Latest News (the "§" sign indicates the activities that have been done with the support of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) within the agreement ASI-INFN n. 2019-19-HH.0.)

PoS(EPS-HEP2023)648 "So Far, So Close": Communicating Science through a Replica of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Payload Operation Control Room"has been accepted for publication on Proceeding of Science

PoS(EPS-HEP2023)090 "Bridging the Gap: Exploring AMS , Astroparticle Experiments and Space Radiobiology"has been accepted for publication on Proceeding of Science

SGHN Report 2023 & Activities Planfor 2024

The first 2024 AMS General Meeting was held at CERN. During the 2-day workshop, the general status, operations activity, progress in Tracker upgrading, data analysis, and the physics research status, along with the future direction of our experiment, were discussed and presented. Here is the Roma-Sapienza slide deck available for the Italian research groups coordinator in charge to present the status of the research activity in Italy Slide deck for the GM available to the Italian National Coordinator

Conference Booklet

Conference Report for the general assembly

Meeting Program (page 26 and 27)

• 2/10 IAF General Assembly participation
• 3/10 Co-Chair of session D4.2 Session agenda
• 4/10 Co-Chair of session D3.2 Session Agenda
• 5/10 Oral talk session A1.5, Interactive Presentation in session A1 Session A1 IP Link , IP in session D4 IP link

• 21/9 - Panel on the MVA Space Summer School (A.Bartoloni, P. Mangili, S. Thepdawala) , Agenda , Watch Video ,

• 22/9 - Panel on the AMS Roma Sapienza research group activities (A.Bartoloni, C. Porada, L.Strigari), Agenda, Watch Video

AMS RM1 Referee meeting 2023 slide file

Conference web site

We are pleased to share that our research group had the privilege of presenting a talk in the plenary session at theRAD11 conference held in Herceg Novi. The talk, titled "Space Radiobiology with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer detector data: Dose-effects models for carcinogenesis risk prediction"DOI, take part to the session on "cancer research, COVID-19, medical imaging, medicine – case reports, oncology, and radiobiology".

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude and acknowledgments to Prof. Goran Ristic for organizing the conference and ensuring its success. The conference provided a valuable platform for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and networking with esteemed professionals in the field.

During the conference, we had the opportunity to engage in fruitful discussions with Prof. Feng Ru Tang from the National University of Singapore. Prof. Tang expressed a keen interest in our research and its implications. In particular, we discussed the intriguing topic of low-dose radiation brain effects induced by gamma and cosmic rays. Recognizing the potential synergies in our work, we are excited to announce that we will collaborate with Prof. Tang and his team to explore this area further.

We are delighted to share the details of our recent visit to the Gran Sasso Science Institute(GSSI), where we had the pleasure of meeting with the renowned research group led by Jan Harms and Marica Branchesi. Their team is at the forefront of gravitational waves and multimessenger astronomy, making significant contributions to the field.

During our visit, we had the opportunity to engage in enriching discussions with Jan Harms and his collaborators. One of the exciting topics we explored was the possibility of installing a gravitational wave observatory on the Moon. Jan Harms leads an international collaboration to investigate this intriguing prospect, which could open up new avenues for gravitational wave research and exploration.

In turn, we had the opportunity to introduce our research on space radiobiology at INFN Roma Sapienza to them. They expressed great interest in our work, recognizing the importance of understanding the effects of space radiation on living organisms. We believe that this exchange of knowledge and expertise will foster new insights and collaborative opportunities.

Apart from the scientific exchange, we were deeply impressed by the warm atmosphere and hospitality Jan, Marica, and their colleagues extended to me; last but not least provided a wonderful opportunity to explore the beautiful city of L'Aquila, where the institute is located.

Thanks all for the warm welcome and engaging discussions !!!

Welcome Emilio !!! I am excited to announce a new addition to our group, Emilio Perez De Juan, who will be joining us starting today for the next two months. Emilio comes to us from the University of New Mexico Albuquerque, bringing a wealth of knowledge and expertise that will undoubtedly enrich our team.

