C. elegans RNAi space experiment (CERISE) in Japanese Experiment Module KIBO

Bacterial Monitoring with Adhesive Sheet in the International Space Station-“Kibo”, the Japanese Experiment Module

Microbiological monitoring is important to assure microbiological safety, especially in long-duration space habitation. We have been continuously monitoring the abundance and diversity of bacteria in the International Space Station (ISS)-"Kibo" module to accumulate knowledge on microbes in the ISS. In this study, we used a new sampling device, a microbe-collecting adhesive sheet developed in ou...

MSX—A MULTIUSE SPACE EXPERIMENT MSX—A Multiuse Space Experiment

he Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) has the potential to address environmental issues and demonstrate that a mission for the DoD can fulfill nondefense, or dual-use, data collection requirements. MSX differs from conventional satellite investigations in that the spacecraft does not have a routine data collection mode, and it has a hyperspectral imaging capability. In this article we explore wha...

Endogenous RNAi pathways in C. elegans.

In addition to several hundred microRNAs, C. elegans produces thousands of other small RNAs targeting coding genes, pseudogenes, transposons, and other noncoding RNAs. Here we review what is currently known about these endogenous small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), providing an overview of their biogenesis, their associated protein factors, and their effects on m...

Animal Rights Consideration is a Necessity in Conducting an Experiment

Inverse - Square Law Experiment in Space

After presenting a very brief outline of this flight program, this paper will dwell in more detail on the key challenges that must be met for successful flight. These include the comparison of the frequency of the PARCS cesium clock with Earth-bound cesium clocks using the GPS carrier-phase method, the implementation of the phase modulation scheme needed to minimize the impact of space-station ...