AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR
GRAVITATIONAL AND SPACE BIOLOGY

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING
 November 10-13, 1999
Seattle, WA

 PROGRAM

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1999
3:00 pm Registration opens
7:00 pm Set up Posters
7:00 pm Student Mixer
7:30 pm ASGSB Governing Board Meeting I
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1999
7:00 - 8:30 am ASGSB Committee Meetings
7:30 am Registration Opens
SESSION A - SYMPOSIUM I

LIFE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
8:30 - 8:40 am Opening Remarks and Welcome, Norman Lewis
8:40 am to 12:30 pm, (Thursday, Nov. 11)
 Moderator: Mary Musgrave
TIME TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
8:40 am IN SEARCH OF THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL LIMITS FOR LIFE. Jonathan Trent [1] 4
9:20 am METAZOAN (REAL ANIMAL!) LIFE STYLES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS OF THE DEEP SEA: BRINE POOLS, METHANE HYDRATES, HYDROCARBON SEEPS AND HYDROTHERMAL VENTS. Charles R. Fisher. [2] 4
10:00 am BREAK
10:30 am LIFE AT BODY TEMPERATURES BELOW 0?C: THE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF ANTARCTIC FISHES. Bruce D. Sidell [3] 4
11:10 am LIFE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: HOW WILL HUMANS PERFORM ON MARS? Dava J. Newman. [4] 4
11:50 am BOLD ENDEAVORS: LESSONS FROM POLAR AND SPACE EXPLORATION. Jack W. Stuster [5] 5
12:30 pm LUNCH
SESSION B

CONCURRENT POSTERS I
Undergraduate Student Poster Competition

 Space Life Sciences Training Program

2:00 to 3:30 pm, (Thursday, Nov. 11)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
A01 THE 15TH ANNUAL SPACE LIFE SCIENCES TRAINING PROGRAM (SLSTP) AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA. G. Koerner, P. Currier, S. Potter, T. Douglas, and D. Chamberland [6] 7
A02 CONTROLLED BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: STUDENTS WORK TO EXPAND THE HORIZONS OF PLANT BIOLOGY AND ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. G.D. Massa and G. Koerner. [6a] 7
A03 INCREASED PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN WHEAT LEAVES FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO LOW LEVELS OF ETHYLENE. J. Conlin, O. Monje, A. Anderson, and G.E. Bingham [7] 7
A05 COMPARISON OF AMYLOPLAST POSITION IN ARABIDOPSIS ROOTS IN DIFFERENT GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS. T.F.B. Kraft and J.Z. Kiss [8] 7
A07 CHARACTERIZATION OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (LEDS) FOR PLANT GROWTH: POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES OF SNAPLITE LED SYSTEMS AND LEDS AT DIFFERENT INTENSITIES AND WAVELENGTHS. C.S. Paty, and J.S. Young [9] 8
A09 DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF PROTOCOLS FOR TWO MICROGRAVITY--RATED PLANT NUTRIENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS. K. Louie and H.G. Levine. [10] 8
A11 EFFECTS OF BENZOTHIADIAZOLE (BTH) ON PGC-GROWN RICE AND BRASSICA PLANTS. C. Gartner, E. Hilaire, J.A. Guikema and J.E. Leach. [11] 8
Graduate Student Poster Competition

2:00 to 3:30 pm, (Thursday, Nov. 11)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
B01 CELLULAR GENE EXPRESSION IN RESPONSE TO MICROGRAVITY AND VIBRATIONAL STRESS. L.A. Cubano and M.L. Lewis [12] 10
B03 EXPRESSION OF THROMBIN RECEPTOR IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS IN RESPONSE TO MECHANICAL STIMULATION. K. T. Nguyen, C. Patterson, M.S. Runge, S.G. Eskin, and L.V. McIntire. [13] 10
B05 THE EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY ON THE EXPRESSION OF A FOREIGN PROTEIN IN TISSUE-ENGINEERED SKELETAL MUSCLE. P.H.U. Lee and H.H. Vandenburgh. [14] 10
B07 INITIAL RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS WITH OSTEOBLASTS CULTURED UNDER VARYING DIRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE GRAVITY VECTOR. M.A. Kacena, L.C. Gerstenfeld, P. Todd, and W.J. Landis [15] 10
B09 MICRO-g EFFECTS ON DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSIN GENE EXPRESSION IN THE PEG OF SPACE-GROWN CUCUMBER SEEDLINGS. B.M. Link and D.J. Cosgrove [16] 11
B11 FOLIAR DETECTION OF HYPOXIA IN BRASSICA RAPA PLANTS GROWN IN MICROGRAVITY. S.C. Stout, A. Kuang, and M.E. Musgrave [17] 11
B13 ELECTROTROPISM INDICATES TWO PHYSIOLOGICALLY DISTINCT RESPONSE ZONES IN THE ROOT. C. Wolverton, J.L. Mullen, M.L. Evans, and H. Ishikawa. [18] 11
B15 TURNING ROOT GRAVITROPISM UPSIDE-DOWN: A STUDY OF CONSTANT-STIMULUS RESPONSES IN ARABIDOPSIS USING A FEEDBACK SYSTEM. J.L. Mullen, C. Wolverton, H. Ishikawa, and M.L. Evans. [19] 11
B17 RESTORATION OF GRAVITROPIC SENSITIVITY IN STARCH-DEFICIENT MUTANTS OF ARABIDOPSIS BY HYPERGRAVITY. K. J. Fitzelle and J. Z. Kiss. [20] 12
B19 THE INTERACTIONS OF TOUCH AND GRAVITY IN PLANT ROOTS AS THEY ENCOUNTER AN OBSTACLE. G.D. Massa and S. Gilroy. [21] 12
B21 TIP-FOCUSED CALCIUM GRADIENTS IN GRAVIRESPONDING CHARA RHIZOIDS. J.M. Fasano, E.B. Blancaflor, and S.Gilroy. [22] 12
B23 IMPROVING GERMINATION FOR "SUPER DWARF" RICE J.M. Frantz and B. Bugbee. [23] 12
SESSION C

CONCURRENT POSTERS II
Undergraduate Student Poster Competition (continued)

3:30 to 5:00 pm, (Thursday, Nov. 11)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
A04 ADH GENE EXPRESSION AS A POTENTIAL STRESS RESPONSE TO RED AND FAR-RED LIGHT. H.E. Page, A.L. Paul, and R.J. Ferl. [24] 14
A06 QUANTIFICATION OF EPIPHYTIC BACTERIAL POPULATIONS ON THE PHYLLO-SPHERE OF SPINACH PLANTS GROWN UNDER EXPERIMENTAL LIGHTING CONDITIONS. D.M. Salvay, J.L. Adams, J.L. Garland, G.D. Goins. [25] 14
A08 EFFECTS OF SUPER-ELEVATED CO2 CONCENTRATION ON ELECTRON TRANSPORT RATES OF WHEAT GROWN IN CONTROLLED ENVRONMENTAL CHAMBERS. B.C. Durant, O. Monje, G.W. Stutte, J.A. Guikema and J.E. Leach. [26] 14
A10 FILTERING WATER SOURCES FOR USE IN HYDRATING INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS (IV) ONBOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION(ISS). J.D. Pounds, A. Twyman, P. Currier, K. DiBiase, C. Cortes-Ramos, R. Sumner, A. Schlunt, C. Slaughter, K. Fong [27] 14
A12 A KC-135 FLIGHT: EVALUATION OF A GRAVITY-INDEPENDENT CONSTANT FORCE RESISTIVE EXERCISE UNIT (CFREU) AS A POTENTIAL COUNTERMEASURE FOR MICROGRAVITY-INDUCED MUSCLE ATROPHY. P.E. Colosky, Jr., T.M. Ruttley, T.W. Tong, and V.H. Sutlive [28] 15
Graduate Student Poster Competition (continued)

3:30 to 5:00 pm, (Thursday, Nov. 11)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
B02 PTH ENHANCES FLUID SHEAR-INDUCED INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM TRANSIENTS IN OSTEOBLAST-LIKE CELLS. K.D. Ryder, and R.L. Duncan. [29] 17
B04 IN-VIVO METHOD FOR CHRONIC ASSESSMENT OF BONE STRAIN. B.A. Rabkin, J.A. Szivek, J Schonfeld and B.P. Halloran. [30] 17
B06 THE EFFECTS OF HINDLIMB UNLOADING ON CERTAIN INTEGRINS AND ACTINS IN RAT METATARSALS. M.J. Palm and B. Johnson-Wint. [31] 17
B08 LEPTIN RESPONSE TO FASTING IS ATTENUATED IN 2G. L.E. Warren, B.A. Horwitz and C.A. Fuller. [32] 17
B10 NITROGEN DYNAMICS IN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT: GROWING WHEAT WITH 80% AMMONIUM. D.J. Muhlestein, T. Hooten, J.M. Norton, and B. Bugbee. [33] 18
B12 FORMATION OF TRACHEARY ELEMENTS IN TOMATO CALLUS IN MICROGRAVITY: ITA-OSU STUDENT EXPERIMENT. A. Madlung, S. Peskin, and T.L. Lomax. [34] 18
B14 QUANTITATIVE PCR AND METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS: FACTORS AFFECTING LIGNIN COMPOSITION AND CONTENT. A.M. Anterola, C. Rohwer, L.B. Davin, and N.G. Lewis. [35] 18
B16 DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF DIRIGENT PROTEIN ISOFORMS. M. Kwon, V. Burlat, L.B. Davin, and N.G. Lewis. [36] 18
B18 REGULATION OF TCH GENE EXPRESSION. D. Lee, E. Iliev, and J. Braam. [37] 19
B20 REGULATION AND FUNCTIONS OF CALMODULIN-RELATED TCH2. E. McCormack, K.A. Johnson, and J. Braam. [38] 19
B22 XYLOGLUCAN ENDOTRANSGLYCOSYLASES OF ARABIDOPSIS: DIVERSITY OF GENES, EXPRESSION REGULATION AND FUNCTIONS. J.T.Becnel, P. Campbell, and J. Braam. [39] 19
B24 EFFECT OF HYPERGRAVITY ON NITRIC OXIDE PRODUCTION AND DNA FRAGMENTA-TION IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA. H. Garcês, M.C. Pedroso and D.J. Durzan. [40] 19
7:00 - 9:00 pm Reception      
9:00 pm Space Biology Research Associates Meeting      
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1999
7:00 - 8:30 am ASGSB Committee Meetings
SESSION D - SYMPOSIUM II

CELLULAR CYBERNETICS - THE ROLE OF THE CYTOSKELETON

8:30 am to 12:30 pm, (Friday, Nov. 12)
Moderator: Karl Hasenstein
TIME TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
8:40 am CORTICAL MICROTUBULES FORM A DYNAMIC MECHANISM WHICH HELPS REGULATE THE DIRECTION OF PLANT GROWTH. Clive W. Lloyd, R. Himmelspach, C.L.Wymer and P. Nick [41] 21
9:20 am MECHANOTRANSDUCTION AND THE PLANT CYTOSKELETON. Richard Cyr and D. Fisher. [42] 21
10:00 am BREAK
10:30 am THE ACTIN CYTOSKELETON MAY CONTROL THE POLAR DISTRIBUTION OF AN AUXIN TRANSPORT PROTEIN. Gloria K. Muday, S.R. Brady, S.Hu, J. Butler, M.W. Dixon, S.J. Roux, and G.B. Clark. [43] 21
11:10 am MACROMOLECULAR ORDER FROM DUST AND CLOUDS: RATE-LIMITING STEPS IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE MOTILE APPARATUS DURING SPERMIOGENESIS IN MARSILEA. Stephen M. Wolniak, V.P. Klink and C.W. Tsai [44] 21
11:50 am COLUMELLA CELLS REVISITED: NOVEL STRUCTURES, NOVEL PROPERTIES. Andrew Staehelin, T.L. Yoder, H.-Q. Zheng and P. Todd [45] 22
12:30 - 1:30 pm LUNCH/ASGSB COMMITTEE MEETINGS
1:30 pm Mel Averner, Manager, Gravitational Biology and Ecology Program, NASA Ames Research Center
SESSION E

