| Name | PHOTO II-3 - An automatic Photosystem-II device to reveal the effects of space radiation on mutants of photosynthetic oxygenic microorganisms |
| Operational Nomenclature | PHOTO II-3 |
| URL | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=Photo_II_3_RETR |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-111nfeh |
| Platform | Retrievable Facilities |
| HRE-E3P Category | Biology |
| Mission | Foton-M3 |
| Keywords | ESA Human and Robotic Exploration data, HREDA dataset, Human and Robotic Exploration Data Archive, ESA exploration mission data, human spaceflight experiment data, robotic exploration telemetry dataset, International Space Station experiment data, ISS Columbus module data, microgravity research dataset, life sciences space experiment data, space physiology measurements dataset, radiation exposure measurements spaceflight, life support systems performance data, closed-loop environmental control data, ECLSS telemetry dataset, astronaut biomedical monitoring data, space habitat systems engineering data, robotic surface operations dataset, planetary exploration robotics data, lunar exploration technology demonstration data, Mars analog experiment dataset, in-situ resource utilization ISRU experiment data, space systems engineering telemetry, mission operations engineering data, payload performance dataset, calibrated experiment data products, time-series telemetry data, spaceflight sensor measurements, ESA exploration science archive data, long-duration spaceflight research dataset |
| Team Coordinator Name | Maria Teresa Giardi |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Team Members | Photo_II_3_RETR |
| Publication | G Rea, Dania Esposito, M Damasso, A Serafini, A Margonelli, C Faraloni, Giuseppe Torzillo, Alba Zanini, Ivo Bertalan, Udo Johanningmeier, GT Giardi, 2008, Ionizing radiation impacts photochemical quantum yield and oxygen evolution activity of Photosystem II in photosynthetic microorganisms, International Journal of Radiation Biology, 84, 11, 867-877, DOI: 10.1080/09553000802460149 Ivo Bertalan, Ivo Bertalan, Dania Esposito, Dania Esposito, Giuseppe Torzillo, Giuseppe Torzillo, C Faraloni, C Faraloni, Udo Johanningmeier, Udo Johanningmeier, Maria Teresa Giardi, Maria Teresa Giardi, 2007, Photosystem II stress tolerance in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii under space conditions, Microgravity, Science and Technology, 19, 5-6, 122-127, DOI: 10.1007/BF02919466 Maria Teresa Giardi, Maria Teresa Giardi, Alba Zanini, Alba Zanini, Dania Esposito, Dania Esposito, F Fasolo, F Fasolo, Giuseppe Torzillo, Giuseppe Torzillo, C Faraloni, C Faraloni, 2002, Biodevices for the detection of space radiation effect on Photosynthetic organisms, Proceedings of the First European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, 16-19 September 2002 Graz, Austria, ESA SP-518, ISBN 92-9092-828-X, 455 - 456, ESA Publications Division, ESTEC, The Netherlands Ivo Bertalan, Ivo Bertalan, Maria Teresa Giardi, Maria Teresa Giardi, Udo Johanningmeier, Udo Johanningmeier, 2006, Testing directed evolution strategies for space exploration: genetic modification of photosystem II to increase stress tolerance under space conditions, 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. 16 - 23 July 2006, Beijing, China. Meeting abstract from the CD-ROM, #3181 Dania Esposito, Dania Esposito, A Margonelli, A Margonelli, E Pace, E Pace, Maria Teresa Giardi, Maria Teresa Giardi, C Faraloni, C Faraloni, Giuseppe Torzillo, Giuseppe Torzillo, Alba Zanini, Alba Zanini, 2006, The effect of ionizing radiation on photosynthetic oxygenic microrganisms for survival in space flight revealed by automatic Photosystem II-based biosensors, Microgravity, Science and Technology, 18, 3-4, 215-218, DOI: 10.1007/BF02870412 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2007-09-14T00:00:00Z/2007-09-26T00:00:00Z |
| Mission Description | The HRE Data Archive (HREDA) collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972. |
| Creator Contact | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/help/contact |
| Date Published | 2025-11-08T12:35:29Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Maria Teresa Giardi, 2025, 'PHOTO II-3', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-111nfeh |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |