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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,185 30 January 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)

NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,185 30 January 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)

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Khodadad CLM, Dixit AR, Hummerick ME, Spencer LE, Spern CJ, Torres J, Monje O, Richards JT, Gooden J, Curry AB, Massa GD, DuFour N, Poulet L, Romeyn MW, Wheeler RM.Evaluating microbial community profiles of chile peppers grown on the International Space Station provides implications for fruiting crops.Sci Rep. 2026 Jan 23. Online ahead of print.Note: ISS results. This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 3.9

Funding: “Funding was provided by NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences which funded the ground and development work. The International Space Station Program funded PH-04 flight study.”

Spern CJ, Hummerick ME, Khodadad CLM, Morales CJ, Dixit AR, Spencer LE, Mitchell C, Morrow B, Wheeler RM, Massa GD.The microbial communities of a tomato crop grown in Veggie under different lighting regimes on the International Space Station.Life Sci Space Res. 2026 Jan 26. Online ahead of print.Journal Impact Factor: 2.8

Funding: “This research was co-funded by NASA’s Human Research Program and Space Biology Program as part of the ILSRA 2015 NRA submission ‘Pick-and-eat salad-crop productivity, nutritional value, and acceptability to supplement the ISS food system.’”

Hoeppner G, Bshennaty A, Vogl B, Saleh G, Alkhouli M, Hatoum H.Microgravity-induced alterations in left atrial hemodynamics and thrombogenic risk: Insights from healthy and atrial fibrillation models.Acta Astronaut. 2026 Jan 27. Online ahead of print.Note: From the abstract: “Patient-specific left atrial models were generated for three healthy individuals and three AF patients. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were performed using each patient’s baseline mitral outflow waveform and two modified waveforms representing short- and long-duration post-flight cardiac loading changes derived from echocardiographic observations. Hemodynamic metrics included left atrial velocity, time averaged wall shear stress, oscillatory shear index, relative residence time, and stasis volume, which were used to assess thrombogenic flow conditions.”

Journal Impact Factor: 3.4

Funding: “This research was partially funded by the American Heart Association award number #24CDA1269661, and the Institute of Computing and Cybersystems at Michigan Technological University. Ahmad Bshennaty was partially funded by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation award #2024110010, and Grace Hoeppner was partially funded by the Michigan Space Grant Consortium award #80NSSC20M0124 and by the Ken Larm scholarship.”

Olson A, Kumari S, Wei X, Chougule K, Lu Z, Tello-Ruiz MK, Kumar V, Van Buren P, Olson A, Kim C, Braynen J, Zhang L, Dyer S, Alvarez-Jarreta J, Saraf S, Contreras-Moreira B, Naamati G, Ernst C, Papatheodorou I, George N, Jaiswal P, Naithani S, Gupta P, Elser J, D’Eustachio P, Assmann SM, Ferrero-Serrano Á, Pasha A, Provart N, Gladman N, Ware D.Gramene 2025: Expanded comparative genomics and pathway resources, integrated search, and pan-genome portals for crop research.Nucleic Acids Research. 2025 Jan 6;54(D1):D1720-D32.PI: P. JaiswalNote: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 13.1

Funding: “This work was supported by the United States Department of Agriculture grant USDA-ARS [8062-21000-051-000D to D.W., N.G.; 0201-88888-003-000D [SciNet]; 0201-88888- 002-000D (SciNet)]; National Science Foundation, USA [2122358 to D.W.; 2122357 to S.A., A.F.-S.; 2029854 to P.J.]; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA [80NSSC22K0891 to S.N.; 80NSSC22K0855 to P.J.]; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) [HR0011-23-9-0054 to P.J., S.N.]; US National Institutes of Health [S10OD028632-01 (CSHL Cluster); NHRGI U24 HG012198]; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to N.J.P.; Wellcome Trust [grant numbers WT222155/Z/20/Z, 221401/Z/20/Z to C.E.]; European Molecular Biology Laboratory to C.E.; and Oregon State University.”

Zhang Z, Manikkan S, Krishnan M, Azimi M, Vaccino L, Wang J, Xue C, Dyke SJ, Bilionis I, Han S, Parsons P.Managing delay-induced challenges in remote monitoring of uncrewed space habitats: The impact of forecasting telemetry visualizations.Acta Astronaut. 2026 Apr;241:1-18.Note: From the abstract: “Future deep-space missions will require ground teams to monitor and manage uncrewed habitats under significant communication delays, forcing operators to anticipate system behavior and respond to anomalies without real-time feedback. This study investigates whether visual forecasting aids can support these cognitive demands. In a controlled experiment, 35 participants performed a simulated habitat monitoring task under one of three conditions: no delay and no forecast, delay without forecast, or delay with forecasting support.”

Journal Impact Factor: 3.4

Funding: “This work was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Grant No. 80NSSC19K1076.”

Sigdel S, Sawant H, Yu BX, Chen A, Albalawy R, Wang J.From cerebrovascular injury to vascular cognitive impairment and dementia: Therapeutic potential of stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles.Biomedicines. 2026 Jan 13;14(1). Review.Note: This article is part of Special Issue “Unraveling New Horizon in Vascular Diseases: From Pathophysiology to Novel Therapeutic” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biomedicines/special_issues/2IQQK9H0S3) and may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 3.9

Funding: “This work was partially supported by the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium (80NSSC20M0055; S.S.), the American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award (935826; J.W.), and the AHA Transformational Project Award (24TPA1291189; J.W.). All authors thank Kaden Shaffer for proofreading the manuscript.”

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