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Publication date: November 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space Research, Volume 19Author(s): (Source: Life Sciences in Space Research)
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - November 25, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Biological effects of space environmental factors: A possible interaction between space radiation and microgravity
Publication date: Available online 1 November 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Fumio Yatagai, Masamitsu Honma, Naoshi Dohmae, Noriaki IshiokaAbstractIn the mid-1980s, space experiments began to examine if microgravity could alter the biological effects of space radiation. In the late 1990s, repair of DNA strand breaks was reported to not be influenced by microgravity using the pre-irradiated cells, because the exposure doses of space radiation were few due to the short spaceflight. There were, however, conflicting reports depending on the biological endpoints used in various systems. While almost no at...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - November 21, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Polar auxin transport is essential to maintain growth and development of etiolated pea and maize seedlings grown under 1 g conditions: Relevance to the International Space Station experiment
Publication date: Available online 15 November 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Kensuke Miyamoto, Akinori Inui, Eiji Uheda, Mariko Oka, Motoshi Kamada, Chiaki Yamazaki, Toru Shimazu, Haruo Kasahara, Hiromi Sano, Tomomi Suzuki, Akira Higashibata, Junichi UedaAbstractWe conducted “Auxin Transport” space experiments in 2016 and 2017 in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) on the International Space Station (ISS), with the principal objective being integrated analyses of the growth and development of etiolated pea (Pisum sativum L. cv Alaska) and maize (Zea mays L. cv Golden Cross Bantam) seedlings und...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - November 16, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Review: Biological effects of space environmental factors: A possible interaction between space radiation and microgravity
Publication date: Available online 1 November 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Fumio Yatagai, Masamitsu Honma, Naoshi Dohmae, Noriaki IshiokaAbstractIn the mid-1980s, space experiments began to examine if microgravity could alter the biological effects of space radiation. In the late 1990s, repair of DNA strand breaks was reported to not be influenced by microgravity using the pre-irradiated cells, because the exposure doses of space radiation were few due to the short spaceflight. There were, however, conflicting reports depending on the biological endpoints used in various systems. While almost no at...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - November 2, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
A small closed ecosystem with an estimated portion of human metabolism
Publication date: Available online 9 October 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Alexander A. Tikhomirov, Sofya A. Ushakova, Vladimir V. Velichko, Sergey V. Trifonov, Natalia A. Tikhomirova, Galina S. KalachevaAbstractThe study describes a small closed ecosystem used to test technologies to be further employed in full-scale manned closed ecosystems. The experimental ecosystem is designed to use a certain portion of human metabolism, which is included in the gas, water, and organic waste loops of the system. In this experimental ecosystem, gas and water loops are fully closed, and the model enables process...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - October 26, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Genetic Variation and Radiation Quality Impact Cancer Promoting Cellular Phenotypes in Response to HZE exposure
Publication date: Available online 21 October 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Deepa M. Sridharan, Shiena Enerio, Chris Wang, Mark A. LaBarge, Martha R. Stampfer, Janice M. PluthAbstractThere exists a wide degree of genetic variation within the normal human population which includes disease free individuals with heterozygote defects in major DNA repair genes. A lack of understanding of how this genetic variation impacts cellular phenotypes that inform cancer risk post heavy ion exposure poses a major limitation in developing personalized cancer risk assessment astronauts. We initiated a pilot study wit...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - October 21, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Dose calculations in a cell monolayer for high-throughput irradiation with proton beams generated by PW lasers for space applications
Publication date: Available online 20 October 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Mariana Bobeica, Sohichiroh Aogaki, Theodor Asavei, Mihail O. Cernaianu, Petru Ghenuche, Dan StutmanAbstractOne of the specific properties of laser-driven radiation is a broadband energy spectrum, which is also a feature of the space radiation fields. This property can be used in materials science studies or radiobiology experiments to simulate the energy spectrum of space radiation exposures in a ground-based laboratory. However, the differences in effects between the higher dose rates of laser generated radiation and the l...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - October 20, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
A Small Test Closed Ecosystem with An Estimated Portion of Human Metabolism
Publication date: Available online 9 October 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Alexander A. Tikhomirov, Sofya A. Ushakova, Vladimir V. Velichko, Sergey V. Trifonov, Natalia A. Tikhomirova, Galina S. KalachevaAbstractThe study describes a small test closed ecosystem used to test technologies to be further employed in full-scale manned closed ecosystems. The test ecosystem is designed to use a certain portion of human metabolism, which is included in the gas, water, and organic waste loops of the system. In this small test closed ecosystem, gas and water loops are fully closed, and the model enables proce...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - October 9, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
LED lighting optimization as applied to a vitamin space plant growth facility
Publication date: Available online 27 September 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Yu.A. Berkovich, I.O. Konovalova, A.N. Erokhin, S.O. Smolyanina, V.G. Smolyanin, O.S. Yakovleva, I.G. Tarakanov, T.M. IvanovAbstractAn algorithm of determining optimal LED lighting parameters for leafy crops (Chinese cabbage Brassica chinensis L. was taken as a model) in a vitamin space Plant Growth Facility is proposed. The lighting parameters to optimize were the level of photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD), red and white LEDs PPFD ratio and pulse repetition period with a fixed pulse length 30 µs. Optimal lighti...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - October 5, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Response to Commentary on “Irradiation effects of MeV protons on dry and hydrated Brassica rapa seeds” by Bevelacqua et al.
