SpacePharma
http://www.space4p.com
- Life Sciences

Contact Information
Ori Braun Senior Vice President Business Development Mobile: +1-650-996-5776 braun.ori@space4p.com
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
- Customizable microfluidic chips available per customer requests
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