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Cell culture devices for biological experiments in space

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 1988
R. Tixador

Summary

This paper described automatic and semi-automatic cell culture devices developed for biological experiments in space aboard spacecraft and stratospheric balloons, including incubators, culture boxes, and small plastic culture chambers. These tools enable controlled biological experimentation in microgravity, supporting research on cellular responses to the space environment.

The author performed several biological experiments in space aboard different spacecraft and aboard a stratospheric balloon. In order to do these experiments, original automatic and semiautomatic devices were developed. They include: (1) an incubator allowing several ranges of temperature (+4, +8, +15, +25, +37, and +or-0.1 degrees C); (2) three different culture boxes; and (3) microplastic culture chambers adapted to the culture boxes. A description is presented of these devices and their characteristics.< >

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