On-chip micro-incubator with integrated sensors and actuators
Degenerative pathologies are among the greatest long-term risk for astronauts exposed to hazard environment during deep space mission. A breakthrough goal in this area, to improve risk modeling, is to provide biological in-situ analysis of those effects. For this purpose, we developed a scientific payload to study the space environment’s effects on cellular cultures. The system is a micro-incubator based on lab-on-chip technology with integrated thin-film sensors and actuators for the active control of the environmental conditions of the cell culture.