The 1° ASIM was done at the Fisica Sanitaria division of AOUBo in Bologna: L.Strigari and A.Bartoloni presented a summary of the activities, followed by an interesting discussion stimulated by a case study proposed in a recent paper on using the AMS data in the space radiobiology field, presented by A.N. Guracho. Slide

INFN Roma Sapienza AMS-ASI_v12

In Bologna, the group participated in an exposition on the topic of the Space Mission Payload control named "So Far , So Close " to an outreach event organized by the Moon Village Association NGOs MVA-Italia Event web site

INFN Provision

The Technical programme for the 74th International Astronautical Congress was announced today.

The group activities will be presented in 2 sessions of the IAF/IAA Space Life Sciences Symposium

a talk in the Radiation Fields, Effects and Risks in Human Space Missions session

and an Interactive presentation

A press release (in Italian) appeared today on the Sant'Orsola website about the collaboration activity on space radiobiology between the INFN AMS Roma Sapienza research group and the Fisica Sanitaria division of the IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria di Bologna - Sant'Orsola

With other colleagues, we launched a year ago a research topic collection on "Astroparticle Experiments to Improve the Biological Risk Assessment of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation in the Exploratory Space Missions".

In these days was published the 3rd paper of the collection titled "Immediate effects of acute Mars mission equivalent doses of SEP and GCR radiation on the murine gastrointestinal system-protective effects of curcumin-loaded nanolipoprotein particles (cNLPs)" by j.Diaz et al.

We have been actively working towards expanding our knowledge in space radiobiology through AMS detector data.

We are excited to announce that we will be presenting two talks at the upcoming International Astronautical Conference (IAC2023) in Baku this October, where we will be sharing our latest research findings and insights.

In addition, we recently participated in a workshop at the CETAL research institute in Bucarest (workshop program) where we had the opportunity to share our expertise with other like-minded individuals. If you're interested in learning more about our presentation at the workshop, we've included a link to our Slides.

Lastly, we are proud to share our internal note on past, present, and future activities in space radiobiology. This note outlines our achievements and upcoming goals, and we encourage you to take a look!. (AMSSPRBRM123)

A new paper by the AMS collaboration, titled “Temporal Structures in Electron Spectra and Charge Sign Effects in Galactic Cosmic Rays” , an Editors’ Suggestion, was published yesterday, DOI link.

It was also selected for a Viewpoint in Physics magazine:PM page.

Dear Authors, We would like to inform you that all the accepted manuscripts are available in the STAR system. https://star.spaceops.org/paper_lists.php AMS INFN Roma manuscript

Participation in the 17th International Conference on Space operations. Conference WebSite in the Human Spaceflights and Operations (HSO)»Human/Robotic Integration and Cooperation Habitat Operations, Orbital and Planetary Surface Space Environment Factors for Human Lunar/Mars Mission Design Session.

A.Bartoloni presented a summary of the Group activities in a talk on Space Radiation Characterization for a Safe Human Space Exploration Talk Slides

We published a new article, Text on The NIMA WebSite , on Nuclear Instruments and Methods on the Research Topic Initiative, we launched one year ago.

AMS is one of the research projects present for the Roma Sapienza site in the "DOE-INFN Summer Students Exchange Program 2023 Edition".

The research project theme is "Non-Target Effects induced Galactic Cosmic Rays in Exploratory Space Missions: Improvements using the AMS detector data"

Application Annoucement

title of the paper "SPACE RADIATION INDUCED BYSTANDER EFFECT IN ESTIMATING THE CARCINOGENIC RISK DUE TO GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS" JMMB paper pdf

title of the supplementary file "Supplementary File for: SPACE RADIATION INDUCED BYSTANDER EFFECT IN ESTIMATING THE CARCINOGENIC RISK DUE TO GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS" Appendices pdf

Journal WebSite

Invited speaker at the ELICSIR Project Synposyum , Faculty of Engineering Nis, Serbia, giving a talk on AMS@INFN Roma-Sapienza: Current Activities & Future Perspectives

Slide Talk

We published a new article on Proceedings of Science (POS), on the Research Topic Initiative we launched one year ago.