CONCURRENT ORAL SESSION
PLANT BIOLOGY

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, (Friday, Nov. 12)
Moderator: Charlie Barnes
TIME TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
2:00 pm MAGNETOPHORETIC ANALYSIS OF THE GRAVISENSING SYSTEM OF CHARA. O.A. Kuznetsov and K.H. Hasenstein. [46] 24
2:15 pm LIGHT, ORYZALIN AND CALCIUM IN GRAVITY RESPONSIVE CAULONEMA. E.B. Tucker, D.A. Collings, E. Johannes, I. Perez, N.S. Allen, and W.F. Boss. [47] 24
2:30 pm MAGNETOPHORETIC INDUCTION OF CURVATURE IN THE INFLORESCENCE STEMS OF ARABIDOPSIS. S.E. Weise, O.A. Kusnetsov, K.H. Hasenstein, and J.Z. Kiss [48] 24
2:45 pm GRAVITY, STRESS, CALCIUM AND GENE EXPRESSION IN AEQUORIN-EXPRESSING PLANTS. B. Stankovic, E. Shimps, K. Brown, and E. Davies. [49] 24
3:00 pm MOLECULAR EVIDENCE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF CALCIUM/CALMODULIN IN AUXIN ACTION. B.W. Poovaiah and T.Yang. [50] 25
3:15 pm ADVANTAGES OF SUPER DWARF RICE FOR STUDIES IN MICROGRAVITY AND FOR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. B. Bugbee, S. Klassen, J. Frantz, D. Pinnock and T. Dougher [51] 25
3:30 pm 10-DAY-TEST OF PESTO SCIENCE PROTOCOL IN THE BIOMASS PRODUCTION SYSTEM: A SUMMARY OF RESULTS. G.W. Stutte, O. Monje, G.D. Goins and D.K. Chapman. [52] 25
3:45 pm ETHYLENE SENSITIVITY OF CROP PLANTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT AND SPACE FLIGHT. S.P. Klassen, B. Bugbee, and W.F. Campbell. [53] 25
SESSION F

CONCURRENT ORAL SESSION
BIOTECHNOLOGY I

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, (Friday, Nov. 12)
Moderator: Jackie Duke
TIME TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
2:00 pm GENE EXPRESSION OF CULTURED OSTEOBLASTS SUBJECTED TO HYPERGRAVITY. W.J. Landis, V. Towe, K.J. Hodgens, J. DiCanzio and L.C. Gerstenfeld [54] 27
2:15 pm MICROGRAVITY SUPPRESSES PROGESTERONE PRODUCTION BY LUTEAL CELLS OF THE PREGNANT RAT. G.K. Bhat, H. Yang, and R. Sridaran [55] 27
2:30 pm EFFECT OF LOAD ON COLLAGEN GEL CONTRACTION BY RAT TENDON FIBROBLASTS AND OSTEOBLASTS/OSTEOCYTES IN VITRO. B. Johnson-Wint. [56] 27
2:45 pm INITIATION OF MOLAR DEVELOPMENT IN MURINE FIRST ARCHES CULTURED IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM. P.S. Williams, D. Montufar-Solis, and P.J. Duke. [57] 27
3:00 pm ADHESION AND MIGRATION OF LYMPHOCYTES CULTURED IN ROTATING WALL VESSELS. A.J. Bergman and K. Zygourakis. [58] 28
3:15 pm MAGNETIC LEVITATION FOR GENERATING LOW GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS. M.W. Meisel, J. S. Brooks, and R. J. Ferl [59] 28
3:30 pm LAMINAR FLOW IN THE BIOREACTOR SHEARS CELLS FROM MEMBRANE SURFACE. J.H. Calder, D. Montufar-Solis, P.J. Duke and G.P. Neitze. [60] 28
3:45 pm IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF EDIBLE MUSCLE PROTEIN: STAGE I, FISH. M.A. Benjaminson, J.A. Gilchriest, and M. Lorenz. [61] 28
SESSION G

CONCURRENT POSTERS III
Animal Structural Systems I

4:00 to 5:30 pm, (Friday, Nov. 12)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
C01 THE EFFECT OF UNLOADING ON RAT METATARSAL. S.B. Arnaud, R.E. Grindeland, A. Bigbee, M. Yamaguchi [62] 30
C03 EVIDENCE THAT PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH) AND MECHANICAL LOADING EXERT THEIR EFFECTS ON THE SKELTON VIA INDEPENDENT PATHWAYS. J.D. Sibonga, E. Morey-Holton, M. Zhang, G.L. Evans, A. Maran and R.T. Turner. [63] 30
C05 PROSTAGLANDIN E2-INDUCED UPREGULATION OF C-FOS MRNA IS PRIMARILY MEDIATED BY CAMP IN MC3T3-E1 OSTEOBLASTS. M. Hughes-Fulford, V.Gilbertson and J.Fitzgerald [64] 30
Animal Gravity Sensing

