title: The Biotechnology Facility for International Space Station.
abstract: The primary mission of the Cellular Biotechnology Program is to advance microgravity as a tool in basic and applied cell biology. The microgravity environment can be used to study fundamental principles of cell biology and to achieve specific applications such as tissue engineering. The Biotechnology Facility (BTF) will provide a state-of-the-art facility to perform cellular biotechnology research onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The BTF will support continuous operation, which will allow performance of long-duration experiments and will significantly increase the on-orbit science throughput.
authors.affiliation: NASA Johnson Space Center, Biological Systems Office, Houston, TX 77058, USA. thomas.j.goodwin@nasa.gov
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lundquist
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tuxhorn
authors.forename: Katy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hurlbert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005347:Fibroblasts; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008863:Microspheres; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018531:Spacecraft / Q000295:instrumentation*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014893:Weightlessness