Publication date: Available online 18 September 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Naresh T. Deoli, Karl H. Hasenstein (Source: Life Sciences in Space Research)
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - September 20, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
A Strategic Approach for Investigating Light Recipes for ‘Outredgeous’ Red Romaine Lettuce Using White and Monochromatic LEDs
Publication date: Available online 18 September 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): M.A. Mickens, E.J. Skoog, L.E. Reese, P.L. Barnwell, L.E. Spencer, G.D. Massa, R.M. WheelerAbstractTo optimize crop production/quality in space, we studied various “light recipes” that could be used in the Advanced Plant Habitat currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Lettuce (Lactuca sativa cv. ‘Outredgeous’) plants were grown for 28 days under seven treatments of White (W) LEDs (control), red (635 nm) and blue (460 nm) (RB) LEDs, W + blue (B) LEDs, W + green (520 nm) (G) LEDs, W + red ...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - September 20, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Comments on “Irradiation effects of MeV protons on dry and hydrated Brassica rapa seeds”
Publication date: Available online 11 September 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): J.J. Bevelacqua, S.M.J. Mortazavi (Source: Life Sciences in Space Research)
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - September 11, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Reduction of Geomagnetic Field (GMF) to Near Null Magnetic Field (NNMF) Affects Arabidopsis thaliana Root Mineral Nutrition
Publication date: Available online 1 September 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Ravishankar Narayana, Judith Fliegmann, Ivan Paponov, Massimo E. MaffeiAbstractThe Earth magnetic field (or geomagnetic field, GMF) is a natural component of our planet and variations of the GMF are perceived by plants with a still uncharacterized magnetoreceptor. The purpose of this work was to assess the effect of Near Null Magnetic Field (NNMF, ∼35 μT) on Arabidopsis thaliana Col0 root ion modulation. A time-course (from 10 min to 96 h) exposure of Arabidopsis to NNMF was compared to GMF and the content of some cation...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - September 1, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Irradiation effects of MeV protons on dry and hydrated Brassica rapa seeds
Publication date: Available online 21 August 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Naresh T. Deoli, Karl H. HasensteinABSTRACTAlthough space radiation is a known risk for space travel and eventual colonization of Moon or Mars, relatively few data exist on radiation effects on potential crop plants. We studied Brassica rapa to assess the tolerance of seeds and seedlings to radiation by exposing dry and hydrated B. rapa seeds to 1, 2 and 3 MeV proton ions of various fluences and examined the effect on germination and root growth. Modeling penetration depth with SRIM code indicated that the applied energy was ...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - August 21, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Dependence of the Human Leukemia Risk on the Dose and Dose Rate of Continuous Irradiation: Modeling Study
Publication date: Available online 18 August 2018Source: Life Sciences in Space ResearchAuthor(s): Francis A. Cucinotta, Olga A. SmirnovaAbstractA biologically motivated dynamical model of the radiogenic leukemia risk assessment (Smirnova, 2015, 2017; Smirnova and Cucinotta, 2018) is applied to the study of the effects of dose rate N and dose D on the excess relative risk ERR for non-CLL leukemia among continuously irradiated humans. In the study, the dose rate N of continuous irradiation is varied from 3×10−6 to 0.576 Sv/day and the dose D is varied from zero to 2.2 Sv. In the considered range of doses D, the developed...
Source: Life Sciences in Space Research - August 19, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
