About the BSO - Site Contents
The BSO site addresses our activities in research and technology development, while also providing insight into biotechnology activities at NASA and ways to collaborate with us. Read below to learn more about each section of the site.
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is an exciting collaboration between the biological sciences, engineering, and biochemistry to investigate the building blocks of the living body. BSO specializes in cell culture technology:
- Engineering tissue for research;
- Growing cells and tissue for disease studies;
- Using microorganisms and cell design to create new drugs and drug delivery methods;
- Exploring how gravity affects cell growth and gene expression; and
- Providing the facilities necessary to conduct biotechnology research
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Why Biotechnology?
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Biotechnology at NASA
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Microgravity Analogs
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Cell Culture 101
Research
The BSO provides the support, technology, and resources for ground-based and flight experiments. This fosters the national community of investigators who use microgravity or an altered gravity environment to achieve their scientific goals. Through funding and collaboration, NASA offers a range of opportunities to help investigators conduct world-class, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed research.
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Research
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Profiles
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Ground Research
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Flight Research
Advanced Technology
Space travel poses numerous challenges to human health and productivity. Future, long-duration space travel beyond Earth orbit will depend on technologies that will help us meet and surmount those challenges. The BSO is dedicated to the development and use of advanced technologies that will enable the next generation of space flight. Ground-based and flight bioreactors yield important insight into cell and tissue development. The BSO-supported research also contributes to next-generation medical technologies, like implantable sensors that monitor health from inside the body.
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Advanced Technology
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Bioreactor
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Sensors
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Microencapsulation
Collaborate
Space cell biology is emerging as a key discipline and NASA is at the forefront of this scientific evolution, providing the means to conduct biotechnology in many gravitational environments. NASA offers collaborative and funding opportunities to the academic, government, and commercial community, and we help encourage the scientists and engineers of tomorrow.
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Collaborate
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Facilities
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For Investigators
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For Industry
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For Students & Educators
Resources
BSO is committed to ensuring that findings and information are disseminated to the research community and the public. To guide visitors to relevant sites, BSO provides a comprehensive list of Web sites and BSO documents. BSO also works in education and outreach to strengthen interaction with, and the involvement of, the academic, scientific, and industrial community in NASA's science and technology mission. Public understanding of NASA's scientific research and how it is improving and enriching our lives is also a focus of the BSO work.