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Company Overview
• SpacePharma R&D Israel Ltd. is the subsidiary of the Swiss company SpacePharma SA which was established in April 2012. Over $10M investment so far.
• Founded by former Heads of the Israeli Satellite and Intelligence Units.
•Unique multidisciplinary team of experienced and passionate space and science experts. 18 employees, senior satellite SW & HW developers and operators, 5 PhDs and 5 engineers.
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SP SA(Switzerland)
SP R&D(Israel)
SA Inc.(U.S.A)
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Why Microgravity?Microgravity provides disruptive environment which enhances andimproves a research organization’s ability to discover new drugs and materials at a faster pace
Differential assembly of molecular structures in μg Examples of successful research endeavors in μg
Mission: Microgravity for AllSpacePharma provides simplified, accessible, affordable, end-to-endmicrogravity solutions for researchers that can be controlled in near real-time
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Researcher builds procedure
Researcher controls experiments and
downloads results
SpacePharma places lab in μg platform
SpacePharmacustomizes lab for
research needs
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Vaccine
Development
Tissue
Engineering
3D Cell
Culturing
Plant
biology
Solidification
Extending
Shelf-
life
Cancer
Research
Drug
Polymorph
Aging
Study
Gene
Expression
Colloidal
Chemistry
Drug
Delivery Stem
Cells
Crystallization
Basic
Research
WHAT DOES SP PROVIDE?Capabilities for Enabling Microgravity Research
• Support multiple applications
• Accessible
• Multiple platforms
• Remote controlled
• Affordable
• End-to-end service
App = Microfluidic Chip = Customer’s Research
OS+HW = µGnify
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SpacePharma Satellite and Lab
DIDO2 Satellite Nexus Lab currently in space
3U Cubesat (30x10x10 cm , 4.5 kg), Carrying SPmg Lab
Fully functional and executing experiments
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SpacePharma Control Station: Courgenay, Switzerland
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Scientist front end Enables remote controlled microgravity experiments from anywhere
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SpacePharma controlled μg segments
Parabolic FlightSub-Orbital
Oct 2016
International Space Station (ISS)
Nov 2017
Satellite Labs
Feb 2017
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PSLV Launch, Feb. 15, 2017
First ever commercial cube-set for microgravity research
Successful Satellite Deployment DIDO2
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Orbital A8 Launch, Nov. 11, 2017
Cygnus docking to the ISS 2017
First ever remote lab on the ISS
Successful Nexus Lab Integration with ISS
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Self assembly, short peptide using Nexus
Control – 1G Image from SP Satellite
Scientific collaboration with Prof E. Gazit’s lab, Tel Aviv University
Contact:
Candice Hovell, PhD
Head of Research and Development
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