Life Sciences in Space Research

Advances in space radiation physics and transport at NASA.

Polar auxin transport is essential to maintain growth and development of etiolated pea and maize seedlings grown under 1\u202fg conditions: Relevance to the international space station experiment.

Evaluation of the growth, photosynthetic characteristics, antioxidant capacity, biomass yield and quality of tomato using aeroponics, hydroponics and porous tube-vermiculite systems in bio-regenerative life support systems.

Current status of space radiobiological studies in China.

Beyond planetary protection: What is planetary sustainability and what are its implications for space research?

Failure modes, causes, and effects of algal photobioreactors used to control a spacecraft environment.

Gravity-regulated localization of PsPIN1 is important for polar auxin transport in etiolated pea seedlings: Relevance to the International Space Station experiment.

Effects of low-dose oxygen ions and protons on cardiac function and structure in male C57BL/6J mice.

Assessment of the probability of microbial contamination for sample return from Martian moons II: The fate of microbes on Martian moons.

The response of Daphnia magna Straus to long-term exposure to simulated geomagnetic storms.

Measurements of radiation quality factor on Mars with the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector.

Comparison of space radiation GCR models to AMS heavy ion data.

Effects of skeletal unloading on the bone marrow antibody repertoire of tetanus toxoid and/or CpG treated C57BL/6J mice.

Assessment of the probability of microbial contamination for sample return from Martian moons I: Departure of microbes from Martian surface.

Ray-tracing simulation of the radiation dose distribution on the surface of the spherical phantom of the MATROSHKA-R experiment onboard the ISS.

Modelling the transfer of life from Mars to its moons.

A summary on cutting edge advancements in sterilization and cleaning technologies in medical, food, and drug industries, and its applicability to spacecraft hardware.

Early seedling response of six candidate crop species to increasing levels of blue light.

Genetic variation and radiation quality impact cancer promoting cellular phenotypes in response to HZE exposure.

Mars sample receiving facility or facilities? That is the question.

Why did carbon become the pseudo-limiting factor in aquatic closed ecological systems?

Individual features of play behavior in thick-toed geckos in weightlessness and normal gravity conditions.

Changes in one-carbon metabolism and DNA methylation in the hearts of mice exposed to space environment-relevant doses of oxygen ions (16O).

Production of nitrates and perchlorates by laser ablation of sodium chloride in simulated Martian atmospheres. Implications for their formation by electric discharges in dust devils.

Lacuna in the updated planetary protection policy and international law.

A Ground Support Biobarrier (GSB) for recontamination prevention.

The transfer of unsterilized material from Mars to Phobos: Laboratory tests, modelling and statistical evaluation.

Planetary protection technologies for planetary science instruments, spacecraft, and missions: Report of the NASA Planetary Protection Technology Definition Team (PPTDT).

Planetary protection classification of samples returned from the martian moons: Summary of a review by the European Science Foundation and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Gene Expression Measurement Module (GEMM) for space application: Design and validation.

Processing of household waste in the BTLSS using the wet combustion method.

Nucleic acid bases in Titan tholins and possible genetic systems in the Titan liquidosphere.

LED lighting optimization as applied to a vitamin space plant growth facility.

Incorporation of mineralized human waste and fish waste as a source of higher plant mineral nutrition in the BTLSS mass exchange.