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ASGSB-CSA-ELGRA
Joint Meeting
ASGSB SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING
October 25-28, 2000
Montreal, Canada
PROGRAM
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| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2000 | ||||
| 15:00 | Registration opens | |||
| 19:00 | Student Mixer | |||
| 19:30 | ASGSB Governing Board Meeting I | |||
| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2000 | ||||
| 7:30 | Registration Opens | |||
| SYMPOSIUM I
Consequences of Contamination of the Spacecraft Environment |
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| 8:30 - 8:45 | Opening Remarks and Welcome | |||
| 8:45
to 12:15 (Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000) Moderator: Richard Wassersug |
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| TIME | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| 8:45 | Microbiological Contamination of Spacecraft | Duane L. Pierson, R.J. Bruce, T.O. Groves, N.D. Novikova and A.N. Viktorov | [1] | 4 |
| 9:30 | Contamination of Spacecraft Environment: Immunological Consequences | William T. Shearer | [2] | 4 |
| 10:15 | BREAK | |||
| 10:45 | Individual Variation in Human DNA Repair Genes: Consequences for the Space Traveler | Barry W. Glickman, M. Khaidakov and A. Mortimer | [3] | 4 |
| 11:30 | Plants, Plant Pathogens and Microgravity—A Deadly Trio | Jan Leach | [4] | 4 |
| 12:30 | LUNCH and COMMITTEE MEETINGS | |||
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CONCURRENT POSTERS I |
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| A.
Space Life Sciences Training Program
Undergraduate Student Poster Competition 14:00 to 15:30 pm, (Thursday, Oct. 26,
2000) |
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| POSTER # | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| A01 | A Novel Red-Light-Based Photosensory System That Mediates Positive Phototropism in Arabidopsis Roots |
N.J. Ruppel, R.P. Hangarter and J.Z. Kiss. |
[5] | 6 |
| A03 | Molecular Evolutionary Patterns in Microbial Natural Product Biosynthetic Gene and Enzyme Sequences: Search for Adaptive Significance | H.E. Page, C.L. Peterson and J.V. Lopez | [6] | 6 |
| A05 | The Effects of Modified Biological Research in a Canister (Bric) Spaceflight Hardware on the Survivability and Development of the Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca sexta) | M.R. Inzunza, K. Anderson and O. van den Ende | [7] | 6 |
| A07 | Synaptic Innervation in Rat Utricular Macula | A. Chu and A. Lysakowski | [8] | 6 |
| A09 | Three-Dimensional Reconstruction and Analysis of Root Cap Statolith Distribution in Arabidopsis thaliana |
R. Ehsanian, D.K. Bruck and J.D. Smith |
[9] | 7 |
| A11 | Pesto Ground Control Experiments: A Gas Exchange System for Measuring Photosynthesis and Evapotranspiration |
T. T. Tran, O. Monje and G.W. Stutte |
[10] | 7 |
| A13 | Molecular Profiling of Planktonic and Biofilm Microbial Communities in Hydroponic Growth Systems | E. Nunez, J.L. Adams and M.S. Roberts | [11] | 7 |
| A15 | The 16th Annual Spaceflight and Life Sciences Training Program at Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
S. Potter, W. Hill, P. Currier, G. Koerner, J. Rebmann and A. Schlundt |
[12] | 7 |
| Graduate Student Poster Competition
2:00 to 3:30 pm, (Thursday, Oct. 26,
2000) |
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| POSTER # | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| B01 | The Effect of Plastid Mutations on Gravitropism of Roots, Hypocotyls, and Inflorescence Stems of Arabidopsis | K. Yamamoto and J. Z. Kiss | [13] | 9 |
| B03 | Gauging the Internal Gas Content of Brassica rapa Siliques Grown in Space | K.L. Wilsen, J. Blasiak and M.E. Musgrave | [14] | 9 |
| B05 | Stress Response to Magnetic Levitation (Low-Gravity) and High Magnetic Fields in Transgenic Arabidopsis |
A.N. Morgan, J. Yowtak, R.J. Ferl, J.S. Brooks, A.-L. Paul and M.W. Meisel |
[15] | 9 |
| B07 | Changes in Osteoprogenitor Proliferation in the Rat Skeleton Due to Mechanical Unloading | N. Basso, Y. Jia, C.G. Bellows and J.N.M. Heersche | [16] | 9 |
| B09 | ??? Tropism: When a Primary Root Encounters a Barrier to Downward Growth | G.D. Massa and S. Gilroy | [17] | 10 |
| B11 | Rapid Discrimination among Individual DNA Molecules in Microliter Volumes | W. Vercoutere, S. Winters-Hilt, H. Olsen, D. Deamer, D. Haussler and M. Akeson | [18] | 10 |
| B13 | Maternal Behaviour Under Hypergravity Conditions in CD-1 Mice | M. Simeoni, D. Santucci and E. Alleva | [19] | 10 |
| B15 | Contribution of Sympathetic Activity to Lypolysis during Exposure to Increasing Hypergravity Loads | M.M. Moran, T.P. Stein and C.E. Wade | [20] | 10 |
| B17 | Starch Conversion to Sucrose at Night | S.E. Weise and T.D. Sharkey | [21] | 11 |
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CONCURRENT POSTERS II |
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| A.
