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Teleoperated Astropharmaceutical Payload for Long-Duration Space Missions: Project VITA! (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Izcan, S., Tsinidis, M., Pushparaj, N., Williams, P., & Cappelletti, C. (2024, October). Teleoperated Astropharmaceutical Payload for Long-Duration Space Missions: Project VITA!. Presented at 75th International Astronautical Congress, Milan, Italy

The VITA (Visualizing In-space Tx-Tl Astropharmaceuticals) mission is a teleoperated Astropharmaceutical cube-payload that will launch a biological experiment to the ICE Cubes Facility (ICF) on board the International Space Station (ISS) as a selecte... Read More about Teleoperated Astropharmaceutical Payload for Long-Duration Space Missions: Project VITA!.

Cosmic-Ray Radiation Effects on Ibuprofen Tablet Formulation Inside and Outside of the International Space Station (2024)
Journal Article
Tran, Q. D., Spooner, N., Geoghehan, S., Thavarajah, S. R., Rahman, S., Tran, N. N., Williams, P. M., Jarquin, S. M., Kim, D., Davey, K., Buell, J., Shumbera, M., Gittleman, M., Clements, T., Stoudemire, J., Fisk, I., & Hessel, V. (2024). Cosmic-Ray Radiation Effects on Ibuprofen Tablet Formulation Inside and Outside of the International Space Station. Advanced Healthcare Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202402361

In extreme environments people will have different needs for medicine(s), making it crucial to understand how such environments affect drug efficacy. Ibuprofen, commonly used in tablet formulation on Earth, could fail in space despite standard pharma... Read More about Cosmic-Ray Radiation Effects on Ibuprofen Tablet Formulation Inside and Outside of the International Space Station.

Cosmic-Ray Radiation Effects on Ibuprofen Tablet Formulation Inside and Outside of the International Space Station (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Fisk, I., Tran, Q., Spooner, N., Geoghehan, S., Thavarajah, S., Rahman, S., Tran, N., Williams, P., Jarquin, S., Kim, D.-H., Davey, K., Buell, J., Shumbera, M., Gittleman, M., Clements, T., Stoudemire, J., & Hessel, V. (2024). Cosmic-Ray Radiation Effects on Ibuprofen Tablet Formulation Inside and Outside of the International Space Station

In extreme environments people will have different needs for medicine(s). It is important, therefore, to know how medicine efficacy will be impacted by the environment. Ibuprofen is very widely used in tablet formulation in temperate climates on Eart... Read More about Cosmic-Ray Radiation Effects on Ibuprofen Tablet Formulation Inside and Outside of the International Space Station.

Discovery and Computational Modelling of Adsorbent Polymers that Effectively Immobilize SARS-CoV-2 with Potential Practical Applications (2024)
Journal Article
Xue, X., Duncan, J. D., Coleman, C. M., Contreas, L., Blackburn, C., Vivero-Lopez, M., Williams, P. M., Ball, J. K., Alexander, C., & Alexander, M. R. (2024). Discovery and Computational Modelling of Adsorbent Polymers that Effectively Immobilize SARS-CoV-2 with Potential Practical Applications. Cell Reports Physical Science, 5(9), Article 102204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2024.102204

Viral translocation is considered a common way for respiratory viruses to spread and contaminate the surrounding environment. Thus, the discovery of non-eluting polymers that immobilize severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) upo... Read More about Discovery and Computational Modelling of Adsorbent Polymers that Effectively Immobilize SARS-CoV-2 with Potential Practical Applications.

Advancing insights into microgravity induced muscle changes using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism (2024)
Journal Article
Beckett, L. J., Williams, P. M., Toh, L. S., Hessel, V., Gerstweiler, L., Fisk, I., Toronjo-Urquiza, L., & Chauhan, V. M. (2024). Advancing insights into microgravity induced muscle changes using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism. npj Microgravity, 10(1), Article 79. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-024-00418-z

Spaceflight presents significant challenges to the physiological state of living organisms. This can be due to the microgravity environment experienced during long-term space missions, resulting in alterations in muscle structure and function, such a... Read More about Advancing insights into microgravity induced muscle changes using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism.

Esterification and volatile compound manipulation using radiofrequency cold plasma (2024)
Journal Article
Warne, G. R., Lim, M., Lamichhane, P., Machala, Z., Hessel, V., Williams, P. M., & Fisk, I. D. (2024). Esterification and volatile compound manipulation using radiofrequency cold plasma. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 95, Article 103726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2024.103726

Esters are vital in many industries, including food; however, there are still significant opportunities to improve production efficiency, sustainability, and cost. Cold plasma was trialled as a novel tool to induce esterification. Cold plasma increas... Read More about Esterification and volatile compound manipulation using radiofrequency cold plasma.