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Welcome to the Biological Systems Office
Mission Statement
Throughout the long history of space flight, cells have been shown to respond to decreased gravity environments. The mechanism of gravity-induced responses in cells is unknown. Nevertheless, microgravity is a unique tool to probe underlying mechanisms in cell biology and the BSO uses it in novel ways to advance space cell biology and biotechnology.
Understanding the effects of microgravity at the cellular level can provide essential insight into the challenges that humans experience in space. Key questions fuel the need to investigate cell biology in microgravity. What are the cells' adaptive responses to microgravity and to the space environment?
- What are the genetic and structural changes induced by microgravity, space, and planetary environments?
- Does the space environment invoke a selective pressure on replicating cells?
- How does low gravity cell biology fit into larger biomedical questions? How do the cells' adaptive responses to altered gravity affect overall health?
- How can space cell biology be applied to biomedical research?