Prof' Kunthala Jayaraman, FNAE

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SPACE BIOTECHNOLOGY

• By
• Prof. Kunthala Jayaraman, FNAE
• Dean, School of Biotechnology Chemical Engg
• Vellore Institute of Technology
• Deemed University
• Vellore - 14.

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SPACE PLANET
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Bubbles at Hubble
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Bubble burst at Zero gravity
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NASA Bioreactor
Crystal Microgravity
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Damage caused to DNA by Cosmic Rays
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Micro Flow Device for DNA Research
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An artist's concept of greenhouses on Mars
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Water on the Space Station
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Commander Yury Usachev (middle) and Flight
Engineers Susan Helms and Jim Voss hang around
the dinner table with drinking straws in hand in
the Zvezda Service Module during the Expedition 2
mission aboard the ISS in 2001.
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• Food
• Raiding the cosmic pantry
• Life Support
• Microscopic Stowaways on the ISS
• Breathing Easy on the space station
• Water on the space
• Exploration
• Green houses for Mars
• DNA Biosentinels

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• The Body in Space
• DNA Biosentinels
• Human Physiology Research and the ISS Staying
  fit along the journey
• Good Vibrations
• Space Bones
• Fluids
• Mystery in a Cup of Tea
• Tiny bubbles create better cooling
• Plants
• How does a garden grow

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• Instrumentation
• Great things come in small packages
  Miniaturizing chemical detection
• Downsized technology reveals secrets from slices
  of light
• Nanotechnology
• Voyage of the Nano surgeons
• Molecules, motors and Monorails Learning from
  Nanoscience

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OPENING FOR STUDENTS

• Sending students onward and upward in space
• DIME pays off for youth
• Website http//spaceresearch.nasa.gov

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Thank you