Medes

Institute for Space Medicine
and Physiology

Traductions :

Space Exploration
Caring for human health in space...
MEDES provides support for space missions,
by developing and validating preventive measures
and innovative technologies
for protecting the health of astronauts
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The Clinical Research
MEDES contributes its know-how,
skills and technical excellence
to medical experiments in space and clinical studies.
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INNOVATION AND APPLICATION
MEDES is a laboratory for the inception and incubation
of innovative projects and has been working
for more than 25 years
in the fields of e-health and remote epidemiology
to benefit the health of the population as a whole,
all over the world.
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EXPLORING AND INNOVATING FOR HEALTH

Since its creation in 1989, MEDES has been striving to maintain and help develop French competence in space medicine and physiology and to promote the application of space research in the field of health.

MEDES achieves this through its work in three main sectors: support in space medicine and physiology for space exploration, clinical research, and lastly space applications and innovations for health.

RECRUITMENT
We are lookin for a Project Controller at the European Astronaut Centre, Cologne, Germany.
To consult the job offer, click here: Recruitment-Project controlt

Space Clinic

Learn about our Clinical Research Centre

A reference in space and medical clinical research, the Space Clinic can support you at every stage of your project.

In the news

- BSGN Life Science - Open call for proposals
  From September 27, 2022 to October 26, 2022
  Take the opportunity to use microgravity for your R&D! A dedicated call for proposals is now open!
  
  ESA, MEDES and France Biotech joined forces to give you the opportunity to launch your idea into...
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- New all-female study in water beds for space missions !
  From September 21, 2021 to December 10, 2021
  20 women are tucking themselves in a waterbed for five days as part of a dry immersion study to recreate some of the effects of spaceflight on the body.
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- Project Controller at the European Astronaut Centre
  From May 9, 2022 to June 17, 2022
  Context
  MEDES, located in Toulouse, is a hybrid organization between space and health, an Economic Group of Interest, which was created in 1989 by the French Space Agency, CNES and Toulouse University...
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Services

RéférencesVue d'ensemble des projets MEDES

Our projects

"Dry Immersion" study (2015)
A new model of weightlessness simulation: the dry immersion
ADOQ project (2003-2005)
Evaluation de la technique 3DpQCT sur l'étude de la qualité osseuse
Bed Rest study "Centrifuge" (2010)
An evaluation of artificial gravity as a counter-measure
Bed Rest Study "Cocktail" (2017)
Last Bed Rest Study to simulate weightlessness
BIOSMHARS project (2011-2013)
Project of modelisation of biocontamination in spacecrafts
ICARE project (2007)
Development of an integrated countermeasure to fight against both bone loss, muscle loss and neurosensory disorders
MNX Bed-Rest study (2012-2013)
Medium duration Nutrition and vibration eXercise Study
TEMIS project (2013-2014)
Effective solutions to measure and improve health

Videos

Proxima mission and MEDES

MEDES, the health subsidiary of CNES, supports the Alpha mission, the new space mission of Thomas Pesquet.
In particular, MEDES is working with the CNES/CADMOS centre to prepare and monitor the physiological experiments on board the ISS and is seconding some of its staff to the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne to monitor the astronauts' training and medical support.

For more information, click here.