The International Space Station on a dark background, with photos of Amor Menezes, Sam Niemi and the DARPA B-SURE project seal

UF will spearhead DARPA mission to pioneer crucial biomanufacturing in space

March 16, 2023

With the goal of creating a resilient supply chain for a sustained presence in space, researchers at the University of Florida (UF) are bioengineering microbes for experimentation on the International Space Station (ISS) they hope will reliably produce biopolymers, nutraceuticals, and antibiotics in variable gravity conditions.

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