Four GeneLab Analysis Working Group (AWG) members submitted Space Biology research proposals that were selected to “Advance Scientific Knowledge of Life in Space and Foster Human Space Exploration.”
Awards for Plant Biology Studies: Chris Wolverton, Ph.D. Ohio Wesleyan University: RNA-Seq Guided Mutant Analysis to Discover New Components of Gravity Signaling in Plants Simon Gilroy, Ph.D. University Of Wisconsin, Madison: Spaceflight Effects on Plant-Microbe Interactions
Award for Microbiology Studies: Camilla Urbaniak, Ph.D. ZIN Technologies, Inc: Microgravity Analogs as Proxies for Spaceflight to Validate Biofilm Formation and the Exchange of Genes Between Organisms
Award for Postdoctoral Fellowship: Eliah Overbey (PI: Christopher Mason, Ph.D.) Weill Medical College of Cornell University: High-resolution, murine spatial transcriptome mapping of the impact of spaceflight
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