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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE, ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES, AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGE | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $75,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AJ11GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH | Jan 13, 2026 | Oct 1, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | ||
| EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES- DEVELOPMENT OF A NEURAL NETWORK FOR PREDICTION OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOSITION IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING DATA SETS. | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $25,000 | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH | — | 611710Educational Support Services | Q301MEDICAL- LABORATORY TESTING | Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jul 1, 2025 | ||
| STEM CAMP 2024 | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $237,724 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 611430Professional and Management Development Training | U008EDUCATION/TRAINING- TRAINING/CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT | May 28, 2024 | May 28, 2024 | Jun 2, 2026 | ||
| INTEGRATED MULTI-PROJECT IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE CONTRIBUTION OF NASA EARTH OBSERVATION PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY.DECISION-MAKING IN COLOMBIA | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $114,890 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AJ11GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 25, 2023 | Nov 24, 2023 | Nov 23, 2024 | ||
| TUITION AND FEES | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $19,234 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | U005EDUCATION/TRAINING- TUITION/REGISTRATION/MEMBERSHIP FEES | Sep 23, 2023 | Sep 25, 2023 | Dec 31, 2023 | ||
| MPOX MOLECULAR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $357,045 | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | R499SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER | Aug 7, 2023 | Aug 7, 2023 | Aug 14, 2025 | ||
| GPSC & GPSSC ACADEMIC YEAR PROGRAMMING | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $223,220 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 611430Professional and Management Development Training | U008EDUCATION/TRAINING- TRAINING/CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT | May 4, 2023 | May 4, 2023 | Jun 30, 2026 | ||
| STUDENT REGISTRATION FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS EVENT IN SUPPORT OF DODEA'S FAR EAST ACADEMICS PROGRAM. | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $15,180 | DEPT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY (DODEA) | DEPT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY (DODEA) | — | 611710Educational Support Services | U005EDUCATION/TRAINING- TUITION/REGISTRATION/MEMBERSHIP FEES | Dec 7, 2022 | Dec 7, 2022 | Dec 16, 2022 | ||
| RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $260,000 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AN42HEALTH R&D SERVICES; HEALTH CARE - OTHER; APPLIED RESEARCH | Sep 30, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Sep 29, 2024 | ||
| STEM CAMP 2022 | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $238,194 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 611430Professional and Management Development Training | U008EDUCATION/TRAINING- TRAINING/CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT | Mar 10, 2022 | Jun 1, 2022 | May 31, 2024 | ||
| CRNA SCOPE OF PRACTICE RESEARCH | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $95,000 | VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF | VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF | — | 812990All Other Personal Services | R418SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: LEGAL | Sep 27, 2021 | Sep 29, 2021 | Feb 28, 2023 | ||
| ASSAY TESTING SERVICES. | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $16,830 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC11NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 21, 2021 | Sep 24, 2021 | Nov 30, 2021 | ||
| THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICS TEACHERS (AAPT) TEAM IS COMPOSED OF EXPERTS IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY EDUCATION RESEARCH, LED BY A SPACE PHYSICIST WHO ALSO WORKS IN PHYSICS EDUCATION. THE AAPT TEAM DEVELOPS AND TESTS SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR POST.SECONDARY PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY EDUCATION USING SPACE SCIENCE THEMES AS REPRESENTED BY THE NASA HEAT. THE TEAM CONDUCTS WORKSHOPS ON THESE MATERIALS AT THE NATIONAL AAPT MEETINGS. SOME OF THE MATERIALS COULD ALSO BE USED IN SECONDARY SCIENCE CLASSROOMS. THE TEAM HAS ALSO INITIATED A PARTNERSHIP WITH SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUMS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE MATERIALS TO 2.YEAR COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS IN A TRAIN.THE.TRAINERS MODEL. THE SPACE GRANT PARTNERS WILL THEN EMPLOY THESE INSTRUCTORS IN REGIONAL WORKSHOPS FOR 2.YEAR FACULTY IN ORDER TO FACILITATE A BROADER DISSEMINATION OF THE MATERIALS. | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $63,798 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AJ11GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH | Aug 5, 2021 | Jun 28, 2021 | Jun 27, 2024 | ||
| PORTABLE VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) HEADSET FOR DETECTING DEFICITS IN BALANCE, VESTIBULAR, AND OCULOMOTOR FUNCTION FOLLOWING TBI, PTSD, AND/OR OTHER DISEASE/INJURY JOINT WARFIGHTER MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM JW200204 | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $1,201,221 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AN43HEALTH R&D SERVICES; HEALTH CARE - OTHER; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Jul 9, 2021 | Jul 9, 2021 | Jul 8, 2025 | ||
| STUDY OF POSTURAL STABILITY IN SUBJECTS WITH MYELOPATHY USING A PORTABLE VIRTUAL REALITY BALANCE PROTOCOL. | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $50,658 | VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF | VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AN91 | Sep 28, 2020 | Sep 28, 2020 | Sep 27, 2022 | ||
| U. S. NAVAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $0 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | U009EDUCATION/TRAINING- GENERAL | Sep 28, 2020 | Sep 29, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | ||
| GPSC&GPSSC ACADEMIC YEAR PROGRAMMING | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $223,220 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 611430Professional and Management Development Training | U008EDUCATION/TRAINING- TRAINING/CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT | Sep 10, 2020 | Sep 9, 2020 | Aug 31, 2023 | ||
| SEAPERCH SCIENCE&STEM-UP LEADERSHIP | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $238,644 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 611430Professional and Management Development Training | U008EDUCATION/TRAINING- TRAINING/CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT | May 5, 2020 | May 5, 2020 | May 31, 2022 | ||
| PHYLLOSILICATES ARE HYDROUS ALTERATION MINERALS THAT HAVE BEEN WIDELY DETECTED ON THE SURFACES OF MARS AND OTHER TERRESTRIAL PLANETARY BODIES (E.G. CERES). | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $316,869 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Jan 7, 2020 | Nov 27, 2019 | Nov 26, 2022 | ||
| FE ACADEMICS - CEF - 042819 - ATTENDANCE | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $24,720 | DEPT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY (DODEA) | DEPT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY (DODEA) | — | 611710Educational Support Services | U005EDUCATION/TRAINING- TUITION/REGISTRATION/MEMBERSHIP FEES | Apr 17, 2019 | Apr 17, 2019 | May 2, 2019 | ||
| THE GOAL OF THIS NEW SPACE BIOLOGY INVESTIGATOR PROPOSAL IS TO ACHIEVE A WORKING MODEL AND FRAMEWORK OF ADIPOSE TISSUE REMODELING AND FUNCTION UNDER MICROGRAVITY AND RECOVERY CONDITIONS. THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM THIS 1 YEAR STUDY WILL BE THE FOUNDATION FOR LARGER SCOPE, MULTI-YEAR GRANTS. WHILE THE RESEARCH EMPHASIS IS ON MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, FOLLOW-UP PROPOSALS WOULD EXIST AT THE INTERFACE OF THE ANIMAL BIOLOGY ELEMENT, DEVELOPMENTAL, REPRODUCTIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY ELEMENT AND THE CROSS-CUTTING- SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OMICS AND GENELAB ELEMENT. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD YIELD INSIGHT ON THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT MICROGRAVITY DOSES AND RECOVERY ON METABOLIC FUNCTION AND REMODELING OF ADIPOSE TISSUE. THE EFFECTS OF SPACE TRAVEL AND GROUND BASED MODELS OF SPACE TRAVEL HAVE BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED IN SEVERAL KEY HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS. NAMELY, EFFECTS ON THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND SYSTEMS SENSITIVE TO EXTREME CHANGES IN HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, SUCH AS BRAIN, HEART AND, OCULAR VESSELS HAVE BEEN WELL STUDIED. THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM IS WELL STUDIED BECAUSE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MECHANICAL LOADING AND TISSUE FUNCTION. CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO UNLOADING/MICROGRAVITY RESULTS IN A LOSS OF MASS AND STRENGTH OF BOTH BONE AND MUSCLE. SIMILARLY, ACUTE AND CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO MICROGRAVITY LEADS TO A DISRUPTION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD FLOW AND ALTERATIONS TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. THESE CHANGES ARE THOUGHT TO LEAD TO VASCULAR PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION AMONG OTHER SIDE EFFECTS. YET, THE EFFECTS OF SPACE TRAVEL ON AN ORGAN SYSTEM WHICH MAINTAINS WHOLE BODY METABOLIC HOMEOSTASIS VIA THE BODY'S VASCULATURE AND IMMUNE SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN STUDIED. ADIPOSE TISSUE SYSTEMICALLY REGULATES WHOLE BODY HOMEOSTASIS (AND DYSREGULATION) WITH COORDINATED RELEASE OF CYTOKINES (ADIPOKINES) AND IMMUNE SIGNALS. ON A TISSUE LEVEL, THESE SIGNALS ARE PART OF THE COMPLEX CROSS-TALK BETWEEN ADIPOCYTES AND THEIR MICROENVIRONMENT. TO ADDRESS THE KNOWLEDGE GAP IN ADIPOSE TISSUE FUNCTION IN RESPONSE TO MICROGRAVITY AND RECOVERY, WE WILL PURSUE TWO MAIN RESEARCH OBJECTIVES, ENCOMPASSING MICROENVIRONMENTAL REMODELING AND VASCULARIZATION IN ENGINEERED ADIPOSE TISSUE. IN THIS STUDY, WE WILL DEVELOP A 3D IN VITRO MODEL OF ADIPOSE TISSUE FOR CULTURE UNDER MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS TO MIMIC SPACEFLIGHT. ROTATING WALL VESSELS ALLOW US TO GENERATE A WEIGHTLESSNESS CONDITION AND THESE WILL BE COMPARED TO STANDARD (EARTH GRAVITY) DYNAMIC CULTURES. BY FIRST EVALUATING THE EFFECT MICROGRAVITY HAS ON 3D ADIPOCYTES ALONE, WE CAN ISOLATE THE METABOLIC EFFECTS INDEPENDENT OF VASCULAR FLOW. UPON CHARACTERIZATION ON THE EFFECT ON ADIPOCYTES ALONE, WE CAN BEGIN TO ADD COMPLEXITY BY CO-CULTURING WITH ENDOTHELIAL CELLS TO PROVIDE A VASCULAR NETWORK. THIS ALLOWS US TO STUDY HOW VASCULAR REMODELING DUE TO CHANGES IN FLOW AND/OR PRESSURE CAN IMPACT METABOLIC FUNCTION. UPON CONCLUSION OF THIS ONE YEAR PERIOD, THIS PROJECT WILL GENERATE A FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE BASE AND WORKING MODEL OF (VASCULAR) ADIPOSE TISSUE FUNCTION UNDER MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS. THESE FINDINGS WILL HAVE MAJOR IMPLICATIONS ON SPACE TRAVEL AND HUMAN HEALTH ON EARTH. THIS WILL PROVIDE PRELIMINARY DATA FOR SEVERAL LARGER SCOPE GRANTS AS THESE MODELS CAN BE PROBED IN MORE DETAIL FOR MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECTS OF GRAVITY ON HUMAN METABOLIC FUNCTION. THE STUDIES CAN ALSO BE EXPANDED TO DETERMINE HOW NUTRIENTS ARE STORED AND METABOLIZED IN ADIPOSE TISSUE DIFFERENTLY IN SPACE AND ON EARTH BY SUPPLEMENTING THE MEDIA WITH VARIOUS FATTY ACIDS (UNSATURATED VERSUS SATURATED) AND GLUCOSE LEVELS (LOW VERSUS HIGH). FUTURE DIRECTIONS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE HOW OBESE ADIPOSE TISSUE BEHAVES DIFFERENTLY AS A RESULT OF MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE AND HOW MICROGRAVITY MAY INHIBIT OR ENHANCE BROWNING (THERMOGENIC CAPACITY) OF WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE. | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $149,833 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Mar 12, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Feb 23, 2022 | ||
| NE YOUTH ACADEMIC PROGRAMS - BASE | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $149,949 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 611430Professional and Management Development Training | AE15 | Aug 29, 2018 | Aug 29, 2018 | Aug 29, 2018 | ||
| THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF MODELED MICROGRAVITY AND PARTIAL GRAVITY ON AGGREGATE (ORGANOID) CULTURES OF INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS (IPSCS). OUR WORKING HYPOTHESIS, BASED ON SOME PRELIMINARY DATA, IS THAT HYPOGRAVITY, I.E., MODELED MICROGRAVITY AND/OR PARTIAL GRAVITY, WILL ENHANCE IPSC DIFFERENTIATION INTO THE ENDODERMAL LINEAGES. SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL COMPARE THE EFFICIENCY OF TWO DISTINCT MICROGRAVITY GRAVITY / PARTIAL GRAVITY SIMULATING DEVICES, I.E. THE ROTATING WALL VESSEL (RWV) BIOREACTOR AND RANDOM POSITIONING MACHINE (RPM) TO MODULATE THE MAINTENANCE OF IPSCS STEMNESS AND THE DIRECTED DIFFERENTIATION OF IPSC INTO DEFINITIVE ENDODERM. IN TESTING OUR HYPOTHESIS, WE DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC AIMS: SPECIFIC AIM 1. TO CHARACTERIZE THE DIFFERENTIATION OF IPSC INTO DEFINITIVE ENDODERM IN 2D MONOLAYER CULTURE IN NORMAL, AND SIMULATED PARTIAL- (MOON, MARS) AND MICROGRAVITY; AND IN 3D AGGREGATE SUSPENSION CULTURE IN PARTIAL- (RPM) AND MICROGRAVITY (RPM AND RWV). SPECIFIC AIM 2. EXAMINE THE UNDERLYING GENETIC, EPIGENETIC, MOLECULAR, AND BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND BEHAVIOR THAT ARE AFFECTED BY AGGREGATE CULTURE, HYPOXIA, AND HYPOGRAVITY; AND IDENTIFY SPECIFIC MOLECULAR AND SIGNALING FACTORS IMPORTANT IN MODULATION OF DIFFERENTIATION. IN THESE STUDIES, WE WILL USE BIOCHEMICAL, IMMUNOLOGICAL, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ANALYZE THE DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF A SET OF LINEAGE-SPECIFIC SPECIFIC MARKER GENES AND GENE PRODUCTS UNDER ALTERED GRAVITY CONDITIONS. SUBSEQUENTLY, WE WILL IDENTIFY SPECIFIC GENETIC, EPIGENETIC, AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS THAT UNDERLIE AND ARE INFLUENCED BY PARTIAL- AND MICROGRAVITY AND COMPARE THESE BIOLOGIC FACTORS WITH THOSE FROM INDUCED IPSC DIFFERENTIATION, IN BOTH AGGREGATE AND MONOLAYER CULTURE, IN STANDARD GRAVITY. THE LATTER DATA WILL BE ANALYZED BY SYSTEMS- / BIOINFORMATICS-BASED ANALYTICAL APPROACHES, SUCH AS PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS AND NETWORK ANALYSIS, WHICH WILL HELP TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC HYPOGRAVITY-SENSITIVE CELLULAR SIGNALING MOLECULES AND PATHWAYS THAT MAY BE DIFFERENTIALLY AFFECTED BY VARYING LEVELS OF PARTIAL/MICRO-GRAVITY, AND WHICH COULD BE FURTHER EXPLORED IN ACTUAL SPACE EXPERIMENTS. IN ADDITION TO HAVING AVAILABLE BOTH HYPOGRAVITY SIMULATING DEVICES, WE HAVE INTRODUCED SEVERAL TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS, SUCH AS MODIFICATIONS IN THE RWV BIOREACTORS, ENHANCED OXYGENATION CAPABILITIES IN RPM CULTURE, AND A HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL MONITORING SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING EVENTS. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL DEMONSTRATE A SUPERIOR ENVIRONMENT FOR IPSC DIFFERENTIATION IN SIMULATED AND/OR PARTIAL GRAVITY CONDITIONS AND THAT KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM THESE STUDIES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO TECHNOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS BOTH ON EARTH AND IN SPACE AND ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ADAPTATION AND FUNCTION OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN ALTERED GRAVITY. | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $300,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Aug 20, 2018 | Jul 27, 2018 | Jan 26, 2022 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF:: STUDY REPORTS AND RESULTS FROM THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF THE IN VIVO DRUG DISCRIMINATION | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $106,837 | DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION | DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | R702SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: DATA COLLECTION | Jul 18, 2018 | Jul 18, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | ||
| WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE RESULTS OF OUR PROPOSED WORK MAY BE BENEFICIAL FOR HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION AND COULD (1) DETERMINE SINGLE, LOW-DOSE 1H, 56FE AND MIXED FIELD DOSE-RESPONSES, RADIO-BIOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE IR THRESHOLDS IN THE HEART AND CARDIAC VASCULATURE AND WHETHER GENDER DIFFERENCES COULD MODIFY RADIO-BIOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE IR THRESHOLDS FOR CV RISK ESTIMATES; 2) DETERMINE WHETHER SPACE RADIATION LEADS TO MODIFICATIONS IN THE CIRCULATING EXOSOMAL CARGO CONTENTS AND WHETHER IR-INDUCED EXOSOMAL CARGO MODULATIONS ARE REFLECTIVE OF SUBCLINICAL CHANGES IN THE CELLS AND ORGANS OF ORIGIN; 3) ASCERTAIN IF MODULATIONS OF EXOSOMAL CARGO MAY BE REPRESENTATIVE OF CHRONIC OXIDATIVE STRESS AND INFLAMMATION AND COULD SERVE AS EARLY BIOMARKERS OF IR-INDUCED CV DISEASE INITIATION AND PROGRESSION; 4) INTEGRATE PHYSIOLOGICAL CV ENDPOINT DATA SETS WITH GENE EXPRESSION AND EPIGENETIC DATA TO IDENTIFY BIO-MARKERS IN BIO-FLUIDS THAT COULD BE USED FOR PREDICTION OF ASYMPTOMATIC CV DISEASE IN THE SETTING OF SPACE IR, WHICH WILL INCLUDE KNOWN EARLY AND INTERMEDIATE BIO-MARKERS OF CARDIAC DAMAGE, INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATIVE STRESS, AS WELL AS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN NOVEL RADIATION-ASSOCIATED CARDIAC BIO-MARKERS. | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | $257,997 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Jun 12, 2018 | May 10, 2018 | Oct 17, 2018 |