Inside a high-stakes experiment in protein crystallization
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
On April 18, 2014, former astronaut and UAB Professor Lawrence DeLucas, O.D., Ph.D., stood at Cape Canaveral and watched several hundred crystallization experiments blast into orbit aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Then he and his team headed back to Birmingham. Another countdown had begun. When the timer stops this summer, DeLucas will have new research that could render expanded opportunities for the business and utilization of space.