BioServe Space Technologies is a research institute within the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Since its foundation in 1987 it focuses on developing microgravity life science research and hardware.[1] Its current Chief Scientist is Prof. Louis Stodieck and the Center Director is Ms. Stefanie Countryman[2] [3] BioServe has designed, built and flown over 50 different payloads on over 85 space flight missions including the Space Shuttle, ISS, MIR, Soyuz, and Progress and recently the SpaceX's Dragon capsule and Orbital's Cygnus spacecraft.[4]
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In 2011, BioServe was selected to be the official payload developer for the YouTube Space Lab - a contest where students were able to propose micro gravitational research and BioServe would develop the winner's experiment hardware and perform all of the mission integration and operations work.[5] BioServe Space Technologies was also the designer of the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA) which is a temperature controlled incubator for experiments on cells, microbes, and plants currently in use on the ISS.[6]
In August 2023, BioServe announced that would be collaborating with Sierra Space to grow hematopoietic stem cells in microgravity to research undergoing treatment for blood cancer.[7][8]
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- ^ "Overview". University of Colorado.
- ^ "BioServe Space Technologies: The magic behind shuttle experiments". SMARTPLANET. July 12, 2011.
- ^ "BioServe - Spaceflight Missions". BioServe Space Technologies. Archived from the original on 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
- ^ "YouTube Space Lab: CU-Boulder to prepare International Space Station experiments". DailyCamera. October 12, 2011.
- ^ "Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA)". NASA. May 12, 2012. Archived from the original on August 17, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- ^ "Sierra Space, CU to experiment with growing stem cells in space". Biz West. August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Sierra Space and BioServe Space Technologies to Demonstrate In-Space Stem Cell Production to Better Treat Cancer Patients on Earth". Yahoo Finance. August 2, 2023.