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Spaceflight effects on biology

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Li-Feng Jiang-Xie
Washington University in St. Louis
2
Eliah Overbey
Cornell University
3
Alberto Elósegui-Artola
King's College London
4
Kimberly Begemann
University of Lübeck
5
Mahsa Masjoudi
Sharif University of Technology
6
Pau Guillamat
Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia de la Universitat de Barcelona
7
M. Rocio Servin‐Vences
Scripps Research Institute
8
Weston R. Whitaker
Stanford University
9
Natalia Bobba‐Alves
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
10
Mei ElGindi
New York University Abu Dhabi

Papers

1
Neuronal dynamics direct cerebrospinal fluid perfusion and brain clearance
Nature|2024
187 cit.
2
The Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) and international astronaut biobank
Nature|2024
99 cit.
3
Publication in npj Biological Timing and Sleep (2025) [54 citations, W4408243170]
npj Biological Timing and Sleep|2025
54 cit.
4
Collection of biospecimens from the inspiration4 mission establishes the standards for the space omics and medical atlas (SOMA)
Nature Communications|2024
37 cit.
5
Publication in Science (2025) [35 citations, W4412490658]
Science|2025
35 cit.
6
Photodegradation of micropollutants by vacuum-UV (VUV) radiation in potable reuse waters: Promotive and inhibitory effects of free chlorine oxidant
Journal of environmental chemical engineering|2024
5 cit.
7
Guidance of cellular nematic elastomers into shape-programmable living surfaces
Science|2026
4 cit.
8
CAMbank: Environmental Swabbing in Flight (v1) v1
Unknown Journal|2025
0 cit.
9
CAMbank: Saliva Collection (crude, v1) v1
Unknown Journal|2025
0 cit.
10
Publication (2025) [W4413392038]
Unknown Journal|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Seong‐Woon Yu
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
2
Sangwon Kim
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
3
Hernán Lorenzi
Center for Infectious Disease Research
4
Peng Wang
North China University of Technology
5
Collin Y. Ewald
Novartis (Switzerland)
6
Derek M. Huffman
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
7
Ovijit Chaudhuri
Stanford University
8
Shiori Komine
Keio University
9
Kyoko Ishino
Keio University
10
Georgios Koutsovoulos
Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas

Papers

1
ATF-4 and hydrogen sulfide signalling mediate longevity in response to inhibition of translation or mTORC1
Nature Communications|2022
104 cit.
2
Collagen constitutes about 12% in females and 17% in males of the total protein in mice
Scientific Reports|2023
66 cit.
3
Cell volume expansion and local contractility drive collective invasion of the basement membrane in breast cancer
Nature Materials|2023
64 cit.
4
Longevity interventions modulate mechanotransduction and extracellular matrix homeostasis in C. elegans
Nature Communications|2024
44 cit.
5
Longevity interventions temporally scale healthspan in Caenorhabditis elegans
iScience|2022
41 cit.
6
AvP: A software package for automatic phylogenetic detection of candidate horizontal gene transfers
PLoS Computational Biology|2022
35 cit.
7
Presenilin 2 N141I mutation induces hyperactive immune response through the epigenetic repression of REV-ERBα
Nature Communications|2022
34 cit.
8
Lumen expansion is initially driven by apical actin polymerization followed by osmotic pressure in a human epiblast model
Cell stem cell|2024
27 cit.
9
TNIK’s emerging role in cancer, metabolism, and age-related diseases
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences|2024
24 cit.
10
Cross‐Linker Architectures Impact Viscoelasticity in Dynamic Covalent Hydrogels
Advanced Healthcare Materials|2024
24 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
H. Robert Horvitz
Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
2
Ueli Schibler
University of Geneva
3
Cynthia Kenyon
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
4
Dava Newman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5
Charles A. Czeisler
Brigham and Women's Hospital
6
Fred W. Turek
Northwestern University
7
Joseph S. Takahashi
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
8
Daniela Grimm
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
9
David Gems
University College London
10
Kasthuri Venkateswaran
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Papers

1
Kinetics and Kinematics for Translational Motions in Microgravity During Parabolic Flight
Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine|2009
5.3k cit.
2
Post-embryonic cell lineages of the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans
Developmental Biology|1977
3.6k cit.
3
A C. elegans mutant that lives twice as long as wild type
Nature|1993
3.4k cit.
4
Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Circadian <i>Clock</i> Mutant Mice
Science|2005
2.5k cit.
5
Restricted feeding uncouples circadian oscillators in peripheral tissues from the central pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus
Genes & Development|2000
2.4k cit.
6
PERIOD2::LUCIFERASE real-time reporting of circadian dynamics reveals persistent circadian oscillations in mouse peripheral tissues
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2004
2.4k cit.
7
Genes that act downstream of DAF-16 to influence the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans
Nature|2003
2.3k cit.
8
The Orphan Nuclear Receptor REV-ERBα Controls Circadian Transcription within the Positive Limb of the Mammalian Circadian Oscillator
Cell|2002
2.2k cit.
9
A Serum Shock Induces Circadian Gene Expression in Mammalian Tissue Culture Cells
Cell|1998
2k cit.
10
Resetting of Circadian Time in Peripheral Tissues by Glucocorticoid Signaling
Science|2000
1.9k cit.

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