Hypatia - adaptations to extreme conditions during the Hypatia II Mars Mission.

Juan R González

Organization

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGLOBAL), Spain

Team

Juan R González, Associate Research Professor

Project Description & Objectives

A group of scientist women will dwell during 2 weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), emulating Mars’ conditions. This feat will aid us understand the adaptive changes that the human body undergoes under extreme conditions. To do so, genomic studies, metabolomics and physiologic parameters will be measured in the participants to glimpse the stress and exhaustion responses, and monitoring their health status, comparing it with each participant’s basal genetic susceptibility to the conditions mentioned, and finally associating the results with the metabolomic changes before, during and after the mission.

Read more about the project at https://hypatiamars.com

Data Collection Process

Garmin device will be worn by all participants 24/7 to collect physiological data. Daily questionnaires will be used to collect subjective feedback.

Fitrockr Utilization

Fitrockr platform will be used to extract and assess the digital biomarkers collected via the Garmin devices. Fitrockr will also be used to manage and collect daily feedback from the participants via the Fitrockr Survey module.

Wearable Used

Garmin Venu 3

Number of Participants

Duration

5 months

Metrics Collected

Daily Activity Data

Steps

Heart Rate

BBI

HRV

Stress

Sleep

Activities

Body Battery

Respiration

Fitrockr Sync Type

Sync via Fitrockr Sync app on participant smartphone.

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