biology and biotechnology

MICROBIAL DYNAMICS IN INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (MICROBE-I/II), TWO INVESTIGATIONS Research Area: Microbiology Expedition(s): ...

BACTERIAL POPULATIONS (NASU) Microbiological monitoring is important to assure microbiological safety especially in long- durati ...

MICROBIAL LIFE IN SPACE: RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN A SPACE VEHICLE (MICROSPACE) Research Area: Microbiology Expeditio ...

PASSIVE OBSERVATORIES FOR EXPERIMENTS MICROBIAL SYSTEMS (POEMS) Research Area: Microbiology Expedition(s): 13 and 14 Principal I ...

RESULTS POEMS performed as expected, and data (temperature, thermal offsets, and humidity) has been recovered from data- loggers ...

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE EXPRESSION OF GENES IN SPACE I AND II (SPEGIS I AND SPEGIS II), TWO INVESTIGATIONS Research Area: Micro ...

of these microbes. Further, identification of spaceflight alterations to genes and proteins involved in bacterial proliferation ...

EVALUATION AND MONITORING OF MICROBIOFILMS INSIDE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (VIABLE ISS) Research Area: Microbiology Expeditio ...

YEAST IN NO GRAVITY - THE INFLUENCE OF MICROGRAVITY ON CELLULAR ADHESIONS, BIOFILM FORMATION AND IN INVASIVE GROWTH IN THE MODEL ...

imposes a “microgravity” stress on the cells, which has the characteristics of an osmotic stress. Cellular energy is directed to ...

YEAST-GROUP ACTIVATION PACKS (YEAST-GAP) Research Area: Microbiology Expedition(s): 8 and 13 Principal Investigator(s): ● Cheryl ...

It was found that indeed select key genes are necessary for robust growth during spaceflight (deletion leads to poor growth) whi ...

These early investigations were designed to be launched on an unmanned spacecraft (Progress) well in advance of processing aboar ...

YEAST IN NO GRAVITY - THE INFLUENCE OF MICROGRAVITY ON CELLULAR ADHESIONS, BIOFILM FORMATION AND IN INVASIVE GROWTH IN THE MODEL ...

PUBLICATION(S) Van Mulders SE, Stassen C, Daenen L, et al. The influence of microgravity on invasive growth in Saccharomyces cer ...

MICROENCAPSULATION ELECTROSTATIC PROCESSING SYSTEMS (MEPS) Research Area: Microencapsulation Expedition(s): 5 Principal Investig ...

RESULTS The MEPS experiment on the International Space Station consisted of 8 samples processed using various methods to mix dis ...

PUBLICATION(S) Le Pivert PJ, Morrison DR, Haddad RS, et al. Percutaneous tumor ablation: Microencapsulated echo-guided interstit ...

ADVANCED ASTROCULTURETM (ADVASC) Research Area: Plant Biology Expedition(s): 2, 4 and 5 Principal Investigator(s): ● Weijia Zhou ...

RESULTS Arabidopsis thaliana was successfully grown from seed to seed on the International Space Station (ISS). During a 2-month ...