Rad-Bio-App: a discovery environment for biologists to explore spaceflight-related radiation exposures

In addition to microgravity, spaceflight simultaneously exposes biology to a suite of other stimuli. For example, in space, organisms experience ionizing radiation environments that significantly differ in both quality and quantity from those normally experienced on Earth. However, data on radiation...

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Autores principales: Richard Barker, Sylvain V. Costes, Jack Miller, Samrawit G. Gebre, Jonathan Lombardino, Simon Gilroy
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6d7c792406b945fd9b935281d54210402021-12-02T14:35:52ZRad-Bio-App: a discovery environment for biologists to explore spaceflight-related radiation exposures10.1038/s41526-021-00143-x2373-8065https://doaj.org/article/6d7c792406b945fd9b935281d54210402021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-021-00143-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2373-8065In addition to microgravity, spaceflight simultaneously exposes biology to a suite of other stimuli. For example, in space, organisms experience ionizing radiation environments that significantly differ in both quality and quantity from those normally experienced on Earth. However, data on radiation exposure during space missions is often complex to access and to understand, limiting progress towards defining how radiation affects organisms against the unique background of spaceflight. To help address this challenge, we have developed the Rad-Bio-App. This web-accessible database imports radiation metadata from experiments archived in NASA’s GeneLab data repository, and then allows the user to explore these experiments both in the context of their radiation exposure and through their other metadata and results. Rad-Bio-App provides an easy-to-use, graphically-driven environment to enable both radiation biologists and non-specialist researchers to visualize, and understand the impact of ionizing radiation on various biological systems in the context of spaceflight.Richard BarkerSylvain V. CostesJack MillerSamrawit G. GebreJonathan LombardinoSimon GilroyNature PortfolioarticleBiotechnologyTP248.13-248.65PhysiologyQP1-981ENnpj Microgravity, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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Richard Barker
Sylvain V. Costes
Jack Miller
Samrawit G. Gebre
Jonathan Lombardino
Simon Gilroy
Rad-Bio-App: a discovery environment for biologists to explore spaceflight-related radiation exposures
description In addition to microgravity, spaceflight simultaneously exposes biology to a suite of other stimuli. For example, in space, organisms experience ionizing radiation environments that significantly differ in both quality and quantity from those normally experienced on Earth. However, data on radiation exposure during space missions is often complex to access and to understand, limiting progress towards defining how radiation affects organisms against the unique background of spaceflight. To help address this challenge, we have developed the Rad-Bio-App. This web-accessible database imports radiation metadata from experiments archived in NASA’s GeneLab data repository, and then allows the user to explore these experiments both in the context of their radiation exposure and through their other metadata and results. Rad-Bio-App provides an easy-to-use, graphically-driven environment to enable both radiation biologists and non-specialist researchers to visualize, and understand the impact of ionizing radiation on various biological systems in the context of spaceflight.
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author Richard Barker
Sylvain V. Costes
Jack Miller
Samrawit G. Gebre
Jonathan Lombardino
Simon Gilroy
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Sylvain V. Costes
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title Rad-Bio-App: a discovery environment for biologists to explore spaceflight-related radiation exposures
title_short Rad-Bio-App: a discovery environment for biologists to explore spaceflight-related radiation exposures
title_full Rad-Bio-App: a discovery environment for biologists to explore spaceflight-related radiation exposures
title_fullStr Rad-Bio-App: a discovery environment for biologists to explore spaceflight-related radiation exposures
title_full_unstemmed Rad-Bio-App: a discovery environment for biologists to explore spaceflight-related radiation exposures
title_sort rad-bio-app: a discovery environment for biologists to explore spaceflight-related radiation exposures
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