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To
learn more about available BioServe space flight hardware and services click
here. Research
Areas Over the last 22 years BioServe has helped its partners
conduct hundreds of individual life science research experiments on the ground
and in space in the areas of molecular processes, microorganisms,
microbial systems, vaccine development, immunology, plant development and
adaptation to microgravity, cell and tissue culture, muscle and bone loss,
countermeasure development, and small invertebrates and insects. Much of BioServe’s own body of scientific
work has biotechnology applications and involves animals, plants and microorganisms. BioServe has faculty and staff with
engineering and life science expertise to help coordinate the needs of both
teams for the conduct of space life science research. For a list of BioServe
related publications categorized by research area click
here. For information on specific research areas in which
BioServe scientists specialize click here. Space flight provides a unique test bed for
developing new technologies and products with ultimate benefits targeted
towards terrestrial biotechnology markets.
The weightless environment can be used to better understand,
accelerate or retard biophysical / biochemical processes, to create new
biologically based products or to improve existing ones, via process-oriented
applied research. As such, some of the
research flown by BioServe and its partners focuses on how space flight can
be used as a viable research “tool” that will eventually provide a “value
added” factor to a commercial product, process or service. (Antibiotic samples produced in space are
shown to the left and below.) For a complete list of BioServe related
publications separated by year click here.
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