After review of crystals grown so far, Celeste and Josie have selected a 2:1 ratio of lysozyme protein to citrate buffer. This means that in the 125mL of Well A there will be — ml/mg lysozyme protein and === ml … Continue reading →
Learning to Grow Protein Crystals
Enter Dr. Eric Gouaux of OHSU. Dr. Gouaux received the donated lysozyme, and he donated the other materials for the project. Dr. Gouaux has come to Jackson several times to coach us along in the lysozyme crystal growing process. Josie … Continue reading →
Materials Crisis!
It turns out urokinase is really expensive and hard to get. Josie and Celeste make an early morning call and find this out. Thanks so much to the folks at Sigma-Aldrich for taking on the task of finding an affordable … Continue reading →
URGENT: NEW LAUNCH VIEWING PLANS
The launch slip of STS-134 from April 19 to April 29 has prompted a significant re-examination of travel planning for the 300 SSEP students, teachers, administrators, and family members that were heading to Kennedy Space Center for the launch. The key issue is that rescheduling of travel for 3 communities is not an option either […]
NOW OPERATIONAL: STS-135 Flight Experiment FAQ
The STS-135 Flight Experiment FAQ is now fully operational for all students and teachers engaged in the SSEP opportunity on STS-135. It is accessed through the “Resources” link in the navigation banner at the top of any SSEP web page. As a starting point for the new FAQ, we have culled all relevant questions from […]
Student Scientists
The students have been given paperwork introducing SSEP, NanoRacks‘ minilab that we will be utilizing and the list of NASA approved sample materials. As we begin making progress with group selection and topic selection, I will be posting more. Please stay … Continue reading →
Updates to STS-134 Launch Critical Timeline for SSEP
Based on the STS-134 launch slip to April 29, 2011, NCESSE has formally revised the milestone dates for student team submission of flight samples (fluids and solids) for their SSEP experiments. All SSEP Community Program Directors, Teacher Facilitators, and Student Team members are urged to review changes on the following two SSEP pages: STS-134 Submission […]
Egg Update
We found out today that the pH was off and adversely affected the eggs. We are working on how to improve the water quality. Additional water tanks have been set up. We are going to ask for another shipment of … Continue reading →
Official NASA Notification of STS-134 Launch Slip to April 29
Here are the links to the official NASA notifications: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/ http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html Note that the new launch time is 3:47 pm EDT on April 29.
STS-134 Launch Slip to April 29 Confirmed
I am sorry to have to report that we have just received word from NanoRacks that the STS-134 launch has officially slipped to April 29. We will need to revise the Critical Timeline on the Submission of Experiment Samples page, and we will need to revise the Launch Plans page. We will not do this […]