Video Recap


FULL Schedule

Links to recordings of presentations will be shown below. Simply click the watch now button to view.

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Location: Tory 3-36, Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ


09:00

Opening Remarks and Land Acknowledgement

WATCH NOW Chris Herd
Carlos Lange
ISSET Director
ISSET Deputy Director
09:10

A Potential Biosignature on Mars: Implications for Mars Sample Return

WATCH NOW Chris Herd Professor, EAS
09:55

Revealing the Martian Soundscape

WATCH NOW Nina Lanza  
10:40

What Making and Modeling Martian Meteorites Teaches Us About Mars

WATCH NOW Sophie Benaroya* Graduate student, EAS
11:00 Break
11:15

Simulated Microgravity Models Sex Differences in Knee Osteoarthritis Through a CD36-Regulated Mechano-Metabolic Circuit

WATCH NOW Hilda Ma Postdoctoral fellow, Surgery
11:35

What Are the Changes in Bone Marrow Induced by Radiation Exposure Mimicking Space

WATCH NOW Abibah Kromah Undergraduate student, Biomedical Engineering
12:00 Break
13:30

Robots and Red Stars: The Evolution of Humanizing Technology in Soviet Space Propaganda, 1957–1973

WATCH NOW Mackenzie O'Neill Graduate student, History
13:50

Systematic Review of Spaceflight-Induced Changes in Birds

WATCH NOW Lev Sushanek Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
14:10

Circular Space: Recycling Waste and Printing the Future with Regolith

  Rafiq Ahmad Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
14:30 Break
14:50

Never Miss a Chance To Go to Mars (Origins of ISSET/AlbertaSat)

WATCH NOW Carlos Lange Professor, ISSET Deputy Director
15:10

ISSET: Origins and Future Prospects

WATCH NOW Chris Herd Professor, ISSET Director
15:30

Origins of ISSET/AlbertaSat

WATCH NOW Chris Robson* Wyvern
16:05

Origins of ISSET/AlbertaSat

WATCH NOW Ian Mann Professor, ISSET Member and Co-founder

Evening Sessions:

Location: Horowitz Theatre, Students Union Building, 8900 114 St NW, Edmonton.

18:40 Doors open
19:00

Opening remarks and welcome

Chris Herd ISSET Principal Director
19:05

Vasiliki Rahimzadeh Evening talk by Vasiliki Rahimzadeh

Dr Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, Baylor College of Medicine

Talk given as part of the for Space Science, Ethics, and Philosophy.

Horowitz Theatre, Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ
Cost: Free

19:40

Nina Lanza Evening talk by Nina Lanza

Dr Nina Lanza, Los Alamos National Lab.

Talk given as part of the for Space Science, Ethics, and Philosophy.

Horowitz Theatre, Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ
Cost: Free

20:30

Roundtable discussion

Dr Vasiliki Rahimzadeh Baylor College of Medicine
Dr Nina Lanza Los Alamos National Lab.
Dr Chris Herd EAS
21:00 Close

 

Friday, October 17, 2025

Location: Tory 3-36, Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ


09:00

Opening Remarks, Coffee and chats.

09:30

Karina Sapelnikova Igniting Your Career in Aerospace

Karina Sapelnikova*, Head of Propulsion at PAVE Space, Switzerland, and former student

WATCH NOW

10:30 Break
13:30

KIPP: The Problem Child

WATCH NOW Henry Nguyen Student, Space Exploration Alberta Robotics Club
13:50

Burnwire Release Mechanism for the Ex-Alta 3 CubeSat

WATCH NOW Will Marquis Student, AlbertaSat
14:10

Preliminary Design of PRIMAVERA: Preliminary Investigation Mission to Achieve Venusian Reconnaissance in Atmosphere

WATCH NOW Sam Leader Student, AlbertaSat
14:30

A Small Fish for a Big Problem: Zebrafish as a Model for Spaceflight-Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (SANS)

WATCH NOW Shayleen Ghassemi Student, Biology
14:50

Understanding Microgravity Induced Bone Loss

WATCH NOW Svetlana Komarova Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering
15:10

Quails as a Novel Model To Study Physiological Effects of Space Radiation

Presented by Svetlana Komarova (see above) Mason Kruger Student, Biomedical Engineering
15:30

PAULL (Propulsion for uAlberta Undergraduate Liquid Launches)

WATCH NOW Connor McNeill Student, Student Team for Alberta Rocketry Research
15:50

Health Effects of Space Travel

WATCH NOW Gerlinde Metz* Professor, University of Lethbridge
16:30 Close

* Speaker presented remotely.