Student Spaceflight Experiment Program: Group U Will microgravity affect the growth of Pleurotus ostreatus? Co-Principal Investigators Komalpreet Kahlon.

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Student Spaceflight Experiment Program: Group U Will microgravity affect the growth of Pleurotus ostreatus? Co-Principal Investigators Komalpreet Kahlon Kugenthini Tharmakulasekaram Undergraduate - Medical Physics Highschool - Grade 11 Francis Buguis Modlin Orange Undergraduate - Biomedical Science Highschool - Grade 11 Gemma Mancuso Undergraduate - Biomedical Science Collaborators Dr. Joseph McPhee Assistant Professor Murad Jabarov Undergraduate - Chemistry

Introduction Pleurotus ostreatus - Pearl Oyster Mushroom -Globally grown and highly nutritious fungus -Saprotrophic fungus: -Feeds off cellulose from living trees. -Capacity for growth using numerous substrates

Motivation -All previous research solely carried out on Earth -Growth of different species of fungi were observed on the retired Mir Space Station What about fungus that is edible?

Question: Will microgravity affect the growth of Pleurotus ostreatus? Hypothesis: Microgravity will affect the growth of Pleurotus ostreatus -Mycelia is the network of hyphae, roots are to plants as mycelia are to fungi -Mycelia grows along the substrate as it extracts nutrients from it -Note: tube too small for the growth of mushrooms caps

Type 3 FME Volume 1 Pleurotus ostreatus spores Volume 2 Growth Substrate (pulverized rice straw) Water storage crystals Volume 3 Formalin Solution

The Experiment Before Flight Un-clamp Clamp 1 Un-clamp Clamp 2 No growth occurs Spores mix with growth material, growth begins Formalin stops growth and preserves fungus

After the Flight -Mycelial Content will be quantified - Glucosamine assay -Glucosamine will be extracted from the mycelia of the fungus, differences in quantity of glucosamine indicates differences in growth -The mycelia will also be studied for physical differences (colour, branching, etc.)

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