Ground-based experimental platforms in gravitational biology and human physiology

Abstract

Scientists and technicians have been innovative in order to find experimental approaches to study the influence of gravity. Depending on the scientific question and the time course of events which are under investigation, different experimental platforms are available to provide conditions of altered gravitational stimulation on ground and to prepare space experiments i.e. under real microgravity conditions. The application profile ranges from studies with molecules or single cells up to humans.