Workshop Description

NASA and the CBE are hosting a Biofilm workshop on July 18, 2019, to invite attendees to provide ideas to help the Agency not only in maintaining wastewater systems and understanding the microbiology of the built environment for extended spaceflight, but also in developing future research directions for its microgravity Physical Sciences and Space Biology Programs. Long duration missions provide significant challenges, particularly to the crew environment. Of specific concerns are the Water Processing Assembly (WPA), where recycled water can become susceptible to microorganism contamination, and biofouling and biocorrosion of surfaces and environmental subsystems. Workshop participants are invited to provide guidance to mitigate contamination issues related to the WPA. Workshop participants are also invited to provide research ideas by describing studies of biofilm formations that make use of the environment aboard the International Space Station. Ideas are also welcomed from researchers who are not able to attend the workshop in person.

NASA ECLSS, AES & SLPSRA JOINT BIOFILM WORKSHOP

Workshop Participants

Keynote Speaker: TBD

Panel Chair: Robert McLean, Texas State University

Panel Co-Chair : Luis Zea, University of Colorado

Panel Co-Chair: David Tomko, NASA Head Quarters

Kasthuri Venkateswaran, California Institute of Technology

Kevin Y. Sato, NASA Headquarters

Mononita Nur, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Donald L. Carter, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Sridhar Gorti, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Walter Schneider, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

To register for the 2019 Montana Biofilm Meeting visit (www.mtnreg.com/mbm) Use invite code MBM71619

To submit ideas for Biofilm mitigation or ISS research, visit (http://tinyurl.com/NASA-RFI-NNH19ZTT002L)

AT THE 2019 MONTANA BIOFILM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MEETING MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BOZEMAN, MONTANA, JULY 18, 2019

Image credit: NASA/ S130-E-012312

Image credit: Energia/Petr Andreychuk, Biofilm in Russian Condensate Plumbing

Looking for great ideas for biofilm mitigation in exploration, as well as biofilm research on the International Space Station