Article Text

Participation in the United Nations/China 2nd Global Partnership Workshop on Space Exploration and Innovation. Workshop Program in the Prospects and Challenges in Space Science Session. Session Handbook

A.Bartoloni presented a research topic initiative of the group Talk Slides

Publication Impact Page

1 years ago we published a review on the Space Radiobiology topics in the Radiation and Health section of the Frontiers on Public Health journal in the research topic "Medical Application and Radiobiology Research of Particle Radiation" **//Dose-Effects Models for Space Radiobiology: An Overview on Dose-Effect Relationships//**

by Lidia Strigari, Silvia Strolin, Alessio Giuseppe Morganti and Alessandro Bartoloni

Participation to the 6th annual MVA Workshop & Symposium (MVA-WS&S)

Talk Slides

Invited speaker at the United Nations/China 2nd Global Partnership Workshop on Space Exploration and Innovation. Workshop Program giving a talk on “ASTROPARTICLE EXPERIMENTS TO IMPROVE THE BIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION IN THE EXPLORATORY SPACE MISSIONS: A RESEARCH TOPIC INITIATIVE”, in the Prospects and Challenges in Space Science Session

The session will be held on 23 November at 19:30 - 21:30 Beijing Time (UTC+8)

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A manuscript titled "Astroparticle Experiments to Improve the Biological Risk Assessment of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation in the Exploratory Space Missions: The research topic initiative" Pdf file

has been accepted for publication on Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

§ AMS Roma Sapienza Activities Report (1/11/2021-31/10/2022) by A.N. Guracho Slide file pdf

§ Invited speaker at the 6th annual MVA Workshop & Symposium (MVA-WS&S), which will be held a the LAX Sheraton Gateway November 8-10, 2022, giving two oral talks on the topic: “Dose Effects Models for Lunar Space Missions Risk Assesment” and “Astroparticle Experiments 4 Moon Exploration”. A.Bartoloni will present the research group activities in both talks.

MVA WS&S WebSite

§ On the 25th of October 2022, a live talk on the research group activities will be presented as part of an event on @researcherapp (or Researcher Live).

You can find the link to the event here:

Astroparticle Experiments 4 Space Radiobiology: The Dose-Effects Model Study

§ Participation at the IAC 2022 73th International Astronautical Conference conference with 2 oral talk and an Interactive Presentation

IAF/IAA SPACE LIFE SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM (A1) Oral Talk, Dose-Effects Models for Space Radiobiology: an overview on Dose-Effect Relationship, by A. Bartoloni (speaker), G. Della Gala, A.N. Guracho, A.G. Morganti, G. Paolani, M. Santoro, L. Strigari, S. Strolin Paper iac-22-a1.5.5.70331

IAF/IAA SPACE LIFE SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM (A1) Oral Talk, Target Effects vs. Non-Target Effects in Estimating the Carcinogenic risk due to Galactic Cosmic Rays in Exploratory Space Missions, by A. Bartoloni (speaker), A.N. Guracho, L. Strigari, Paper iac-22-a1.5.70998.pdf

IAF SYMPOSIUM ON ONGOING AND NEAR FUTURE SPACE ASTRONOMY AND SOLAR-SYSTEM SCIENCE MISSIONS (A7) – Interactive Presentation, Astroparticle Experiments to Improve the Radiation Health Risk Assessment for Humans in Space Missions Alessandro Bartoloni (Presenter), Aboma N. Guracho , Giuseppe Della Gala , Giulia Paolani, Miriam Santoro, Lidia Strigari, Silvia Strolin. paper iac-2022-22_a7_ip_x71019_ap_1

Interactive Presentation QR-CODE

§ Participation at the XXII ICMMB in Italy, Bologna, September 19-21, 2022,

giving a talk on "Target Effects vs. Non-Target effects in Estimating the Carcinogenic risk due to Galactic Cosmic Rays in Exploratory Space Missions” talk slide pdf

Workshop WebSite , Workshop Program

§ An Abstract titled: "Space Radiation characterization for a safe Human Space Exploration and Colonization" has been accepted for an oral talk at the SpaceOps 2023 Conference Conference WebSite

on the Topic Session "Human Spaceflights and Operations (HSO)»Human/Robotic Integration and Cooperation Habitat Operations, Orbital and Planetary Surface Space Environment Factors for Human Lunar/Mars Mission Design"