4:00 to 5:30 pm, (Friday, Nov. 12)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
E01 EFFECT OF HYPER-G ON MUSCLE AND BODY WEIGHTS IN INTACT AND LABYRINTHECTOMIZED GERBILS. I.V. Polyakov, N.G. Daunton, and M.L. Corcoran. [65] 32
E02 GRAVITY RECEPTOR POLARIZATION VECTORS EVIDENCED BY LINEAR VESTIBULAR EVOKED POTENTIALS (VsEP). T.A. Jones, P. Bell, and S.M. Jones. [66] 32
E03 EFFICACY OF FIXATION AND SACCADES IN HUMANS IS INFLUENCED BY DIRECTION OF GRAVITY. S.A. Rude. [67] 32
Biotechnology/Instrumentation II

4:00 to 5:30 pm, (Friday, Nov. 12)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
G01 NASA AMES COLLABORATES WITH BIOSERVE, INC. TO DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. BIOLOGY.1 (NIH.B1) ON STS-93. D. Reiss-Bubenheim and L.S. Stodieck [68] 34
G03 COMPARISON OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE CAPABILIITES OF BACTERIA GROWN ON THE SLOW-ROTATING CLINOSTAT, THE FAST ROTATING CLINOSTAT, AND SPACE STATION MIR. M.A. Juergensmeyer and E.A. Juergensmeyer. [69] 34
G05 RODENT FOOD BAR TESTS: NUTRITIONAL ADEQUACY, NUTRITIONAL STABILITY IN STORAGE, AND ANIMAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE BARS. J.E. Barrett, B.P. Dalton, and R. Grindeland. [70] 34
Advanced Life Support I

4:00 to 5:30 pm, (Friday, Nov. 12)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
H01 PLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES IN MOSQUITO LAGOON, CAPE CANAVERAL. K Gresh, S Frias-Torres, G Gilmore. [71] 36
H02 PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS K. Smart. [72] 36
H04 ETHYLENE INDUCED ABNORMALITY IN SUPER DWARF WHEAT REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS IDENTICAL TO MIR-GROWN SAMPLES D.L. Bubenheim and J.Stieber. [73] 36
Plant Development, Growth and Genetics

4:00 to 5:30 pm, (Friday, Nov. 12)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
I01 HYPERGRAVITY AND CLINOROTATION EFFECTS ON SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN ORCHARDGRASS J.K. McDaniel, Z. Tomaszewski, and B.V. Conger [74] 38
I02 MICROARRAY TECHNOLOGY IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANT SPACE BIOLOGY. E. Hilaire, J.A. Guikema and J.E. Leach. [75] 38
I03 PECTIN LOCALIZATION IN WALLS OF POTATO TUBERS GROWN IN SPACE. M.E. Cook and J.L Croxdale [76] 38
Plant Physiology

4:00 to 5:30 pm, (Friday, Nov. 12)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
K01 MEASUREMENT OF SURFACE POTENTIAL CHANGES IN PHOTOTROPICALLY STIMULATED CORN COLEOPTILES USING A MULTI-TIP SCANNING BIO-KELVIN PROBE. D.M. Porterfield and I.D. Baikie. [77] 40
K02 THE ROLE OF ETHYLENE IN SEED DEVELOPMENT IN BRASSICACEAE. G. McClure, K. Ramonell and M. Musgrave [78] 40
K03 COMPARISON OF ANTHOCYANIN PRODUCTION IN THE AUXIN-INSENSITIVE DGT MUTANT AND IN WILD TYPE TOMATOES. M.S. Rice, J. Butz, L. Higgins, D. Hodgson, and J. Snowbarger. [79] 40
K04 IN VITRO PHOSPHORYLATION EVENTS DURING GROWTH AND GRAVITROPISM IN ZEA MAYS ROOTS AND A POSSIBLE ROLE OF STATHMIN. T.J. Mulkey and D.A. Prentice. [80] 40
Plant Gravity Perception/Transduction I

