Achilles Team

19/03/2018

Check out our results just published on Stem Cells and Development

Stem Cells and Development VOL. 0, NO. ja | normal Continuous exposure to simulated hypergravity induced changes in proliferation, morphology and gene expression of human tendon cells Raquel Costa-Almeida Daniel T. O. Carvalho Miguel J. S. Ferreira Tamagno Pesqueira Monica Monici Jack J.W.A. van Loo...

02/10/2016

Wishing all the best to the SignOn Experiment team from FEUP / Universidade do Porto who are currently in Kiruna, Sweden for their Bexus campaign!

Experiment assembled and almost ready to fly! Last tests in progress.

19/09/2016

Here's a small video about our campaign week made by our friends of ESA Education!

As part of ESA Education's Hands-on programmes, 4 students from Universtity of Minho and University of Porto devised a cell biology and hypergravity experime...

18/09/2016

Our campaign week is officially over and we've landed in Portugal yesterday evening. Thanks to everyone who has helped making this happen during the past few months!

16/09/2016

Experiment just loaded into the LDC!

14/09/2016

First 16 hour overnight run is officially spinning! Our cells will come out of the centrifuge tomorrow morning. Stay tuned!

08/09/2016

Elsa is super focused & working hard on making sure the culture medium is ready to grow our cells!

08/09/2016

is finally at ESTEC!

07/09/2016

Enjoying this complimentary pizza found in the bottom of our Airbnb freezer!

07/09/2016

We are officially in Leiden! 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱 Work at ESA starts tomorrow!

07/09/2016

Aí vamos nos..Achilles Team

05/09/2016

University students: Apply now for ESA Education Spin Your Thesis! 2017.
DEADLINE: 9 October 2016 23:59pm CEST

Sometimes it’s good to get into a spin. Particularly if you are a student wanting to run a hyper-gravity experiment. For the eighth year, ESA’s Education Office is open to submissions for its Spin Your Thesis! programme.