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Biology
Part of the Biology series
Projects
Mycorockets • Astropharmacy
Past Projects
DNA Synthesizer
People
James Ford (Faculty Advisor) • Tram Dang (Team Co-Lead) • Alistair Peet (Team Co-Lead)
How to Get Started
Wet Lab Access
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From the recent Artemis II mission sending humans the farthest we have ever been from Earth, to microbes surviving in space outside the ISS, and nucleic acids found in meteorites, life has cemented its place in the cosmos.

The Biology team is SSI's fourth project team, focusing on the intersection between the life sciences and space. We work out of the Uytengsu Teaching Lab (UTL) in Shriram. The Biology Mycorockets project is building completely biodegradable rockets using mycelium. The Astropharmacy project is working on designing a plasmid to transform Bacillus to create a peptide drug in space.

We recently hosted an astrobiology panel, including NASA scientists we've worked with Lynn Rothschild (consider taking her astrobiology class at Stanford!) and David Loftus.

The Biology team began work on its pilot project, building a portable, autonomous DNA Synthesizer to send to space, in the 2016-2017 academic year.

The Biology team works in the Shriram Center for Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, using the Uytengsu Teaching Lab (UTL) space. We are exploring other project ideas, particularly relating to astronaut life support and medicine, biomaterials for space use, and terraforming for space habitation.

The Biology Faculty Advisor is Professor James Ford.

The current Biology co-leads are

@Tram Dang and @Alistair

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If you have any burning questions or ideas come join us at meetings or talk to us on Slack!

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Biology

Pages in category "Biology"

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+From the recent Artemis II mission sending humans the farthest we have ever been from Earth, to microbes surviving in space outside the ISS, and nucleic acids found in meteorites, life has cemented its place in the cosmos.
-The Biology team is SSI's fourth project team, focusing on the intersection between the life sciences and space. The Biology team began work on its pilot project, building a portable, autonomous [[DNA Synthesizer]] to send to space, in the 2016-2017 academic year. The Biology team works in the Shriram Center for Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, using the [https://uytengsuteachinglab.stanford.edu/ Uytengsu Teaching Lab] space. It is currently developing [[Enzymatic DNA Synthesis|enzymatic DNA synthesis methods]] and an [[Electrowetting on Dielectric|electrowetting]] fluid handling platform for this project, which it aims to launch as a cubesat payload or operate on the International Space Station. The Biology team is also open to other project ideas, particularly relating to astronaut life support, biomaterials for space use, and terraforming for space colonization.
+The Biology team is SSI's fourth project team, focusing on the intersection between the life sciences and space. We work out of the Uytengsu Teaching Lab (UTL) in Shriram. The Biology Mycorockets project is building completely biodegradable rockets using mycelium. The Astropharmacy project is working on designing a plasmid to transform Bacillus to create a peptide drug in space.
-The Biology team's faculty advisor is [[Prof. Drew Endy]], and current team co-leads are [[User:chao16 | Cynthia Hao]] and [[User:mixarcid | Michael Arcidiacono]].
+We recently hosted an astrobiology panel, including NASA scientists we've worked with Lynn Rothschild (consider taking her astrobiology class at Stanford!) and David Loftus.
+The Biology team began work on its pilot project, building a portable, autonomous [[DNA Synthesizer]] to send to space, in the 2016-2017 academic year.
+The Biology team works in the Shriram Center for Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, using the Uytengsu Teaching Lab (UTL) space. We are exploring other project ideas, particularly relating to astronaut life support and medicine, biomaterials for space use, and terraforming for space habitation.
+The Biology Faculty Advisor is Professor James Ford. {{nowrap|The current Biology co-leads are {{Leadership|Biology=true}}}}.
+If you have any burning questions or ideas come join us at meetings or talk to us on Slack!
 [[Category:Teams]]
+[[Category:Biology]]