4:00 to 5:30 pm, (Friday, Nov. 12)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
L01 RELOCALIZATION OF THE CALCIUM GRADIENT AND A DIHYDROPYRIDINE RECEPTOR IS INVOLVED IN UPWARD BENDING OF CHARA PROTONEMATA BUT NOT IN DOWNWARD BENDING OF CHARA RHIZOIDS. A. Sievers and M. Braun [81] 42
L03 CALCIUM FLUXES INTO MOSS FILAMENTS FOLLOWING GRAVISTIMULATION. E. Johannes and N.S. Allen. [82] 42
L05 MICROTUBULE ORGANIZATION IN GRAVISTIMULATED CAULONEMATA OF PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS. D.A.Collings, A. Shor, E.Johannes, N.S.Allen, E.B.Tucker. [83] 42
L07 INTERACTION OF PLANT CHIMERIC CALCIUM/CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE WITH A HOMOLOG OF EUKARYOTIC ELONGATION FACTOR-1a. W. Wang and B.W. Poovaiah. [84] 42
L09 CYTOSKELETON, CALCIUM AND pH DYNAMICS IN GRAVISTIMULATED BUNDLE SHEATH CELLS OF MAIZE PULVINI. N.S.Allen, E.Johannes, D.A.Collings, and J.C.Rink. [85] 43
L11 A RE-INVESTIGATION OF ACTIN ORGANIZATION IN THE COLUMELLA CELLS OF HIGHER PLANTS. G. Zuppan, D.A. Collings, and N.S. Allen. [86] 43
Spaceflight Experiment Results I

4:00 to 5:30 pm, (Friday, Nov. 12)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
M01 INFLUENCE OF MICROGRAVITY ON ULTRASTRUCTURE AND STORAGE RESERVES IN SEEDS OF BRASSICA RAPA L. A. Kuang, Y. Xiao, and M.E. Musgrave [87] 45
M03 THE INFLUENCE OF SPACEFLIGHT AND MICROGRAVITY ON COLUMELLA CELL STRUCTURE IN ARABIDOPSIS. J. Z. Kiss and M.M. Guisinger. [88] 45
M05 EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY ON CARBOHYDRATE DEPOSITION IN ETIOLATED SOYBEAN SEEDLINGS. E.C. Stryjewski, K.M. Johnson, L.H. Levine, H.G. Levine, V. Prima, and W.C. Piastuch. [89] 45
6:30 - 9:00 pm BANQUET/BUSINESS MEETING/AWARDS PRESENTATION
9:00 pm ASGSB GOVERNING BOARD MEETING II
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1999
SESSION H

ORAL SESSION
SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIMENT RESULTS II

8:15 am to 10:15 am, (Saturday, Nov. 13)
 Moderator: John Kiss
TIME TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
8:15 am GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IS MODULATED BY MICROGRAVITY IN RAT OSTEOBLASTS. Y. Kumei, H. Akiyama, M. Hirano, H. Shimokawa, S. Morita, C. Mukai, and S. Nagaoka. [90] 47
8:30 am cDNA MICROARRAY ANALYSIS OF GENES EXPRESSED IN HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES (JURKAT) IN MICROGRAVITY. M.L. Lewis, L.A. Cubano, B. Zhao, H. Dinh, J. Pabalan, E.H. Piepmeier, and P.D. Bowman [91] 47
8:45 am REPORTER GENE EXPRESSION IN ALTERED GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS. R.J. Ferl, H.J. Chung, C.J. Daugherty, E.A. Bihn, C.R. Lyerly, M Dolan-O'Keefe and A-L. Paul [92] 47
9:00 am PLASTIDS THAT SEDIMENT AT g ARE NON-RANDOMLY POSITIONED IN MICROGRAVITY IN PROTONEMATA OF THE MOSS CERATODON. V.D. Kern, J.D. Smith, and F.D. Sack [93] 47
9:15 am CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM AND STARCH STRUCTURE IN SPACE-GROWN PLANTS. C.S. Brown, M.M. Sanwo-Lewandowski, O.A. Kuznetsov, R.C. Cooper and K.H. Hasenstein. [94] 48
9:30 am THE C.E.B.A.S. MINI MODULE ON STS-107: A THIRD SPACEFLIGHT OF AN ARTIFICIAL AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE STS-89 AND STS-90 MISSIONS. V. Bluem and F. Paris [95] 48
9:45 am DIFFERENTIAL RESULTS OF SPACEFLIGHT ON SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS FROM ORCHARDGRASS LEAF SEGMENTS. B.V. Conger, J.K. McDaniel, and Z. Tomaszewski [96] 48
10:00 am FINAL PLANT EXPERIMENTS ON MIR PROVIDE SECOND GENERATION WHEAT AND SEEDS. G.E. Bingham, V.N. Sytchev, M.A. Levinskikh, and I.G. Podolsky. [97] 48
10:15 - 10:45 am BREAK
SESSION I