Slide Roma-Sapienza

§ Participation at the 25th WRMISS in Mons, Belgium, September 6-8, 2022,

giving a talk on "Astro Particle Experiments to Improve the Radiation Health Risk Assessment for Humans in Space Missions" Talk in pdf

Workshop WebSite , Workshop Program

§ Releasing of the Medical Application and Radiobiology Research of Particle Radiation e-book, comprising the "Dose-Effects Models for Space Radiobiology: An Overview on Dose-Effect Relationships" article we published last year

Research Topic WebSite

Research Topic e-book in PDF ,

§ Invited speaker at the 25th WRMISS in Mons, Belgium, September 6-8, 2022, giving a talk on "Astro Particle Experiments to Improve the Radiation Health Risk Assessment for Humans in Space Missions"

Workshop WebSite

Workshop Program

§ An abstract was accepted at the XXII International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology 19-20-21 September 2022 University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Conference WebSite

Conference Program

§ Participation in the RAD 10 Conference , Herceg Novi, Montenegro

Conference Web Site

Slides DOI

§ Participation in the COSPAR2022 - 44th Scientific Assembly , Athens, Greece Conference WebSite

Talk Slides

Poster

§ Participation in the ICHEP 2022 Conference, Bologna Italy

Link to the Conference Indico Page, see paper 646

§ IAC2022 conference Lightning Talk. The INFN Roma group will be present at the conference with 2 Oral Talks and 1 Interactive Presentation

Participation in the July INFN Roma-Sapienza "Consiglio di Sezione" meeting, where the AMS group's research activity will be presented as part of the INFN Roma Astroparticle Physics Scientific Research Activities. The presentation will be done by the INFN Roma Astroparticle Physics Scientific Research Coordinator (Prof. F.Bellini)

Slide to be presented PDF File

§ Participation at the **Frontiers of Neurology 2022** Conference - "Dose-Effects Models for Space Radiobiology: An Overview on Central Nervous System Dose-Effect Relationship" by L. Strigari, A.N. Guracho, S. Strolin, A.G. Morganti and A.Bartoloni (Presenter)

Slide PDF File

Slide PPT File

Poster PDF File

§ Participation at the **RAD 10 Conference Spring Edition**

Slide AstroParticle Experiments 4 Space Radiobiology : The Research Topic Initiative PDF file

Slide AstroParticle Experiments 4 Space Radiobiology : The Research Topic Initiative PPT file

DOI

§ Participation at the **15th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors**

§ The abstract titled "Dose-Effects Models for Space Radiobiology: An Overview on Central Nervous System Dose-Effect Relationship" by L. Strigari, A.N. Guracho, S. Strolin, A.G. Morganti and A. Bartoloni, has been selected for an invited speaker talk at the Future Neurology 2022 Conference - 20-21 June 2022, Virtual Event Conference WebSite

Future Neurology 2022 abstract

The AMS Roma INFN group activities will be part of a special lecture (6 June 2022) for the 4th year Physics students of Sapienza University in the "Particle Physics" course.

AMS Roma for the 4th year student slides

§ 1 abstract was accepted at the ICHEP2022 - XLI International Conference on High Energy Physics , July 2022, Bologna Italy Conference WebSite

§ 3 abstracts were accepted at the 73th IAC2022 International Astronautical Congress , September 2022, Paris France Conference WebSite

Dose-Effects Models Acceptance Letter

TE vs NTE Effects Acceptance Letter

AstroparticleExperiments4SpaceRadiobiology Acceptance Letter

§ 2 abstracts were accepted at the 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 16 July – 24 July 2022, Athens Greece Conference WebSite

Astroparticle Experiments to Improve the Biological Risk Assessment of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation in the Exploratory Space Missions: A Research Topic Initiative.

