Search Results - "Lera, Matthew P"
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Drosophila parasitoids go to space: Unexpected effects of spaceflight on hosts and their parasitoids
Published in iScience (19-01-2024)“…While fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) and humans exhibit immune system dysfunction in space, studies examining their immune systems’ interactions with…”
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Innate immune responses of Drosophila melanogaster are altered by spaceflight
Published in PloS one (11-01-2011)“…Alterations and impairment of immune responses in humans present a health risk for space exploration missions. The molecular mechanisms underpinning innate…”
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The EcAMSat fluidic system to study antibiotic resistance in low earth orbit: Development and lessons learned from space flight
Published in Acta astronautica (01-08-2020)“…The E. coli AntiMicrobial Satellite (EcAMSat) was a successful spaceflight mission that performed an autonomous experiment to investigate the effects of…”
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EcAMSat spaceflight measurements of the role of σs in antibiotic resistance of stationary phase Escherichia coli in microgravity
Published in Life sciences in space research (01-02-2020)“…We report the results of the EcAMSat (Escherichia coli Antimicrobial Satellite) autonomous space flight experiment, investigating the role of σs in the…”
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Payload hardware and experimental protocol development to enable future testing of the effect of space microgravity on the resistance to gentamicin of uropathogenic Escherichia coli and its σs-deficient mutant
Published in Life sciences in space research (01-11-2017)“…•A new, broadly applicable system for determining bacterial drug resistance in space.•Potential measures to improve the management of urinary tract infections…”
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EcAMSat spaceflight measurements of the role of σ s in antibiotic resistance of stationary phase Escherichia coli in microgravity
Published in Life sciences in space research (01-02-2020)“…We report the results of the EcAMSat (Escherichia coli Antimicrobial Satellite) autonomous space flight experiment, investigating the role of σ in the…”
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Payload hardware and experimental protocol development to enable future testing of the effect of space microgravity on the resistance to gentamicin of uropathogenic Escherichia coli and its σ s -deficient mutant
Published in Life sciences in space research (01-11-2017)“…Human immune response is compromised and bacteria can become more antibiotic resistant in space microgravity (MG). We report that under low-shear modeled…”
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