CONCURRENT ORAL SESSION
ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT & PHYSIOLOGY

10:45 am to 12:45 pm, (Saturday, Nov. 13)
Moderator: Marc Tischler
TIME TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
10:45 am SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECTS OF REARING IN µG ON DEVELOPMENT OF GRAVITY-SENSING ORGANS. M.L. Wiederhold, J. L. Harrison, K.P. Parker and N. J. Whitman [98] 50
11:00 am BIPARITY ENHANCES POSTNATAL SURVIVAL BUT NOT BODY WEIGHT GAIN OF RATS GESTATED, BORN AND REARED DURING 1.5-G CENTRIFUGATION A.E. Ronca, L.A. Baer, N.G. Daunton, E.M. Sajdel-Sulkowska & C.E. Wade [99] 50
11:15 am COMPARATIVE STUDIES ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF GRAVITY-RELATED RESPONSES IN GRAVITY-DEPRIVED FISH, AMPHIBIA, AND CRICKETS. E.R. Horn, and C.E. Sebastian [100] 50
11:30 am PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION IN MICROGRAVITY. M.P. Hlastala, W.J.E. Lamm, R.W. Glenny, S. Bernard, D. An, M. Chornuk, W.W. Wagner, Jr. and H.T. Robertson [101] 50
11:45 am EFFECTS OF HINDLIMB UNLOADING ON NEUROMUSCULAR DEVELOPMENT OF NEONATAL RATS. D.A. Riley, B.L. Huckstorf, G.R. Slocum, J.L.W. Bain, P.J. Reiser, F.R. Sedlak, and M.T.T. Wong-Riley. [102] 51
12:00 pm OSTEOPROTEGERIN TREATMENT OF TAIL SUSPENSION AND SCIATIC NERVE CRUSH DISUSE OSTEOPENIA: COMPARISON WITH BISPHOSPHONATES. T.A. Bateman, P.J. Kostenuik, V.L. Ferguson, R.A. Ayers, and S.J. Simske. [103] 51
12:15 pm EFFECTS OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION ON SOLUBLE TNF-a RECEPTORS CAN BE REVERSED BY CAFFEINE. W.T. Shearer, J.M. Reuben, B.-N. Lee, J. Mullington, N. Price, and D. F. Dinges. [104] 51
12:30 pm EFFECT OF RADIATION DOSE AND DOSE RATE ON BLOOD & SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE POPULATIONS. M.J.Pecaut, G.A.Nelson and D.S.Gridley [105] 51
SESSION J

CONCURRENT ORAL SESSION
CELL BIOLOGY I

10:45 am to 12:45 pm, (Saturday, Nov. 13)
Moderator: Millie Hughes-Fulford
TIME TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
10:45 am LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTIONS IN MICROGRAVITY. D.Risin, A. Sundaresan, D. Cooper, and N.R. Pellis. [106] 53
11:00 am MICROGRAVITY INDUCES APOPTOSIS IN LUTEAL CELLS OF THE PREGNANT RAT. H. Yang, G. K. Bhat, and R. Sridaran [107] 53
11:15 am SEA URCHIN SPERM MOTILITY ALTERATIONS IN HYPERGRAVITY USING THE NIZEMI ROTATING MICROSCOPE (STS-84 CONTROLS). J.S. Tash, S. Kim, M. Schuber and D. Seibt [108] 53
11:30 am GRAVITY-DIRECTED CALCIUM CURRENT IN GERMINATING SPORES OF THE FERN CERATOPTERIS RICHARDII. A. Chatterjee, D.M. Porterfield, P.S. Smith, and S.J. Roux. [109] 53
11:45 am DIFFERENTIATION IS ACCELERATED IN CULTURED OSTEOBLASTS IN A MAGNETIC FIELD. L. Yuge, T. Kumagai, Y. Katayama, K. Kataoka, and Y. Kumei [110] 54
12:00 pm EFFECT OF MICROGRAVITY ON INTERACTION OF CERVICAL CANCER PATIENT-DERIVED CELLS. V. Chopra, T.V. Dinh, and E.V. Hannigan [111] 54
12:15 pm CARBOHYDRATE-MEDIATED CELL WALL MODIFICATIONS IN WHEAT GROWN UNDER ELEVATED CARBON DIOXIDE. D.L. Bishop, N.J. Chatterton, P.A. Harrison, W.C. Piastuch, A.J. Anderson and R.M. Wheeler. [112] 54
12:30 pm RELATIONSHIP OF MINERALIZATION AND MORPHOGENESIS TO GRAVITAXIS IN PLEUROCHRYSIS CARTERAE. D. Montufar-Solis and P.J. Duke. [113] 54
12:45 - 2:00 pm LUNCH
SESSION K

