BIOKIS: A model payload for multidisciplinary experiments in microgravity

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 397-409

  Vukich, Marco ^a   Ganga, Pier Luigi ^a   Cavalieri, Duccio ^b,c   Rizzetto, Lisa ^b   Rivero, Damariz ^b   Pollastri, Susanna ^b   Mugnai, Sergio ^b   Mancuso, Stefano ^b   Pastorelli, Sandro ^d   Lambreva, Maya ^d   Antonacci, Amina ^d   Margonelli, Andrea ^d   Bertalan, Ivo ^e   Johanningmeier, Udo ^e   Giardi, Maria Teresa ^d   Rea, Giuseppina ^d   Pugliese, Mariagabriella ^f,g   Quarto, Maria ^f,g   Roca, Vincenzo ^f,g   Zanini, Alba ^h   Borla, Oscar ^h,i   Rebecchi, Lorena ^j   Altiero, Tiziana ^j   Guidetti, Roberto ^j   Cesari, Michele ^j   Marchioro, Trevor ^j   Bertolani, Roberto ^j   Pace, Emanuele ^b   De Sio, Antonio ^b   Casarosa, Massimo ^b   Tozzetti, Lorenzo ^b   Branciamore, Sergio ^b   Gallori, Enzo ^b   Scarigella, Monica ^b   Bruzzi, Mara ^b   Bucciolini, Marta ^b   Talamonti, Cinzia ^b   Donati, Alessandro ^a   Zolesi, Valfredo ^a   more..

^a Kayser Italia Srl   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^h SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

ⁱ POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

3DISS; Arabidops ISS; BIOKIS; BIOKON; BioS SPORE; DAMA; Experiment hardware; Experiment unit; HiDOSE; nDOSE; PHOTOEVOLUTION; TARDIKISS

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MICROGRAVITY;

3DISS; ARABIDOPS-ISS; BIOKIS; BIOKON; BIOS-SPORE; DAMA; EXPERIMENT HARDWARE; HIDOSE; NDOSE; PHOTOEVOLUTION; TARDIKISS;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

EID: 84862596211     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: 18750494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12217-012-9309-6     Document Type: Article

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