Bugs in Space
Ask A Biologist Podcast
Chapters
0:00
Intro
1:29
What are microorganisms?
2:19
Germs.
3:07
How many times have your experiments gone into space?
3:45
How expensive is it to send an experiment into space?
5:11
Why do we go into space?
5:50
Some products that have come from the space program and NASA.
7:18
What's in space that is important to research?
7:43
Gravity.
8:42
Bioreactor.
10:46
How microbes grow in space and issues for human travel in space.
12:50
How do microbes/germs change when grown in space?
13:07
Immune system and immune cells.
13:47
Astronaut immune system.
14:13
Have astronauts gotten sick in space?
16:58
How did you get involved with NASA and the bioreactor?
18:15
Talk about writing grants and papers.
20:32
How did you get started in science?
22:26
Do you have some other creative activities - hobbies?
23:18
What's your favorite car?
24:05
What would you do if you could not be a biologist?
24:54
Advice for a future scientist.
Ask A Biologist Podcast
Bugs in Space
Feb 18, 2007
Episode 5
Dr. Biology Talks with Cheryl Nickerson
Blast off with microbiologist Cheryl Nickerson and her high-flying experiments onboard the space shuttles. Learn how microbes grow in space and how this research will help not only astronauts but also you and me on planet Earth. Did we mention race cars too?
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