CONCURRENT POSTERS IV
Animal Structural Systems II

2:00 to 3:30 pm, (Saturday, Nov. 13)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
C02 PHARMACOKINETICS AND TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF A ß-ADRENERGIC AGONIST IN RATS SUBJECTED TO SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY. DA. von Deutsch, I.K. Abukhalaf, H.Y. Aboul-Enein, S.A. Pitts, B.A. Parks, L.E. Wineski, D. Paulsen, and D.E. Potter [114] 56
C04 CONTRACTILE PROPERTIES OF HUMAN SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBRES FOLLOWING LONG-TERM BED-REST. K. Yamashita-Goto, H. Uchida, K. Fujita, M. Kimura, K. Kawasaki, R. Okuyama and T. Yoshioka [115] 56
C06 EFFECTS OF ALPHA-MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE (a-MSH) ON DISUSE DECONDITIONING INDUCED BY SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY IN RATS. B. Girten, M. Lee, S. McPherson, and P. Omholt. [116] 56
Animal Development and Growth

2:00 to 3:30 pm, (Saturday, Nov. 13)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
D01 SKELETAL TISSUE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NASA BIOREACTOR. B.J. Klement, B.J. George, Q.M. Young and M. Nokkaew. [117] 58
D02 EFFECTS OF HYPERGRAVITY ON GENDER DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF NEONATAL RATS. L.A. Baer, A.E. Ronca, E.M. Sajdel-Sulkowska and C.E. Wade [118] 58
D03 VIDEO ANALYSIS OF PREGNANCY AND PARTURITION IN RAT DAMS DURING 1.5-G CENTRIFUGATION. K.P. Lam, N.A. Mills, J.L. Arrington, L.A. Baer, and A.E. Ronca [119] 58
Animal Regulatory Physiology

2:00 to 3:30 pm, (Saturday, Nov. 13)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
F01 INDOMETHACIN ATTENUATES POST-SUSPENSION HYPOTENSION IN SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS. M.A. Bayorh, D. Eatman, M. Wang, R.R. Socci, N. Emmett and M. Thierry-Palmer [120] 60
F02 DEPOSITION AND RENAL HANDLING OF URINARY ELECTROLYTES FROM RATS DURING SPACEFLIGHT. C.E. Wade, L.A. Baer, W.A. Belisle, R.M. Ortiz, and M.F. Vasques [121] 60
Biotechnology/Instrumentation III

2:00 to 3:30 pm, (Saturday, Nov. 13)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT # PAGE
G02 LONG TERM STORAGE OF WHEAT TISSUE IN KENNEDY FIXATION TUBES (KFTs): RESULTS OF 100-DAY-TEST. H.W. Wells, C.R. McFarland, W.T. McLamb, D. Reed, E.C. Stryjewski, B.V. Peterson and G.W. Stutte. [122] 62
G04 STRATEGIES IN THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE OF PLANT CELL CULTURES IN SPACE. A.G. Heyenga, A. Hoehn, L. Stodieck and M. Kliss. [123] 62
G06 THE ROOT GRAVISENSING SYSTEM - HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD APPARATUS. K.H. Hasenstein, OA. Kuznetsov, K. Anderson, A. Boody, D. Cox, HG. Levine and D. Reed [124] 62
Advanced Life Support II

2:00 to 3:30 pm, (Saturday, Nov. 13)
NOTE: Presenters are to be next to their posters the entire time.
POSTER # TITLE AUTHORS ABSTRACT #