This episode we'll be taking to Dr. Roxy Fournier! Dr. Fournier is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia developing ways to improve nutrition for deep space missions. She received her PhD in 2020 from the University of Toronto where she studied the effects of microgravity on bone cells. Prior to this, she obtained a B.Sc in Biology from the University of Victoria, where she performed research in inherited lysosomal disorders. Within SEDS-Canada, Roxy held roles such as Project Manager for CAN-RGX and President of the Board of Directors. She is now assisting with the new CAN-ARX competition. She is also a co-organizer of Canada’s first academic symposium focused on space health research and a board member of the Canadian Space Health Research Network.
In the episode we mentioned providing some further information on a radiation-resistant animal. The radiation-resistant animal was the “tridacna genus”, which was the focus of one of the startup ideas that won the last YSpacE competition:
https://facebook.com/sedscanada/photos/a.798867683534500/3896766727077898/?type=3
Additional literature: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00338-020-01968-w
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