American Seed Trade Association 134th Annual Convention

The 134th annual meeting of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) will bring together leading companies from the agricultural biotechnology industry to foster communication and collaboration on key industry issues, industry trends, and research opportunities. This year, the ISS National Lab will participate as an exhibitor at ASTA’s Annual Convention with the goal of promoting current science and new research opportunities on the ISS National Lab relevant to the agricultural biotechnology industry. Companies like Dow AgroScience, Syngenta, Monsanto, and Bayer will be represented at this event.

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The ISS National Lab Booth Details

Connect with the ISS National Lab team to learn about exciting opportunities to conduct agricultural biotechnology-related research on the ISS National Lab!

Marriott Minneapolis City Center
Atrium | Booth 1
Explore ASTA Convention Exhibition Floor plan.

Resources

Publications

Early Microgravity Studies:  1968 Biosatellite II – Wheat Seedlings

Wheat Seedling Experiments. BioScience 1968; 18 (6): 632-633. doi: 10.2307/1294313

Farming in Space

Monje, O., Stutte, G.W., Goins, G.D., Porter eld, D.M., Bingham, G.E. 2003. Farming in space. Environmental and biophysical concerns. Adv. Space Res. 31:151-167, 2003. 

Plants in Human Life Support

Wheeler, R.M. 2010. Plants for Human Life Support in Space: From Myers to Mars. Grav. Space Biol. 23(2):25-35. 

Gene Expression

Paul, A.L., C.J. Daugherty, E.A. Bihn, D.K. Chapman, K.L.L. Norwood, and R.J. Ferl. 2001. Transgenic expression patterns indicate that space flight affects stress signal perception and transduction in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 126:613-621. 

Paul, A.L., M.P. Popp, W.M. Gurley, C. Guy, K.L. Norwood, and R.J. Ferl. 2005. Arabidopsis gene expression patterns are altered during space flight. Adv. Space Research 36:1175-1181. 

Paul, A.L., R.M. Wheeler, H.G. Levine and R.J. Ferl. 2013. Fundamental plant biology enabled by the Space Shuttle. Amer. J. Bot. 100:226-234. 

Paul A.L. et al. 2015 Spaceflight induces specific alternations in the proteomes of Arabidopsis. Astrobiology. 2015 Jan;15(1):32-56. doi: 10.1089/ast.2014.1210.

Paul, A.L. and Ferl, R.J. 2016 The effect of spaceflight on the gravity-sensing auxin gradient of roots: GFP reporter gene microscopy on orbit. npj Microgravity 2, Article number: 15023 

For more publications visit: 

ISS Research Results Citations – NASA

Space Station Research – The ISS National Lab

Educational Resources

Tomatosphere – First the Seed Foundation

Plants in Space – NASA