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SpacePharma

http://www.space4p.com

• Life Sciences

SpacePharma’s Advanced Labs (SPad) are simplified, accessible, affordable, end-to-end (E2E) microgravity solutions that can be controlled in near real-time via a web based Scientist Front End (SFE) interface.

SpacePharma customers can expect:

• Scientific support throughout the grant writing and reporting processes
• Technical guidance for experiment protocol design
• Personalized modification of our SPad system
• Engineering integration
• Feasibility study assistance
• Science team hardware training
• Ground test facilities and mission simulations
• Experiment verification testing
• Mission management
• Software/firmware development
• Payload operations and control center
• SFE experiment monitoring and management
• E2E launch and landing service
• Physical payload integration and de-integration
• Return of fixed/frozen samples to scientists for post-processing
• Non-disclosure agreement provisions (according to customer needs)
• Commercial off the shelf (COT) and tailored product integration

SpacePharma’s SPad Labs have a modular design that is readily adaptable to the specific needs of each researcher. General
SPad capabilities include:

• Fluorescent and/or bright-field microscopy: 5x, 10x, 20x and 40x
• Spectrophotometry with selectable wavelengths for fluorescence imaging
• Image and video capture (Full high-speed HD video, time-lapse, full resolution images)
• Automated fluid handling components (pumps, reservoirs, etc.)
• Dynamic temperature control:
  • Bio -20°C to +40°C and 5% CO2
  • Bio-chemical -20°C to 60°C
• Microfluidic chip integration:
  • Customizable microfluidic chips available per customer requests
    • Up-to 8 distinct chip designs with 240 experiments
  • Capable of simultaneous delivery of multiple reagents
  • Reagents flow rate range: 10-500 µl/min

SpacePharma is an active player in the commercial space sector with experience placing scientific research platforms:

• Aboard the International Space Station
• In orbit within nanosatellite laboratories
• Aboard parabolic flights

SpacePharma’s Advanced Labs have been used to study a wide range of topics to date including:

• Investigation of human organ-on-a-chip systems in microgravity
• Protein crystallization
• Cancer biology
• Cell senescence and aging
• Pharmaceutical chemistry
• Microbiology