Graduate students (from right) Ohunene Abogunde and Cherita Thomas pose with TSU President John M. Rudley, Dr. Katrina Emery, URC Project Manager, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, and Dr. Olufisayo Jejelowo, Center Director and Principal Investigator of NASA URC CBER Microbial-1 project during the launch of Flight STS-129 Space Shuttle Atlantis.

The NASA University Research Center (URC) Microbial-1 was the first space flight experiment opportunity for Texas Southern University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Houston, Texas. The experiment was designed by the Center for Bio-nanotechnology and Environmental Research (CBER) at Texas Southern University and used BioServe Space Technologies management support and hardware. More information. Photo courtesy of NASA Kennedy Space Center.

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NASA URC CBER in the News Research at TSU is taking flight thanks to NASA funds  By Jeannie Kever Houston Chronicle | Dec. 3, 2009 Contact Information: Principal Investigator, Dr. Olufisayo Jejelowo Phone: 713-313-1032 Fax: 713-313-7932 Email:Jejelowo_oa@tsu.edu Office Administrator: Ms. Brandi Butler Email: butlerbr@tsu.edu Phone: 713-313-7499 Follow the Microbial-1 Journey at:

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