title: Gravitational biology on Mir.
abstract: The focus of this paper is to describe the experiences of a first time Space Life Sciences Principal Investigator. The Mir Beetle experiment was developed as a result of the joint US-Russian Mir Program. Dr. Alexei Alpatov collaborated as the Russian Co-Investigator. This experiment examined the long term effects of microgravity on the biological clock of a desert-dwelling beetle, Trigonoscelis gigas. The performance of this Space Life Sciences investigation involved: developing the proposal, design and testing of the hardware and execution of the spaceflight experiment.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, USA.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Hoban-Higgins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D001517:Coleoptera; D004867:Equipment Design; D007391:International Cooperation; D017440:Photoperiod; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012107:Research Design; D012426:Russia; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014481:United States; D018557:United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration