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== AltitudeOmics 2012 == | == AltitudeOmics 2012 == | ||
[[File:Chacaltaya lab.JPG|250px|right|Rob Roach explains the AltitudeOmics 2012 project, with the two OROBOROS | [[File:Chacaltaya lab.JPG|250px|right|Rob Roach explains the AltitudeOmics 2012 project, with the two OROBOROS O2k at 5,200 m in one of the labs at Chacaltaya, Bolivia. Dr.a Isabel Moreno (right) belongs to the physics staff of the Chacaltaya laboratory (Jul/Aug 2012).]] | ||
''"If we can figure out how the body responds to hypoxia there are implications for cancer, heart, lung and blood disease. It could have enormous reach."'' - Robert Roach, Director of the Altitude Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, USA | ''"If we can figure out how the body responds to hypoxia there are implications for cancer, heart, lung and blood disease. It could have enormous reach."'' - Robert Roach, Director of the Altitude Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, USA | ||
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»[http://www.chacaltaya.edu.bo Chacaltaya GAW Station] | »[http://www.chacaltaya.edu.bo Chacaltaya GAW Station] | ||
== High altitude study in Bolivia at Mt. Chacaltaya (5,200 m) == | |||
* [[First impressions]] | |||
* [[Climbing Mt. Huayna Potosi for a short break]] | |||
* [[Mt. Illimani - one of the highest mountains in Bolivia]] | |||
* [[To Mt. Illimani]] | |||
Dr. Robert Roach contacted Dr. Erich Gnaiger in April 2012: | |||
''"The main body of the project is to combine extensive physiology measurements during and after acclimatization for the first time with gene expression, proteomics, epigenetics and microRNA measurements to describe the molecular mechanisms of human acclimatization to high altitude. ..'' | |||
[[File:ORO-Lab Chacaltaya-CatherineLee 4684 01.JPG|240px|left|Catherine Le operating the OROBOROS O2k instruments with vastus lateralis biopsies at Chacaltaya (Jul/Aug 2012).] | |||
Revision as of 13:54, 18 May 2015
AltitudeOmics 2012
"If we can figure out how the body responds to hypoxia there are implications for cancer, heart, lung and blood disease. It could have enormous reach." - Robert Roach, Director of the Altitude Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, USA
MitoCom Tyrol participated in the AltitudeOmics 2012 project - scientists were using high-resolution respirometry to study mitochondrial function at 5,240 m in Bolivia, Mt. Chacaltaya.
High altitude study in Bolivia at Mt. Chacaltaya (5,200 m)
- First impressions
- Climbing Mt. Huayna Potosi for a short break
- Mt. Illimani - one of the highest mountains in Bolivia
- To Mt. Illimani
Dr. Robert Roach contacted Dr. Erich Gnaiger in April 2012: "The main body of the project is to combine extensive physiology measurements during and after acclimatization for the first time with gene expression, proteomics, epigenetics and microRNA measurements to describe the molecular mechanisms of human acclimatization to high altitude. ..
[[File:ORO-Lab Chacaltaya-CatherineLee 4684 01.JPG|240px|left|Catherine Le operating the OROBOROS O2k instruments with vastus lateralis biopsies at Chacaltaya (Jul/Aug 2012).]
