Institute of Biomedical Problems of RAS

Lines of activities:

• Research in space life sciences, physiology and medicine;
ecological, extreme, sport, aviation and high-altitude physiology
and medicine; gravitational physiology; biological, physicalchemical
and hybrid life support systems; cell physiology;
biotechnology, psychophysiology, engineering psychology and
human engineering; radiobiology; magnetobiology; exobiology;
• Biomedical support of piloted space missions including ecological
and radiation safety;
• Studies in the fields of barometric pressure physiology and
diving medicine; bodily effects of artificial breathing mixtures;
hygiene and epidemiology of pressurized habitats;
• Investigations into the functional capacity of human organism
and mechanisms of adaptation to a variety of environmental
factors; physiology of the normal human; medical issues of
dangerous occupations;
• Promotion of space-derived knowledge and technology for the
benefits of clinical medicine and economy;
• Telemedicine.

Unique experimental and test capabilities:

• Ground-based test facility enabling studies of human
subjects during long-term isolation and confinement in
artificial environment;
• Physiological testing center;
• Test labs specializing in studying and simulation of the
physiological and biological effects of microgravity and
other spaceflight factors;
• Centrifuges with 2 m and 9 m in diameter;
• Deep-water diving facility used for simulating human
descents to the depths of up to 250 meters.