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PUBLICATIONS

Discover the Genes in Space winners’ pioneering research

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Genes in Space-1 

2015 Genes in Space winner, Anna-Sophia Boguraev

NASA mission page

Boguraev A. et al., Successful amplification of DNA aboard the International Space Station. NPJ Microgravity.

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Genes in Space-2

2016 Genes in Space winner, Julian Rubinfien 

NASA mission page

Rubinfien J. et al., Nucleic acid detection aboard the International Space Station by colorimetric loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). FASEB BioAdvances.

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Genes in Space-3 

Collaboration with NASA scientists Dr. Sarah Wallace, Dr. Aaron Burton, Dr. Kristen John, and Sarah Stahl

NASA mission page

Burton et al., Off Earth identification of bacterial populations using 16S rDNA nanopore sequencing. Genes.

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Genes in Space-4 

UAE winner, Alia Almansoori 

NASA mission page

Montague, T.G. et al., Gene expression studies using a miniaturized thermal cycler system on board the International Space Station. PLOS One.

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Genes in Space-5 

2017 Genes in Space winners, Sophia Chen and Elizabeth Reizis 

NASA mission page 

Chen, S., Hatch, J. et al., Detection of DNA microsatellites using multiplex polymerase chain reaction aboard the International Space Station. Gravitational and Space Research.

Reizis, L., Cai, D., et al., Toward the analysis of lymphocyte development in space: PCR-based amplification of T-cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) aboard the International Space Station. Gravitational and Space Research.

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Genes in Space-6 

2018 winning team, Rebecca Li, Michelle Sung, Aarthi Vijaykumar, and David Li 

NASA mission page

Stahl-Rommel, S., et al., A CRISPR-based assay for the study of eukaryotic DNA repair onboard the International Space Station. PLOS One.

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Genes in Space-7

2019 winning team, Finsam Samson and Yujie Wang

NASA mission page

Publication coming soon

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Genes in Space-8

2020 Genes in Space winner, Kristoff Misquitta

NASA mission page

Preprint in bioRxiv:

Misquitta, K., et al., A fluorescence viewer for rapid molecular assay readout in space and low-resource terrestrial environments. PLOS One.

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Genes in Space-9

2021 Genes in Space winner, Selin Kocalar

NASA mission page

Kocalar, S., et al. Validation of cell-free protein synthesis aboard the International Space Station. ACS Synth. Biol

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Genes in Space-10

2022 Genes in Space winner, Pristine Onuoha

NASA mission page

Publication coming soon