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Tricorder Update: Genes in Space Student-designed Experiment Conducted By Astronauts

by Keith Cowing

On Saturday, September 28th, an experiment designed by Genes in Space 2023 contest winner (18) of Hillsborough, California, launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard NASA’s Crew-9 mission. The […]

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Offworld Life Science Hardware: Real-Time Culture-Independent Microbial Profiling Onboard the International Space Station Using Nanopore Sequencing

by Keith Cowing

For the past two decades, microbial monitoring of the International Space Station (ISS) has relied on culture-dependent methods that require return to Earth for analysis.

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