunity and a big step for the space biology research program in Thailand. We are very excited to explore how aquatic plants perform in a hypergravity environment, which might answer questions for future space exploration", said
Dr Tatpong Tulyananda, Team Leader.
AWARDS
HyperGES
In the first round of HyperGES in 2019-2020, a student team from Mahidol University, Thailand was awarded the fellowship. The experiment is to study the effect of hypergravity on watermeal, the smallest and fastest-growing flowering plant on Earth. It will help unlock various possibilities for future application of the plant as a food and oxygen source for space exploration and on other planets which may have higher gravity than on Earth.
News
- Interview conducted by UNOOSA with team leader Dr. Tatpong Tulyanada (23 April 2021)
- Dr. Tatpong Tulyananda led the Thai team to win the Prestigious HyperGES fellowship to conduct hypergravity research (6 September 2020)
- Thailand team wins UN access to ESA's hypergravity centrifuge (9 June 2020)
- Mahidol University Wins 1st Cycle Of HyperGES Fellowship From UNOOSA And ESA (1 June 2020)
Activities
- Access to Space for All x SDGs Interview Series: Article #6 "HyperGES: The Platform to Boost Space Exploration Capacity and its Contribution to the SDGs" (31 October 2023)
- Hypergravity odyssey of Earth's tiniest plant (06 October 2023)
- Presented in UNOOSA Access to Space for All Expert Meeting ( pdf & video 1:23:10-1:41:01 ) (15 May 2023)
- A team member attended an interview session on "Thailand's 20th year of space biology: what is our next step?" (21 May 2021)
- A team member attended a special seminar "Plant research for Thai space program" (28 April 2021)
- Synchrotron light research institute welcome our team to discuss watermeal chamber development and production for the HyperGES mission (27 November 2020)
- The team arranged a workshop on "Watermeal, the smallest plant on earth for space application" for NSTDA's science camp (17 November 2020)
- Meet with The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand to discuss the ongoing space project (13 November 2020)
- The team visited Thailand's Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) for future collaboration in the HyperGES project (14 August 2020)