Microscopy with microfluidics in microgravity using FlightScope
With planned missions to the moon and Mars, it has never been more important to study the impact of microgravity on biological organisms. Parabolic flights are one of the most accessible microgravity research platforms but present challenges: short periods of microgravity and aircraft vibration. Live-imaging is necessary to readout any real-time phenotypes so we developed FlightScope, a new microscopy and microfluidics platform to study dynamic cellular processes in microgravity.
Authors
- Alexander Stokes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-4947)
- Jack Dawson
- Manu Prakash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8046-8388)
- Adam J. M. Wollman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5501-8131)
- Yusuf Furkan Ugurluoglu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6266-0165)
- Katrina E Crompton
- Thomas Wareing
- Hongquan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3668-5772)
- Connor Richardson
- Koren Murphy
Institutions
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Microgravity
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-025-00470-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Spaceflight effects on biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33
Funders
- Wellcome
- Wellcome Trust
- UK Space Agency
- European Space Agency
- Academy of Medical Sciences
- Newcastle University