NASA Selects Space Biology Research Proposals

Aug. 10, 2012

Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
jbuck@nasa.gov

RELEASE: 12-268

NASA SELECTS SPACE BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROPOSALS

WASHINGTON -- NASA selected 15 experiments to be funded through its
most recent research announcement for opportunities in space biology
research. Ten of these experiments will be conducted aboard the
International Space Station in the near future. Five others will be
ground-based studies.

NASA's Space Biology Program will fund the proposals to investigate
how cells, plants and animals respond to microgravity. Space biology
scientists will examine and discover underlying mechanisms of
adaptation to changes resulting from the spaceflight environment.
This research will help determine how cells and organisms regulate
and sustain growth, metabolism, reproduction and development. These
studies could provide a foundation upon which other NASA researchers
and engineers can build approaches and countermeasures to the
problems confronting human exploration of space. It also could lead
to new biological tools or applications on Earth.

The selected proposals are from 12 institutions in 10 states and will
receive a total of about $4 million during a one- to three-year
period. Scientific and technical experts from academia and government
reviewed the proposals.

For a complete list of the selected principal investigators,
organizations and proposals, visit:

http://go.nasa.gov/ObK2j1

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov


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