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Whole metagenome profiles of particulates collected from the International Space Station.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The microbial composition of the International Space Station (ISS) environment is of critical interest due to potential impact of its constituents on human health and... -
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Transcriptional profiling of colon from mice flown on the RR-10 mission
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The objective of the Rodent Research-10 mission (RR-10) was to investigate how spaceflight affects the cellular and molecular mechanisms of normal bone tissue... -
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Microbial Observatory (ISS-MO): Indoor microbiome study of the International Space Station surfaces
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Presented here is the environmental microbiome study of the International Space Station surfaces. The environmental samples were collected with the polyester wipes... -
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Transcription profiling of rat keratinocytes exposed to a 56Fe ion beam
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The purpose of the present work was to examine gene expression patterns in a rat keratinocyte line exposed to a 56Fe ion beam Experiment Overall Design: The cells... -
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Microgravity induces proteomics changes involved in endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial protection
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
To reveal outcomes of microgravity on molecular processes within the cellular environment we have employed a mass-spectrometry based proteomics approach. Proteomics... -
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Effects of 32 Days Aboard the ISS on Gastrocnemius Tendon Nanomechanics (Gastrocnemius tendon, RR-1 and Atomic Force Microscopy)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Collagen is an essential component of connective tissue and plays a crucial role in elasticity, stability, and force distribution. While the adaptations of tendon to... -
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Drosophila parasitoids go to space: Unexpected and differential effects of spaceflight on hosts and their parasitoids - Wasp Leptopilina heterotoma 14 data
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
In this study, fruit flies and their parasitic wasps were sent to the ISS to examine changes in host immunity and parasite virulence. Key findings from this work are... -
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Resequencing of select microbial isolates from the International Space Station with the Nanopore MinION
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Microbial isolates from the NASA Space Biology-funded microbial tracking experiments were re-sequenced using the Oxford Nanopore MinION. -
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Transcriptional profiling of roots and shoots from Brachypodium distachyon seedlings flown on the ISS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Most major cereal grain crops are monocots. Yet, most investigations of plant adaptation to the spaceflight environment have been carried out on the dicotyledonous... -
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Effects of 5-Ion Beam Irradiation and Hindlimb Unloading on Metabolic Pathways in Plasma and Brain of Behaviorally Tested WAG/Rij Rats
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
A limitation of simulated space radiation studies is that radiation exposure is not the only environmental challenge astronauts face during missions. Therefore, we... -
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Effects of Spaceflight on Bone Microarchitecture in the Axial and Appendicular Skeleton in Growing Ovariectomized Rats from STS-62
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
This study investigated the effects of a 14-day spaceflight on bone mass, density and microarchitecture in weight bearing (femur and humerus) and non-weight bearing... -
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Plant Gravity Perception: Pilot (PGP Pilot)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
This study examined tissue-specific early transcriptional responses upon reorientation in wild type and starchless pgm-1 mutant seedlings of Arabidopsis. Seedlings... -
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Transcriptional profiling of spleens from mice flown on the RR-9 mission
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The objective of the Rodent Research-9 (RR-9) mission was to use mice to understand the molecular basis of phenomena that affect astronauts during long-duration... -
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Validation of Methods to Assess the Immunoglobulin Gene Repertoire in Tissues Obtained from Mice on the International Space Station
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Spaceflight is known to affect immune cell populations. In particular, splenic B-cell numbers decrease during spaceflight and in ground-based physiological models.... -
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Transcriptional and Post transcriptional Regulation of Seedling Development in Microgravity
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The project focuses on understanding the transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms that regulate early seedling development in spaceflight and microgravity.... -
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Arabidopsis transcriptome in Virgin Galactic human-tended suborbital spaceflight
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The Virgin Galactic Unity 22 mission conducted the first astronaut-manipulated suborbital spaceflight experiment. The experiment examined the operationalization of... -
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Dissecting Low Atmospheric Pressure Stress: Transcriptome Responses to the Components of Hypobaria in Arabidopsis [Experiment 1]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Controlled hypobaria presents biology with an environment that is never encountered in terrestrial ecology, yet the apparent components of hypobaria are stresses... -
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STS-135 Liver Transcriptomics
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Mice were flown onboard STS-135 and returned to Earth for analysis. Livers were collected within 3-4 hours of landing and snap frozen in liquid nitrogen. Samples were... -
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Effects of spaceflight on the immunoglobulin repertoire of unimmunized C57BL/6 mice
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Spaceflight has been shown to suppress the adaptive immune response, altering the distribution and function of lymphocyte populations. B lymphocytes express highly... -
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Spaceflight-Induced Gene Expression Profiles in the Mouse Brain Are Attenuated by Treatment with the Antioxidant BuOE - Cerebral Cortex
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The demands of deep space pose a health risk to the central nervous system that has long been a concern when sending humans to space. While little is known about how...