STAR-1 (2020-2021) Participants
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Barker, Richard
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Bioinformatics on Plant Biology
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Bellas, Evangelia
Temple University
Engineering Functional Adipose Tissue Models
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Benner, Bayleigh
University of Wisconsin, Madison / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (incoming postdoctoral scholar)
Evolution of RNA Viruses
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Bruckbauer, Steven
University of Wisconsin, Madison (postdoctoral scholar)
Ionizing Radiation Resistance in Bacterium Escherichia Coli using Experimental Evolution
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Cassilly, Chelsi
Harvard Medical School (postdoctoral scholar)
Gut Microbiota That Regulate Inflammatory Responses
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Crowe, Kelly
Mount St Joseph University
Mechanisms of Muscle Atrophy
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Kiffer, Frederico
University of Pennsylvania (postdoctoral scholar)
Radiation Environment on Central Nervous System
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Laiakis, Evagelia
Georgetown University
Radiation Metabolomics and Systems Biology
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Llanos, Pedro
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Payload Applied Technology and Operations
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Lynch, Joseph
Purdue University
Production and Utilization of Metabolites in Plants
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Mendoza, Adelita
Washington University in St Louis (postdoctoral scholar)
Lysosome-Related Organelles as a Site of Zinc Trafficking and Metabolism in C Elegans
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Miner, Jacob
Los Alamos National Lab (postdoctoral scholar)
Characterizing Structures and Dynamics in Nucleic Acids and Proteins
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Newton, Jamila
California State University, Stanislaus
Characterizing Microgravity and Ionizing Radiation Impact on Cognitive Function and Regulation of Whole-Body Metabolism
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Prasad, Anamika
South Dakota State University
Structure-Function Relationship of Biological Materials and Biobased Materials Development and Manufacturing
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Schisler, Jonathan
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Aging Mechanisms
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Schwertz, Hansjorg
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Platelet and Megakaryocyte Biology in Health and Mediating Host Responses in Inflammatory and Infectious Disease
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Vanderburg, Charles
Harvard Medical School / Broad Institute
Rodent Spaceflight Experiments (working with NIH BRAIN - catalog of the mouse brain)
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Villa Diaz, Luis G.
Oakland University
Stem Cells and the Microenvironment
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Waters, Samantha
NASA Ames Research Center (postdoctoral scholar)
Methylation Sequencing of Bacterial Isolates After Long-Term Exposure to a Mars Analog (Astrobiology)
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Weisleder, Noah L.
Ohio State University
Muscle Repair and Atrophy (NIH grantee)