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- Inspiring scientific education and space awareness amongst students from the Asia-Pacific region.
Expected results and how they will advance the field of space biology
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This type of research on the biology of plants in space will greatly help deepening deepen our understanding of cellular mechanosensing process. That is because the biological sensing of mechanical signals, including gravity, is one of the key functions for life. Furthermore, this information about cellular mechanical sensors is essential for many fields of biomedical applications including tissue and organ regeneration technology.
Why
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send the seed to ISS
Concurrent operations experiments by students on the ground and ISS crew strongly stimulates by crew on the ISS is expected to stimulate space awareness amongst young participants.
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Although the primary purpose of this mission is education and outreach, observations from this mission can help at understanding of the biological mechanosensing process, because the precise nature of cellular mechanosensors are still unknown.
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