Presented At: Microbiology & Immunology Virtual Event 2019
Presented By:
Jonathan M. Galazka, PhD - GeneLab Project Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
Speaker Biography:
Dr. Jonathan Galazka is Project Scientist of the NASA GeneLab project at NASA Ames Research Center. Jonathan received a PhD in Molecular & Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley where he studied biomass degradation and conversion by filamentous fungi and yeasts. He performed a postdoctoral fellowship at Oregon State University where he studied the mechanisms of heterochromatin establishment, and the role of heterochromatin in maintaining genome structure. In addition to his work on GeneLab, Jonathan is developing synthetic biological solutions to NASA's technological needs.
Co-Presented By:
Daniela Bezdan, PhD - Research Director, Mason Laboratory of Integrative Genomics, Weill Cornell Medicine, Co-Chair NASA geneLab Microbiome, Executive Director MetaSUB
Speaker Biography:
Dr. Daniela Bezdan is currently working as the Research Director of the Mason Laboratory of Integrative Genomics at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. She is involved in multiple diverse projects in urban metagenomics and NASA microbiome/omics studies (ISS space station, NASA Twin Study & Mars rover). She is particular interested in development of novel next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies and bioinformatic solutions on earth and in space.
Co-Presented By:
Peng Jiang, PhD - Research Assistant Professor, Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University
Speaker Biography:
Dr. Peng Jiang is a Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Northwestern University. Dr. Jiang's research uses systems biology and multi-omics approaches to understand sleep and circadian rhythms and their roles in mammalian health and disease. His most recent and current work includes multiple NASA-supported projects to study the role of the gut microbiome in mammalian physiology during spaceflight. The ultimate goal of these projects is to enable microbiome-based approaches to mitigate risks to astronaut health during long-term space explorations. Dr. Jiang is also a member of NASA GeneLab Microbe Analysis Working Group (AWG).
Webinar:
Using the NASA GeneLab Data System to Study the Metagenomes of Spaceships and Their Occupants
Webinar Abstract:
With humans pushing to live further off Earth for longer periods of time, it is increasingly important to understand the changes that occur in biological systems during spaceflight whether these be astronauts, their microbial commensals, or their plant-based life support systems. In a three-part presentation, we discuss GeneLab and recent discoveries regarding the microbiota of spacecrafts and space-flown animals.
Part 1: GeneLab: Open Science for Life in Space, Jonathan Galazka, NASA Ames Research Center
Abstract: To accelerate the pace of discovery from precious spaceflight biological experiments, NASA as develop the GeneLab data system (genelab.nasa.gov), which allows unfettered access to omics data from spaceflight and spaceflight relevant experiments. GeneLab houses metagenomic datasets from spacecraft and relevant spacecraft models. Users can download this data and associated metadata to make new discoveries about how microbial communities may change and adapt to spaceflight.
Part 2: Reproducible changes in the gut microbiome suggest a shift in microbial and host metabolism during spaceflight, Peng Jiang, Northwestern University
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