Photo by Sarah Peterson | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 08.24.2022
Microbiologists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are preparing experimental samples of 'Aspergillus niger' fungi to send for a ride around the moon. The experiment aims to provide insight into fungi’s natural defenses against radiation, a phenomenon that could prove useful for future space exploration and sustained life in space. (U.S. Navy photo by Sarah Peterson)...
Photo by Sarah Peterson | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 08.24.2022
A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) experiment prepares to launch as part of NASA’s scheduled Artemis I mission to orbit the moon Aug. 29. The NRL experiment will use samples of fungi to investigate effects of the deep space radiation environment outside of Earth’s protective magnetosphere. (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Sarah Peterson)...
Photo by T'Jae Ellis | Army Research Laboratory | 05.21.2021
Army journeyman fellow Meaghan Adler loads some fungus into a micro-test tube for subsequent lysis (breaking cells open to release their contents) using sound waves. (Neil Adams)...
Photo by Neil Adams | Army Research Laboratory | 05.21.2021
Army journeyman fellow Meaghan Adler (right) explains a technique used in the laboratory that employs sound waves to “lyse” or break open cells to Dr. Steven James. This is the first step to purifying DNA or proteins inside. Fungal cells are particularly challenging to lyse compared with other microbes. (Neil Adams)...
Photo by Neil Adams | Army Research Laboratory | 05.21.2021
Dr. Jose Wippold holds a microfluidic device for generating and mixing droplets to serve as miniature chambers for individual cells. (Neil Adams)...
Photo by Neil Adams | Army Research Laboratory | 05.21.2021
Army bioengineer Dr. Jose Wippold (right) explains the function of a microfluidic device he designed and fabricated to Dr. Steven James. (Neil Adams)...
Photo by Sarah Peterson | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 11.13.2019
Drs. Zachary Schultzhaus (left), Zheng Wang (center), and Jillian Romsdahl (right) from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s fungal biology research team observe a fungal agar plate in Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2019. The fungus Aspergillus niger, along with its three mutant strains, are slated to rotate the moon on NASA’s Orion Space Capsule in 2021 so researchers can improve their......
