Bioculture System
Short Name:The short name or acronym of the facility. Bioculture System
Facility Description
The Bioculture System is an incubation system that enables a wide variety of tissue, cell, and microbiological cultures and experimental methods for ISSInternational Space Station investigations. It supports variable duration and long duration cell and microbiology research.
The Bioculture system is operated within an ISS EXPRESS Rack locker. The system contains 10 incubation cassettes and each cassette contains a base, cover, and disposable flow path assembly. Each cassette also provides temperature and flow rate control that is independent of the other cassettes. Environment gas supply is shared by all cassettes. More information regarding this facility is available in the Additional Information section below.
Availability:The general availability status of the facility. Please contact the facility manager
ISS Environment:The facility location (internal or external to the ISS.) Internal
Owner:The entity that owns the facility. NASA
Operator/Implementation Partner:The entity or ISS National Lab Implementation Partner that operates the facility.
NASA
Developer(s):The entity, or entities, that developed the facility.
NASA Ames Research Center
Facility Manager:The name of the facility manager and their organization.
Elizabeth Michelle Pane,
NASA Ames Research Center
Manager Email:The facility manager's email address.
elizabeth.m.pane@nasa.gov
Parent Facility:Any facility that is necessary to operate the facility described on this webpage. i.e., a parent facility is one level higher in the operational hierarachy. EXPRESS Rack
Child Facility:Facilities that can be operated within the facility described on this webpage.
Sponsoring Space Agency:The government space agency that sponsors investigations that use the facility. NASA
Equipment Category:"The facility's ISS National Lab equipment designation type. Designations include:
1. ISS National Lab Commercial Service Provider (CSP) Facility
2. Support Hardware
3. Capability Capability
Additional Information:Additional resources to learn more about the facility.
