The extended NSCF team, including advisors and partners, Axiom Space, BioServe Space Technologies, Leo Biosciences, Confluent Horizons and Genomics Consult, taken on the balcony at Kennedy Space Center OSB II (Operations Support Building II) shortly after the launch of SpaceX CRS-35, with the plume still visible behind them. Photo Courtesy of NSCF.
NSCF and other team members attend the pre-launch presentation on research flying on SpaceX CRS-35. The briefing was held in Kennedy Space Center’s viewing room at OSB II, with the countdown clock visible at the top of the photo. Photo Courtesy of NSCF.
NSCF’s SpaceX CRS-35 mission patch designed by award-winning artist Gregory Manchess highlights the first-ever flight of Cosmic Organoid Villages™, combining multiple cell lines in a single organoid to mimic complex neurodegenerative diseases at the population level for better therapeutic targeting. Also featured are long-time mission partners Axiom Space and BioServe Space Technologies. Photo Credit: National Stem Cell Foundation
NSCF Research Associate Maria Balaguer loads cryovials containing Cosmic Organoid Villages™ into a rack in preparation for launch on SpaceX CRS-35. Photo Credit: National Stem Cell Foundation
Kentucky Senate President Stivers and Paula Grisanti, National Stem Cell Foundation CEO, announce a multimillion-dollar award from NASA for pioneering space-based research. PHOTO CREDIT: National Stem Cell Foundation
Dr. Paula Grisanti – CEO, National Stem Cell Foundation PHOTO CREDIT: National Stem Cell Foundation
Jana Stoudemire – NSCF Space Project Advisor
Dr. Pinar Mesci – NSCF Space Project Advisor; Senior Program Manager & Global Head of Regenerative Medicine & Disease Modeling at Axiom Space PHOTO CREDIT: Axiom Space
Dr. Scott Noggle – NSCF Research Consultant PHOTO CREDIT: New York Stem Cell Foundation
Dr. Livia Luz , NSCF Space Project Research Scientist. CREDIT: UCSD
Maria Balaguer, NSCF Space Project Research Assistant
Early stage brain cells from NSCF study of primary progressive MS on SpaceX CRS-30 (March 21, 2024 – April 30, 2024) PHOTO CREDIT: Nicolette Pirjanian, NSCF partner lab New York Stem Cell Foundation
Early stage brain cells from NSCF study of Parkinson’s disease on SpaceX CRS-30 (March 21, 2024 – April 30, 2024) PHOTO CREDIT: Nicolette Pirjanian, NSCF partner lab New York Stem Cell Foundation
By the Numbers – NSCF Kentucky Statistics
By the Numbers – NSCF National Statistics