Reknowned Plant Researcher Roger Beachy Joins Spacehab's Science Advisory Board.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2000 SPACEHAB, Inc. (Nasdaq/NMS:SPAB SPAB Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (UK) SPAB School Pupil Activity Bus SPAB Supply Priorities and Allocations Board SPAB Security Policy Advisory Board SPAB Society for the Preservation of Adolescent Behavior ), a leading provider of commercial space services, today announced that Dr. Roger N. Beachy Roger N. Beachy (1944) is an American biologist and the founding president of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Birth and education Roger N. Beachy was born in 1944 in the United States. , president of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . in St. Louis, Missouri, has joined the company's Science Advisory Board. Earlier this year, SPACEHAB and the Danforth Center signed a memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. (MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. ) with the Institute of Molecular Agrobiology ag·ro·bi·ol·o·gy n. The study of plant nutrition and growth in relation to soil conditions, especially to determine ways to increase crop yields. ag (IMA (Interactive Multimedia Association, Annapolis, MD) An earlier trade association founded in 1988 originally as the Interactive Video Industry Association. It provided an open process for adopting existing technologies and was involved in subjects such as networked services, scripting ) in Singapore and Monsanto Company to conduct joint life sciences research in space. Dr. Beachy, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, is internationally known for his work on virus-resistant plants. "We are pleased and honored to have Dr. Beachy join our Science Advisory Board," said Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr., M.D., SPACEHAB's Vice President for Science and Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract . "Dr. Beachy brings a wealth of knowledge, especially in the critical areas of plant science and biotechnology research." SPACEHAB established its Science Advisory Board in 1997 to provide scientific expertise on emerging technology and applications for space research. The board is engaged in canvassing the science and technology community regarding research endeavors that may be viable in space. The board also supports science and education outreach Education outreach is a variation of Cause Marketing and/or Strategic Philanthropy and other focused Public Affairs activities that are specific to education. These programs may include:
From 1991 to 1998, Dr. Beachy headed the Division of Plant Biology at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , California. From 1978 to 1991, Dr. Beachy was on the faculty of Washington University's Biology Department and headed the university's Center for Plant Science and Biotechnology. His work at Washington University, in collaboration with Monsanto, led to development of the world's first genetically altered food crop, a virus-resistant tomato. Dr. Beachy holds a Ph.D. in plant pathology from Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. (1973) and a B.A. in biology from Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana (1966). He is a member of many scientific societies, including the American Society for Plant Physiology, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is an academic society founded in 1906. It is currently based on the campus of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in Bethesda, Maryland. and American Society for Virology virology, study of viruses and their role in disease. Many viruses, such as animal RNA viruses and viruses that infect bacteria, or bacteriophages, have become useful laboratory tools in genetic studies and in work on the cellular metabolic control of gene expression . The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. founded in 1998, is the product of a partnership involving government, industry, and academia. Its mission is to increase understanding of plant biology; facilitate the development and commercialization of promisingtechnologies and products; and contribute to education and training. SPACEHAB is the first company to commercially develop, own and operate habitable habitable adj. referring to a residence that is safe and can be occupied in reasonable comfort. Although standards vary by region, the premises should be closed in against the weather, provide running water, access to decent toilets and bathing facilities, heating, modules that provide laboratory facilities and logistics resupply re·sup·ply tr.v. re·sup·plied, re·sup·ply·ing, re·sup·plies To provide with fresh supplies, as of weapons and ammunition. re aboard NASA's Space Shuttles. SPACEHAB has flown its habitat modules and cargo carriers on 14 Space Shuttle missions <onlyinclude> This is a list of missions flown by space shuttles. As of 2006, only the United States has flown human spaceflight shuttle missions, in the Space Shuttle program, while the Soviet Union flew one unmanned flight of the Buran. thus far. The company also supports astronaut training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and provides commercial satellite processing services for Boeing's Delta and Lockheed Martin's Atlas launch vehicles in North America.
June 2000
Fact Sheet
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center:
- The Danforth Center, a nonprofit independent research
institution named after the founder and former president of
Ralston Purina in St. Louis, was established in 1998 to
increase understanding of plant biology, sustain biological
productivity, facilitate the development and commercialization
of technologies and products, and contribute to education and
training. Global outreach is a primary goal.
- The Center aims to facilitate interdisciplinary research in
genetics, chemistry, cell biology, biochemistry, computational
genomics, and structural biology.
- Partners in the Center include Monsanto, the Missouri
Botanical Garden, Purdue University, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, University of Missouri-Columbia and
Washington University (St. Louis). The Danforth Foundation
(headed by former U.S. Senator John Danforth, son of Donald
Danforth) and the State of Missouri provide additional
support.
SPACEHAB, Space Media(TM), and S*T*A*R*S(TM):
- Established in 1984 and with more than $100 million in annual
revenue, SPACEHAB, Inc., is a leading provider of commercial
space services and the first company to commercially develop,
own and operate habitable modules that provide laboratory
facilities and logistics resupply aboard NASA's Space
Shuttles. SPACEHAB also trains Space Shuttle astronauts,
manufactures and operates mockups used for crew training, and
provides commercial payload processing services.
- SPACEHAB has flown its modules on 14 Space Shuttle missions
thus far, delivering services to NASA and other customers
worldwide on a commercial, fixed price basis.
- SPACEHAB is developing a space station habitat module called
Enterprise(TM), which will be the world's first commercial
real estate in space. Enterprise(TM) will be outfitted with a
multimedia production facility and attached to the
International Space Station.
- Space Media, Inc. (SMI(TM)), a subsidiary of SPACEHAB, will be
producing space-focused content aboard Enterprise(TM)for
television broadcasting and Internet distribution.
- SMI(TM) operates the S*T*A*R*S(TM) program. S*T*A*R*S(TM) is
an acronym for Space Technology And Research Students, a
global education program that allows students to design
experiments which will fly in space. Students monitor
S*T*A*R*S(TM) experiments on the Internet. Plans are under way
to fly S*T*A*R*S(TM) experiments for students in Australia,
China, Israel, Japan, Singapore, and the U.S.
Joint research initiative in protein crystal growth:
- On January 13, 2000, in Singapore, SPACEHAB, the Donald
Danforth Plant Science Center, the Institute of Molecular
Agrobiology and Monsanto Company signed a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) to engage in joint space research.
- The partners will develop a protein crystal growth experiment
to fly on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-107 in 2001.
Researchers will use a High-Density Protein Crystal Growth
Facility, provided by the Center for Macromolecular
Crystallography at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
- Protein crystal growth has been the single most important
commercial use of microgravity to date. Researchers can
determine a protein's structure by x-ray diffraction from
crystals of that protein; such knowledge is useful in
designing new drugs, for example. In the microgravity
environment of space, researchers can grow larger and purer
protein crystals that yield better diffraction results.
- In addition to collaborating on their own space-based
experimentation, signatories to the MOU will provide a
S*T*A*R*S(TM) program for students in Singapore and Missouri
that will culminate in the flight of an experiment on the
Space Shuttle.
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