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NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division Partners with ISSNL on Igniting Innovation

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

NASA

August 23, 2023

Filed under genomics, ISS, Microgravity, NASA, space biology, space life science, space medicine, space station

NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division Partners with ISSNL on Igniting Innovation — NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) crew member, Matthias Maurer of ESA, works on inserting samples into the MinION DNA sequencer as part of the Biomolecule Sequencer experiment. Researchers tested the device aboard the analog to minimize unknowns and see how the device worked in various extreme environments. Credits: NASA

NASA

The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is collaborating with NASA on a solicitation to advance research on cancer and other diseases.

ISS National Lab Research Announcement (NLRA) 2023-10 Igniting Innovation: Science in Space to Cure Disease on Earth, in partnership with NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division, will offer resource allocation and up to $5 million total funding for an expected two to four awards for multiflight translational and transformative research and technology development projects.

The NLRA seeks proposals for flight research on the ISS to address the goals of the Cancer Moonshot initiative, accelerate the translation of stem cell- and organoid-based disease models, and advance technologies for biomanufacturing.

An informational webinar regarding the NLRA will be held on August 24 Tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET. The Webinar is free, but registration is required.

Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻

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