Dose-Effects Models for Space Radiobiology: An Overview on Dose-Effect Relationships

§ 1 abstract was accepted at the 15th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors, La Biodola, Isola d'Elba, May 22-28, 2022, Conference WebSite

§ 3 abstracts were accepted at the 10th International Conference on Radiation on Various Fields of Research" 13.06. - 17.06.2022. (Jubilee RAD 2022 Conference - Spring Edition) and from 25.07.-29.07.2022. (Jubilee RAD 2022 Conference – Summer Edition). Conference WebSite

§ A new paper was accepted for publication

"High Energy Physics Astroparticle Experiments to Improve the Radiation Health Risk Assessment in Space Missions"https://pos.sissa.it/398/106

by A. Bartoloni, G. Della Gala, A.N. Guracho, G. Paolani, M. Santoro, L. Strigari, S. Strolin

pdf format

§ We published a review on the Space Radiobiology topics in the Radiation and Health section of the Frontiers on Public Health journal

in the research topic "Medical Application and Radiobiology Research of Particle Radiation"

**//Dose-Effects Models for Space Radiobiology: An Overview on Dose-Effect Relationships//**

by Lidia Strigari, Silvia Strolin, Alessio Giuseppe Morganti and Alessandro Bartoloni

§ IAC-2021 International Astronautical Conference Conference Web Site

IAF/IAA SPACE LIFE SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM (A1)

Track 5 : Radiation Fields, Effects and Risks in Human Space Missions

"Space Radiation Field Characterization Using the Astroparticle Operating Detectors"

by A. Bartoloni, G. Della Gala, A.N. Guracho, G. Paolani, M. Santoro, L. Strigari, S. Strolin

IAC-A1.5.1 (ID:63116) slides in pdf format

§ EPS-HEP 2021 European Physical Society High Energy Particle Conference Conference Web Site

Track 1 : Astroparticle and Gravitational Waves

"High Energy Physics Astroparticle Experiments to Improve the Radiation Health Risk Assessment in Space Missions"

by A. Bartoloni, G. Della Gala, A.N. Guracho, G. Paolani, M. Santoro, L. Strigari, S. Strolin

EPS-HEP T01 slides in pdf format

Slide Cds Preventivi

§ GLEX-2021 - IAF Global Space Exploration Conference 2021, St. Petersburg, Russian FederationConference Web Site

Track 8 : Challenges of Life Support/Medical Support for Human Missions.

"Can high energy particle detectors be used for improving risk models in space radiobiology ?"

by A. Bartoloni, L. Strigari

GLEX-21-8.2.5 (ID:62186) Video Talk

The AMS Roma INFN group activities will be part of a special lecture for the 4th year Physics students of Sapienza University in the "Particle Physics" course.

AMS Roma for the 4th-year student slides

§ In the annual AMS-Italy Collaboration meeting , A.Bartoloni give a talk on the Dose-Effects Models for Space Radiobiology

Talk Slides

§ IEEE-NSS-MIC 2020 - 2020 Virtual IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Conference Web Site

"Can high energy particle detectors be used for improving risk models in space radiobiology ?"

by A. Bartoloni, S.Strolin, L.Strigari

N-30-228- slides in pdf format

video Poster

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Slide Roma-Sapienza

Slide CdS Preventivi

NASA briefing on AMS EVA #1

§ Pomeriggio Tematico INFN Roma e Università La Sapienza

"Space Radiobiology and Precision Galactic Cosmic Ray Measurements - on how the AMS02 experiment on the International Space Station can help the radiation health hazard assessment in exploratory space missions"

04-11-2019 ore 14:00 Aula Conversi - Dipartimento di Fisica - Università degli studi La Sapienza di Roma

Timetable and infos

Indico page with slides

Tracker Thermal System Upgrade - NG-12 launched. Cygnus and the UTTPS are en route to capture by the ISS robotic arm at 09:10 UTC (10:10 Rome time).

UTPPS launch

§ Space Radiobiology talk @SIF2019 - Annual Conference of the Italian Physical Society (SIF) L'Aquila 27/09/2019 SIF website

AMS02 e Radiobiologia nello spazio (A.Bartoloni, L.Strigari)

INFN Roma (A.Bartoloni)

Presentazione INFN Roma (A.Bartoloni, L.Strigari)

Presentazione E. Loi

Slide inviate a Coordinatore Nazionale per GM 02/2019

Activities Research in Italy from GM 02/2019

Slide Cds Preventivi

——— Internal Note

——— Presentazioni e documentazione Interna

——— Review

——— SCK-CEN Space Summer School 2019

— Alessandro Bartoloni 2019/10/28 19:15