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The Omics Lab for Health and Human Performance provides a space for nucleotide-based analysis on various organisms from bacteria to plants and animals, including humans. Research in this lab is heavily focused on molecular biology and omics-based approaches for assessment of immunity in extreme environments.

Equipment

• Illumina NextSeq 1000 and iSeq 100 sequencers
• Sony SH800S multi-application cell sorter Sorter with 488nm & 638nm Laser, 4-color, and 96 well plate deposition
• BioRad T100 thermal cyclers
• Alkali Scientific BeadblasterTM 24-tube homogenizer
• Applied Biosystems QuantStudio 3 Real-Time PCR machine
• Invitrogen Qubit 4 Fluorometer
• Agilent Technologies 2200 TapeStation
• Thermo Scientific SORVAL ST1R refrigerated centrifuge
• Invitrogen Qubit 4 Fluorometer
• Synvivo WELSX Chamber and Pneumatic Primer for on-microscope stage microfluidic imaging
• EXI-310 Upright microscope with fluorescent attachment hardware
• BioSpherix Incubator Subchamber System with O2/CO2 Control
• Tissue culture biosafety level II (BSL-II) cabinet: Biosafety Plus certified

Current Projects

• Relating the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and inflammation in the spaceflight environment.
• Delineating the effects of low-dose acute ionizing cosmic irradiation effects on sex-specific immunity.
• Modeling lunar and Mars partial gravity as a continuum using 3D tissue chip- and microfluidic-based approaches.
• Unearthing inflammation in extreme environmental conditions.
• Delineating the immunological aging process.