TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Cytoskeleton: Structure and Function During Spaceflight
The Cytoskeleton in Spaceflown Cells: An Overview
Marian Lewis…………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………..1
Gravity Dependence of Microtubule Self-Organisation
James Tabony…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13
Effect of Gravity Changes on the Cytoskeleton in Human Lymphocytes
Marianne Cogoli-Greuter………………………………………………………………………………………….…………..27
Actin-Cytoskeletal Control of Gravity Sensing and Gravity-Oriented Tip Growth
Markus Braun, Brigitte Buchen and Andreas Sievers ……………………………………………………………….………..39
Biopolymer Networks and Cellular Mechanosensing
Paul Janmey, Penelope C. Georges, Oliver Wagner, Tony Yeung………………………………………………………….....45
Gravitational Influence on Biomolecular Engineering Processes
Gravitational Influence on Biomolecular Engineering Processes
David Klaus …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...51
Tissue Engineering of Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle: Lessons Learned from Micropatterned Collagen and Microgravity
Louis Terracio, Wentao Yan, Robert Price, Michael Yost, David G. Simpson……………………………………………….67
Transcription Factor Translocation during Changes in Renal Cell Mechanical Culture.
Timothy G. Hammond, Luis Cubano, Patricia L. Allen, Louis Stodieck,
John Genova, R.B. Bryan Klassen, John Love………………………………………………………………………………..75
Molecular Therapies for Disuse Osteoporosis
Ted Bateman…………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………83
Astrobiology: Life in a Planetary Context
Planet Formation
Alan Boss………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………..91
The NASA Astrobiology Institute: Revealing Life in a Planetary Context
Rosalind A. Grymes and Edward Goolish…………………………………………………………….………………………99
Systems and Evolutionary Biology (2001 Symposia)
Signaling Molecules in the HYDRA Head Organizer and the Evolution of Axis Formation
Bert Hobmayer, Fabian Rentzsch, Ulrich Technau, Thomas W. Holstein……………………………………………………107
Magnetism and Biology: The Magnetotactic Bacteria
D.A. Bazylinski…………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………115
Approaches to Understanding the Origin and Early Evolution of Plant Body Symmetry and Gravity Responses
Linda E. Graham and Martha E. Cook ……………………………………………………………………..………………..127
Plant Body Plans: Unity of Type or Conditions of Existence?
Karl J. Niklas……….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………133
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