Bugs in Space -
Interview with ASU School of Life Sciences Professor
and Biodesign Institute researcher Cheryl Nickerson.Podcast content summary and
time log for Volume 5 of Ask-a-Biologist. |
 |
Keywords and topics that are found in this program: micro organisms, germs,
bioreactor, immune system, immune cells, gravity, space flight, NASA, space
shuttle, Atlantis, writing, cars, car racing, exercise.
| Topic |
Time |
| Shuttle count down - Blast Off - |
00:10 |
| What are micro organisms? |
01:29 |
| Germs |
02:19 |
| How many times have your experiments gone into space? |
03:07 |
| How expensive is it to send an experiment into space? |
03:45 |
| Why do we go into space? |
05:11 |
| Some products that have come from the space program and NASA |
05:50 |
| What's in space that is important to research? |
07:18 |
| Gravity |
07:43 |
| Bioreactor |
08:42 |
| How microbes grow in space and issues for human travel in space. |
10:46 |
| How do microbes/germs change when grown in space? |
12:50 |
| Immune system and immune cells |
13:07 |
| Astronaut immune system |
13:47 |
| Have astronauts gotten sick in space? |
14:13 |
| How did you get involved with NASA and the bioreactor? |
16:58 |
| Talk about writing grants and papers. |
18:15 |
| How did you get started in science? |
20:32 |
| Do you have some other creative activities - hobbies? |
22:26 |
| What's your favorite car? |
23:18 |
| What would you be if you were not a biologist? |
24:05 |
| Advice for young scientists. |
24:54 |
| back to AAB podcasts | |