Includes ten projects involving space experiments on the life sciences

Involves topics from radiation biology, gravitational biology and biotechnology Provides an introduction to facilities and techniques for life sciences experiments in space

Includes 10 projects involving space experiments in the field of life sciences Discusses topics from radiation biology, gravitational biology, and biotechnology Provides an introduction to facilities and techniques for life sciences experiments in space

Autorentext

Enkui DUAN: Professor of Reproductive Biology at the Institute of Zoology, CAS, Deputy Chief Designer of application systems, SJ-10 satellite engineering. His current interests focus on embryo implantation, stem cell biology, tsRNA in sperm, and stem cell differentiation /embryo development under microgravity.

Mian LONG: Professor of Biomechanics at the Institute of Mechanics of CAS, and Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. His current interests focus on biomechanics of protein-protein interactions, cellular and subcellular mechanobiology, and cellular and molecular bioengineering under microgravity.

Inhalt
Introduction to Life Sciences experiments operated in SJ-10 Recoverable Satellite.- Space Radiation Systems Biology Research in SJ-10 satellite.- Effect of space environment on genome stability.- Effects of space environment on silkworm development and gene mutation.- Effects of Gravity on Growth of Plant Cells.- Flowering in space.- Cell growth and mass transportation under microgravity.- The maintaining and directed differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells under microgravity.- Three-dimensional cell culture and tissue restoration of neural stem cells under microgravity.- Advances of mammalian reproduction and embryonic development under microgravity.- Osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells and its molecular mechanism in microgravity.- Facilities and techniques of space life science.- Medulloculture payload, radiation gene payload and comprehensive control payload.