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Appendix D: Glossary
Pages 65-67

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... Life Sciences Division: The unit at NASA that aims to define, direct, support, and evaluate science and technology programs in space life sciences to enable the human exploration and development of space. Main focus is on the fundamental role of gravity, cosmic radiation, isolation and confinement on the vital biological, chemical, physical and psychological processes of living systems in space, on other planetary bodies and on Earth.
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... Medium: A culture or growth medium contains nutrients and provides a favorable environment for the growth of cells or tissues. Microgravity: When biotechnology experiments are performed on the space shuttle or the International Space Station, the gravitational force experienced by the cells or the protein crystals is not exactly zero, but it is much less than the gravitational force experienced on Earth.
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... APPENDIX D 67 X-ray Crystallography Facility: A multipurpose facility designed to provide and coordinate all aspects of protein crystal growth experiments on ISS: sample growth, monitoring, mounting, freezing, and X-ray diffraction. In development at the Center for Macromolecular Crystallography at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Key Terms

  • space station
  • space shuttle
  • crystal growth
  • gravitational force
  • international space

  • cell science
  • cell culture
  • force experienced
  • protein crystals
  • cell cultures

  • multiple cell
  • includes five
  • rotation produces
  • cultures simultaneously
  • structure determination

  • maintains controlled
  • growth medium
  • robotic instrumentation
  • culture chambers
  • walls set

  • diffraction data
  • plans call
  • program contains
  • lower mosaicity
  • controlled environmental

  • produces couette
  • commercial space
  • macromolecular crystallography
  • accommodate multiple
  • coherent blocks


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