Resources

BSO Information on this Site

1. BSO Showcase
2. Cellular Biotechnology Hardware
3. Ground Investigations
4. Publications
5. BSO Laboratories, the heart of BSO ground-based research:
   • APO/ATD Lab - Advanced Programs Office / Advanced Technology Development Laboratory
   • BCL - Bioanalytical Core Laboratory
   • BTF Lab - Biotechnology Facility Science and Engineering Research and Development Laboratory
   • CETNEP - Cellular Environmental Toxicology and NeuroPhysiology
   • CMST - Cellular Movement and Signal Transduction Laboratory
   • FDL - Flight Definition Laboratory
   • MEPS - Microencapsulation Laboratory
   • MTEL - Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Laboratory
   • NASA / NIH - Center for Three-Dimensional Tissue Culture
   • SCTD - Sensors and Controls Technology Development Laboratory

BSO Files on this Site

• Biotechnology brochure   (252 KB PDF - Adobe Acrobat)
• Video of rotating bioreactor on the ground and on orbit   (RM Stream - Real Player)
• 2002 Biological Systems Office - Program Summary   (719 KB PDF - Adobe Acrobat)
• Biotechnology Facility brochure
• BSO Publications   (301 KB PDF - Adobe Acrobat)
• Biotechnology course information for graduate students

Informative Links

1. Related NASA Programs

   • Office of Biological and Physical Research, NASA Headquarters (BSO's parent enterprise)
   • Space Life Sciences Directorate at Johnson Space Center
   • Astrobionics at NASA Ames Research Center (bio-nano-info technologies)
   • Biomolecular Sensor Development at Ames Research Center
   • Bioscience and Engineering Glenn Initiative (BEGIN) Program at Glenn Research Center
   • Space Product Development at Marshall Space Flight Center

2. NASA Tools and Guides

   • Bioastronautics Roadmap
   • Life Sciences Data Archive
   • Office of Biological & Physical Research
   • OBPR FY2002 Task-Book
   • NASA Human Spaceflight
   • International Space Station Science Operation News
   • Research on Station

3. Other Organizations

   • National Space Biomedical Research Institute
   • National Institutes of Health
   • American Association for Cancer Research
   • American Society for Cell Biology
   • American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology
   • American Society for Microbiology
   • The Endocrine Society
   • Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
   • International Society of Differentiation
   • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Who to Contact

Please contact the Biological Systems Office with any questions you have.