The impacts of microgravity on bacterial metabolism

G Sharma, PD Curtis - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
The inside of a space-faring vehicle provides a set of conditions unlike anything
experienced by bacteria on Earth. The low-shear, diffusion-limited microenvironment with …

Nanotechnology enabled radioprotectants to reduce space radiation‐induced reactive oxidative species

B Babu, S Pawar, A Mittal, E Kolanthai… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in space exploration has seen substantial growth following recent launch and
operation of modern space technologies. In particular, the possibility of travel beyond low …

Advanced material technologies for space and terrestrial medicine

CYX Chua, M Jimenez, M Mozneb, G Traverso… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The medical risks of spaceflight are amplified as humans venture into longer-duration and
greater-distance deep space voyages. During space missions, astronauts face the extremes …

Reviewing the state of biosensors and lab-on-a-chip technologies: opportunities for extreme environments and space exploration

S Cinti, S Singh, G Covone, L Tonietti… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The space race is entering a new era of exploration, in which the number of robotic and
human missions to various places in our solar system is rapidly increasing. Despite the …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility as feedstock of the cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis sp. 029 cultivated with urine-supplemented moon and mars regolith simulants

BG Fernandez, LJ Rothschild, C Fagliarone… - Algal Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Biology-driven in situ resource utilization (bio-ISRU) should provide a breakthrough in
supporting long-term human permanence on the Moon and Mars that will rely on the ability …

Melanin protects Cryptococcus neoformans from spaceflight effects

RJB Cordero, Q Dragotakes, PJ Friello… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As human activity in space continues to increase, understanding how biological assets
respond to spaceflight conditions is becoming more important. Spaceflight conditions …

[HTML][HTML] The chemical neighborhood of cells in a diffusion-limited system

J Gesztesi, JT Broddrick, T Lannin, JA Lee - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms follow us everywhere, and they will be essential to sustaining long-term
human space exploration through applications such as vitamin synthesis, biomining, and …

Database of space life investigations and bioinformatics of microbiology in extreme environments

J Wang, T Wang, X Zeng, S Wang, Z Yu, Y Wei… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Biological experiments performed in space crafts like space stations, space shuttles, and
recoverable satellites has enabled extensive spaceflight life investigations (SLIs). In …

Modifying anthocyanins biosynthesis in tomato hairy roots: a test bed for plant resistance to ionizing radiation and antioxidant properties in space

S Massa, R Pagliarello, A Cemmi, I Di Sarcina… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Gene expression manipulation of specific metabolic pathways can be used to obtain
bioaccumulation of valuable molecules and desired quality traits in plants. A single-gene …

COSPAR sample safety assessment framework (SSAF)

G Kminek, JN Benardini, FE Brenker, T Brooks… - Astrobiology, 2022 - liebertpub.com
The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Sample Safety Assessment Framework
(SSAF) has been developed by a COSPAR appointed Working Group. The objective of the …