Space Life Sciences Training Program
Undergraduate Student Poster Competition (continued) 15:30 to 17:00 pm, (Thursday, Oct.
26, 2000) |
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| POSTER # | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| A02 | Magnetic Levitation as a Low Gravity Environment |
J. Yowtak, A.N. Morgan, R.J. Ferl, J.S. Brooks, A.-L. Paul and M.W. Meisel |
[22] | 13 |
| A04 | Molecular Mapping of the Lazy-2 Gravitropic Response Gene of Tomato | J. Well, A. Madlung, K. Krutovskii, R. Meyer, T.J. White and T.L. Lomax | [23] | 13 |
| A06 | The Stability of Liquid Water in Porous Rocks in a Mars-like Environment | C. Paty, C. McKay, D. Catling and J. Heldmann | [24] | 13 |
| A8 | Changes in Statocyte Structure and Amyloplast Starch in Arabidopsis thaliana Columella Cells after Growth under Hypergravity Conditions | S.D. Hopkins and J.D. Smith | [25] | 13 |
| A10 | Carbohydrate Deposition in Raphanus sativus L. cv. Cherry Belle Shoots: Preliminary Ground Studies for the Rasta Spaceflight Experiment | H.N. Goldsmith, E.C. Stryjewski, G.W. Stutte, W. McLamb and D. Reed | [26] | 14 |
| A12 | Soil Water Potential Affects Crop Growth Rate of Wheat Trough Changes in Leaf Area, Not Photosynthesis | H.-T. Wang, O. Monje and G.W. Stutte | [27] | 14 |
| A14 | Development of Defined Media for Rapid Physiological Profiling of Microbial Communities | F.R. Perez, J.L. Garland and M.S. Roberts | [28] | 14 |
| A16 | SLSTP 2000, Controlled Biological Systems Group, Student Research Projects Support NASA’s Bioregenerative Life Support Program | D. Muhlestein and G. Koerner | [29] | 14 |
| Graduate Student Poster Competition
(continued)
15:30 to 17:00 pm, (Thursday, Oct.
26, 2000) |
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| POSTER # | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| B02 | Chimeric Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase: Role of the Neural Visininl-like Domain in Regulating Autophosphorylation and Calmodulin Affinity | P.V.Sathyanarayanan, C.R.Cremo, W.F.Siems and B.W.Poovaiah | [30] | 16 |
| B04 | Development of the Nervous System and its Control of Gravity-Dependent Behaviours in Larvae of Bivalve Molluscs | J.T. Plummer, D.L. Jackson and R.P. Croll | [31] | 16 |
| B06 |
Innervation of Rat Vestibular Maculae in Hypergravity: an In Vivo and In Vitro Study |
S. Gaboyard, E.Scarfone, J. Lehouelleur and A. Sans | [32] | 16 |
| B08 | A Putative Role for the Cerebellum in Avian Vestibular Responses to Linear Translation | S. Irons-Brown, S.M. Jones and T.A. Jones | [33] | 16 |
| B10 | Effects of Short-Duration Microgravity on Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit Fly) Activity | M.S. Miller and T.S. Keller | [34] | 17 |
| B12 | Long-Term In Vivo Delivery of Recombinant Human Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 by Tissue-Engineered Skeletal Muscle Implants for Treating Disuse Muscle Atrophy in Mice |
P.H.U. Lee, X.Y. Wang and H.H. Vandenburgh |
[35] | 17 |
| B14 |
Mechanical Stress and Wounding Elict Nitric Oxide Production in A. thaliana Wild-Type and Nitrate Reductase Mutants |
H. Garcês, D.J. Durzan and M.C. Pedroso |
[36] | 17 |
| B16 | Kinetics and Location of Phototropism in Zea mays L. Roots | C. Wolverton, J.L. Mullen, H. Ishikawa and M.L. Evans | [37] | 17 |
| B18 | Video Capture of Green Fluorescent Protein Reporting In Vivo, Real Time Gene Expression | M.S. Manak, A-L. Paul, P.C. Sehnke and R.J. Ferl | [38] | 18 |
| 19:00 | Reception | |||
| FRIDAY, October 27, 2000 | ||||
| SYMPOSIUM
II
Psychological Issues In Long-Term Space Flight 9:00 to 12:30, (Friday, Oct. 27, 2000) |
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| TIME | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| 9:00 | Psychosocial Issues in Long-Term Space Flight: Overview | Larry Palinkas | [39] | 20 |
| 9:45 | Psychosocial Issues in Space: Results from Shuttle/Mir. | Nick Kanas, V. Salnitskiy, E. Grund, D.S. Weiss, V. Gushin, O. Kozerenko, A. Sled and C.R. Marmar | [41] | 20 |
| 10:30 | BREAK | |||
| 11:00 | Gro
Sandal
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[42] | 20 | |
| 11:45 | Intermission | |||
| 12:00 | The New Biology Enterprise at NASA | Julie Swain | None | N/A |
| 12:30 | LUNCH and COMMITTEE MEETINGS | |||
CONCURRENT ORAL SESSIONS I and II |
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| ORAL SESSION
I
ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT, PHYSIOLOGY 14:00 to 16:00, (Friday, Oct. 27,
2000) |
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| TIME | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| 14:00 | (Micro-)Gravity Actions as Identified from Developmental Biology Experiments in Space and Their Interpretation | H.-J. Marthy | [43] | 22 |
| 14:15 | The Effects of Microgravity on the Swimming Behaviour of Starfish Larvae | B.J. Crawford and D.L. Jackson | [44] | 22 |
| 14:30 | A Critical Period for Vestibular Development in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) | S.J. Moorman, R. Cordova and S.A. Davies | [45] | 22 |
| 14:45 | Functional Changes in Central Vestibular Relay Circuits Following 2g Centrifugation |
S.M. Jones, L. Warren, R. Shukla, A. Browning, C.A. Fuller and T.A. Jones |
[46] | 22 |
| 15:00 | Tests to Determine the Adequacy of NASA’s Rodent Food Bars for Use in Long-Term Space Flight Experiments |
J.E. Barrett, D.S. Yu and B.P. Dalton |
[47] | 23 |
| 15:15 | POMC and Endorphine Are Induced by Hypergravity in Rat Brain | Y. Kumei, H. Shimokawa, R. Shimokawa, M. Terasawa, B. Linsuwanont and K. Ohya | [48] | 23 |
| 15:30 | Early and Late Effects of Perinatal Hyper-Gravity Exposure on the Developing CNS |
E.M. Sajdel-Sulkowska, L.A. Baer, G.-H. Li, G.M. Sulkowski, A.E Ronca and C.E. Wade |
[49] | 23 |
| 15:45 | Gravitaxic Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster |
J.D. Armstrong, M.J. Texada, E.L. Carter, E.S. Kuo, C.M. Nadorff and K.M. Beckingham |
[50] | 23 |
|
CONCURRENT ORAL SESSIONS I and II |
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| ORAL SESSION
II
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT and BIOTECHNOLOGY 14:00 to 16:00, (Friday, Oct. 27,
2000) |
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| TIME | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| 14:00 | Programmable Plants: Development of an In Planta System for the Remote Monitoring and Control of Plants for Long-Term Life Support | C.S. Brown | [51] | 25 |
| 14:15 | Boundary Layers around Plant Leaf and Root Tissues Depend on Gravity | O. Monje, D.M. Porterfield and G.W. Stutte | [52] | 25 |
| 14:30 | Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Nutritive Quality of Spinach: A NASA ALS Candidate Crop |
C.F. Johnson, R.W. Langhans, L.D. Albright, R.M. Welch, G.F. Combs, R.P. Glahn and R.M. Wheeler |
[53] | 25 |
| 14:45 | Tissue Engineering in Zero Gravity | A. Cogoli | [54] | 25 |
| 15:00 | Use of the Rotating Bioreactor to Study Skeletal Mutations: Hereditary Multiple Exostosis | P.J. Duke, D. Montufar-Solis and J.T. Hecht | [55] | 26 |
| 15:15 | Fluid Handling and Management Experiment (FHAME) |
T.M. Crabb, R.C. Morrow and T.K. Klemp |
[56] | 26 |
| 15:30 | Shear Forces and the Proper Centrol |
J.J.W.A. van Loon, E. Folgering, J.P. Veldhuijzen and C.V.C. Bouten |
[57] | 26 |
| 15:45 | Advanced Versatile Tools for Life Sciences Research in Space |
P. Todd, J. Vellinger, A. Sharpe, R. Ormsby, H. Platt, K. Barton and M. Deuser |
[58] | 26 |
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CONCURRENT POSTERS III |
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| C.
ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT, PHYSIOLOGY and GRAVITY SENSING
16:00 to 17:30 pm, (Friday, Oct. 27,
2000) |
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| POSTER # | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| C01 |
Microgravity Effects on Fertilized Eggs Have No Incidence, after Landing, on the Further Larval Development and Reproduction in the Amphibian Pleurodeles Waltl |
H. Membre, A. Bautz, D. Durand, C. Aimar, A.M. Bautz and C. Dournon |
[59] | 28 |
| C03 | Microgravity-Induced Malformations of the Body Correlate with the Depression of the Static Vestibuloocular Reflex | E. Horn | [60] | 28 |
| C05 | Gravity Stimulation Changes Withdrawal Reflex in Rats |
K. Toda, Y. Kawauchi, Y. Kumei, F.H. Nasution and K. Makita |
[61] | 28 |
| C07 | Hindlimb-Suspension, Water Deprivation and Salt-Loading Affect Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (Ace) Expression in Rat Choroid Plexus | E. Vila-Porcile, C. Carcenac, C. Masseguin, J.-M. Gasc and J. Gabrion | [62] | 28 |
| C09 | Lack of Vestibular Otolith Participation in Human Orthostatic Blood Pressure Control |
D.E. Watenpaugh, A. Cothron, S.L. Wasmund, W.L. Wasmund, R. Carter III, N.K. Muenter and M.L. Smith |
[63] | 29 |
| C11 | Regional and Muscle Specific Effects of a ß-Adrenergic Agonist in Hindlimb Suspended Rats |
D.A. von Deutsch, I.K. Abukhalaf, L.E. Wineski, S.A. Pitts, R. Roper, L.D. Kataria, D.C. Jackson, D.E. Potter and D.F. Paulsen |
[64] | 29 |
| D.
CELL BIOLOGY
16:00 to 17:30 pm, (Friday, Oct. 27,
2000) |
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| POSTER # | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| D01 | Vitamin D Production in the Rotating Wall Vessel (RWV) |
F. Lewis, E.N. Benes, X.-C. Wang, P.L. Allen, T.G. Hammond and L.A. Cubano |
[65] | 31 |
| D03 | L-Nmma Suppresses Nitric Oxide Production and Apoptosis in Taxus brevifolia Cells | M.C. Pedroso and D.J. Durzan | [66] | 31 |
| D05 | Altered Gravity Increases PGE2 Production through Activation of COX-2 mRNA Expression in Mouse Osteoblast Like MC3T3-E1 Cells |
A. Sato, M. Fujita, M. Kanematsu, M. Narato, H. Kumagai, S. Kamigaichi and M. Takaoki |
[67] | 31 |
| D07 | The Effect of Microgravity on Cytoskeleton Architecture and Proliferation of Human Breast Cancer Cell Line MCF-7 | J. Vassy, S. Portet, D. Schoevaert, M. Beil, G. Millot, G. Gasset and F. Fauvel-Lafève | [68] | 31 |
| D09 | Clinostat Rotation Culture Modulates Gene Expression of Osteoclastogenesis-Regulating Factors via a Cyclic-Amp Dependent Mechanism | M. Kanematsu, H. Takai, M. Takaoki and A. Sato | [69] | 32 |
| D11 | Human Osteoblast Differentiation Is Expedited in Culture in a Magnetic Field | L. Yuge, T. Kumagai, I. Hide, S. Hiyama, M. Kanno, Y. Kumei, S. Takeda, Y. Ikuta, M. Sugiyama and K. Kataoka | [70] | 32 |
| D13 | Gravity Sensitivity of T-Cell Activation: The Actin Cytoskeleton | B.B. Hashemi, J.E. McClure and D.L. Pierson | [71] | 32 |
| D15 | Development of a Microgravity Cell Culture Platform for the Study of Bone Cell Metabolism onboard the NASA Shuttle | L. Misener, D. Sindrey, T. Smith, S. Pugh, D. Kusljic and P. Kwong | [71A] | 32 |
| E.
PLANT DEVELOPMENT, PHYSIOLOGY and GRAVITY SENSING
16:00 to 17:30 pm, (Friday, Oct. 27,
2000) |
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| POSTER # | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| E01 | Oxygen Effects on Pollen Germination and Tube Orientation |
J. Blasiak, D. Mulcahy and M. Musgrave |
[72] | 34 |
| E03 | Changes in Cotyledon Cell Ultrastructure during Brassica rapa Seed Development in Microgravity | A. Kuang and M. E. Musgrave | [73] | 34 |
| E05 | Effects of Lithium Ions on Elongation and Gravitropic Responses of Primary Roots of Maize | T. J. Mulkey | [74] | 34 |
| E07 | The Actin Network in Lentil Root Statocytes |
D. Driss-Ecole and G. Perbal |
[75] | 34 |
| E09 | Microscopic Analysis of Sweetpotato Root Tips Propagated from Stem Cuttings Maintained in Either Vertical or Horizontal Clinorotation |
C.S. Williams, D.G. Mortley, C.E. Morris, C.F. Davis, S.D. Gamble and J.W. Williams |
[76] | 35 |
| E11 | Ultrastructure of P. patens Tip Caulonemata Cells: Untreated, Cold Grown, Severed, Oryzalin Treated, UV-A Treated |
E. B. Tucker, V. Sookhdeo and L Yin |
[77] | 35 |
| E13 | The rib1 Mutant Is Resistant to Indole-3-Butyric Acid, an Endogenous Auxin in Arabidopsis Thaliana | C.S. Waddell and J. Poupart | [78] | 35 |
| F.
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT and BIOTECHNOLOGY
16:00 to 17:30 pm, (Friday, Oct. 27,
2000) |
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| POSTER # | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| F01 | Regenerable Seed Plugs from Formed Plant Fiber |
R.C. Morrow, C.J. Ehle and T.M. Crabb |
[79] | 37 |
| F03 | Evapotranspiration by Salad Crops in Controlled Environments | D.E. Ciolkosz and G.D. Goins | [80] | 37 |
| F05 | Astrium – A New Name in Space Life Sciences |
P. Kern and U.M. Kuebler |
[81] | 37 |
| F07 | IBIS: An Instrument Dedicated to Perform Biological Experiments in Microgravity | D. Thierion, G. Gasset, D. Chaput, A. Labarthe, B. Eche and M. Viso | [82] | 37 |
| G.
SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIMENT RESULTS
16:00 to 17:30 pm, (Friday, Oct. 27,
2000) |
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| POSTER # | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| G01 | Expression of Fas/CD95 in Spaceflown Lymphocytes (Jurkat) | L.A. Cubano and M.L. Lewis | [83] | 39 |
| G03 | Are There Two Mechanisms Underlying Space Motion Sickness? | D.G.D. Watt | [84] | 39 |
| G05 | Payload Late Access Survey Preliminary Results | C. Martin-Brennan and R.C. Morrow | [85] | 39 |
| G07 | Effect of Microgravity on Root Regeneration, Ultrastructures, and Carbohydrate Content of Sweetpotato Stem Cuttings |
D.G. Mortley, C.S. Williams, C.F. Davis and J.W. Williams |
[86] | 39 |
| H.
SPACEFLIGHT PHYSIOLOGY and MEDICINE
16:00 to 17:30 pm, (Friday, Oct. 27,
2000) |
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| POSTER # | TITLE | AUTHORS | ABSTRACT # | PAGE |
| H01 | Long-Term Effects of Microgravity on Human Sleep, Cytokine, and Endocrines | |||