RECIPIENTS OF NASA GRANTS
FOR MICROGRAVITY BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

Alabama
Dr. Alexander A. Chernov
Universities Space Research Association
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL
"Origin of Imperfections in Growing Protein Crystals by In 
Situ Rocking Curve 
Analysis"

Dr. Krishnan K. Chittur
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL
"Infrared Signatures for Mammalian Cells in Culture"

Dr. Marc L. Pusey
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL
"Fluorescence Studies of Protein Aggregation in Under- and 
Over-saturated 
Solutions"

Dr. Franz E. Rosenberger
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL
"Protein-Precipitant-Specific Criteria for the Impact of 
Reduced Gravity on 
Crystal Perfection"

Arizona
Dr. James P. Allen 
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
"Crystallization Mechanisms of Membrane Proteins"

Connecticut
Dr. Robert E. Apfel
Yale University
New Haven, CN
"Novel Concepts in Acoustophoresis for Biotechnology 
Applications"

Delaware
Dr. Eric W. Kaler
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
"Protein Crystallization in Complex Fluids"

District of Columbia
Dr. John Konnert
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC
"Applications of Atomic Force Microscopy to Investigate 
Mechanisms of Protein Crystal Growth"

Florida
Dr. Don F. Cameron
University of South Florida
College of Medicine
Tampa, FL
"Development of an Insulin Secreting, Immunoprivileged Cell-
Cell Aggregate 
Utilizing the NASA Rotating Wall Vessel"

Illinois
Dr. Charles F. Zukoski
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, IL
"Particle Interaction Potentials and Protein Crystal Quality"

Iowa
Dr. Mark Arnold
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
"Real-time Monitoring of Protein Concentration in Solution to 
Control Nucleation 
and Crystal Growth"

Dr. John M. Wiencek
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
"Thermodynamics of Protein Crystallization and Links to 
Crystal Quality"




Louisiana
Dr. Timothy G. Hammond
Tulane University Medical Center
New Orleans, LA
"Production of 1-25-diOH D3 by Renal Epithelial Cells in 
Simulated Microgravity Culture"

Maryland
Dr. Denis Wirtz
John Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
"Novel Microgravity Optical Technique for Molecularly 
Engineering 
Electrophoretic Media"

Massachusetts
Dr. John Milburn Jessup
New England Deaconess Hospital
Boston, MA
"Use of NASA Bioreactor to Study Cell Cycle Regulation"

Dr. William J. Schwartz
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Worcester, MA
"Microgravity and the Biology of Neural Stem Cells"

 Dr. Arthur J. Sytkowski
New England Deaconess Hospital
Boston, MA
"Production of Recombinant Human Erthropietin by Mammalian 
Cells Cultured in Simulated Microgravity"

Minnesota
Dr. Wei-Shou Hu
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
"Self-Assembly of Hepatocyte Spheroids in Microgravity"

New Hampshire
Dr. Robert C. Richmond
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Hanover, NH
"Heterozygous Ataxia-Telangiectasia Human Mammary Cells as a 
Microgravity-Based Model of Differentiation and Cancer 
Susceptibility"

New Jersey
Dr. Dudley A. Saville
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
"Electrohydrodynamics of Suspensions"

New York
Dr. Jeffrey A. Bell
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
"Protein Crystal Based Nanomaterials"

Dr. Allan S. Myerson
Polytechnic University
Brooklyn, NY
"Diffusion, Viscosity and Crystal Growth of Proteins in 
Microgravity"

 Dr. W. Mark Saltzman
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
"Enhancement of Cell Function in Culture by Controlled 
Aggregation Under 
Microgravity Conditions"

Dr. Robert E. Thorne
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
"Defects, Growth and Elastic Properties of Protein Crystals"

Dr. H. Alan Wood
Boyce Thompson Institute  at Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
"The Effects of Microgravity/Low Shear on Glycosylation and 
Eukarotic DNA Virus Replication"

Dr. J.H. David Wu
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
"Ex Vivo Hemopoieses in a Three-Dimensional Human Bone Marrow 
Culture Under Simulated Microgravity"



Ohio
Dr. Gloria Borgstahl
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH
"Searching for the Best Protein Crystals:  Synchrotron Based 
Mosaicity 
Measurements of Crystal Quality and Theoretical Modeling"

Pennsylvania
Dr. Patrick Loll
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
"Quantitative Analysis of Surfactant Interactions During 
Membrane Protein 
Crystallization"

South Carolina
Dr. Adam J. Smolka
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
"Gastric Mucosal Cell Culture in Simulated Microgravity

Tennessee
Dr. Lori Wilson
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
"Metastable Solution Structure and Optimization Strategies in 
Protein Crystal 
Growth"

Texas
Dr. John Glover Albright
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
"Experimental Assessment of Multicomponent Effects in 
Diffusion-Dominated Transport in Protein Crystal Growth and 
Electrophoresis and Chiral Separations"

Dr. Jonathan Friedman
University of Houston
Houston, TX
"Epitaxial Growth of Protein Crystals on Self-Assembled 
Monolayers"

Dr. Elizabeth A. Grimm
University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
"Application of Bioreactor Technology for Analysis and 
Counter Measure 
Development of Microgravity Induced Suppression of Innate 
Immunity"

 Dr. Cherylyn A. Savary
University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
"Use of NASA Bioreactors in a Novel Scheme for Immunization 
Against Cancer"

Dr. Theodore Wensel
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
"Two Dimensional Crystal Growth in Microgravity"

Dr. Boris Yoffe
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
"Liver Tissue Engineering in Microgravity Environment"


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