by Wendy | Jun 13, 2020 | In the News, Project MERCCURI
UC Davis wrote a press release to announce the recent publication of a scientific paper in PeerJ by the Project MERCCURI team. In 2013 and 2014, David Coil, with Russell Neches and Professor Jonathan Eisen of the UC Davis Genome Center, as well as UC Davis graduate...
by Bart Leahy | May 30, 2015 | Events, News, Pop Warner, Project MERCCURI, The Science Cheerleaders
Relative Growth Rates Documented by UC Davis Scientists for Project MERCCURI “Encouraging” for Long-Term Manned Spaceflight Do microbes grow differently on the International Space Station than they do on Earth? Results from the growth of microbes collected by...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 13, 2014 | Citizen Science, In the News, ISS, Project MERCCURI
“What do Buzz Aldrin’s shoe, the Liberty Bell & sports arenas all have in common? Watch Space to Ground, your weekly update on what’s happening aboard the International Space Station.” Project MERCCURI (a citizen science project to compare...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 5, 2014 | ISS, Project MERCCURI
From @Jennomics (a co-PI on Project MERCCURI): Status update for Project MERCCURI: Our [surface] samples are being stored in a -80C freezer on the ISS. But, there is a problem with the equipment (plate reader) that will be used to run our “growth...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 6, 2014 | Project MERCCURI
Thousands of people swabbed microbes from their shoes and cell phones for Project MERCCURI. We’ll share the results of that part of the research as soon as we have them. Many people also swabbed surface samples from landmarks including the Liberty Bell, 76ers...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 19, 2014 | Atlanta Falcons, Citizen Science, Events, ISS, NBA, NFL, Oakland Raiders, Project MERCCURI, Sacramento Kings, The Science Cheerleaders
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