jsc2021e063280 (12/10/2021) --- Preflight imagery for the Characterizing Antibiotic Resistance in Microgravity Environments (CARMEn) experiment, part of Nanoracks Module-96. CARMEn observes how spaceflight affects the growth of a culture of two species of bacteria. SPOCS Project Co-Lead Swati Ravi is pictured operating an imaging microscope to observe P. aeruginosa and S. aureus bacterial biofilms in the Columbia University Dietrich Biological Shape and Pattern Formation Laboratory.
Photographer Jane Nisselson