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Author: Mindi Capp
NASA EXPRESS: Your STEM Connection for Nov. 1, 2018
Check out the latest NASA opportunities for the education community.
DEADLINE EXTENDED: MUREP Innovation and Tech Transfer Idea Competition
Audience: Multidisciplinary Student Teams Enrolled at Minority Serving Institutions
Concept Paper Deadline: Nov. 6
Contact: HQ-MITTIC@mail.nasa.gov
Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Innovation and Tech Transfer Idea Competition (MITTIC) is a spinoff challenge established to develop new ideas for commercialization of NASA technology. Teams choose one NASA technology from the provided list and submit concept papers using MITTIC challenge guidelines. Up to 10 teams will be selected to participate using an online collaboration tool and will receive funding to travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, for an immersion experience in January 2019.
Livestream of National Air and Space Society Lecture Featuring Apollo Program Flight Director Eugene Kranz
Audience: Public
Event Date: Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. EST
Contact: NASMVisitorServices@si.edu
The National Air and Space Society is hosting the 2018 Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night lecture featuring aerospace engineer, fighter pilot and Apollo program flight director Eugene Kranz. Throughout his distinguished career, Kranz played a critical role in many milestones in America's space program, serving as flight director for Apollo 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17. Watch the lecture live online via livestream.
Virginia Earth System Science Scholars Program
Audience: Virginia High School Juniors and Seniors
Application Deadline: Nov. 11
Contact: joyce.h.corriere@nasa.gov
VESSS is an interactive online STEM learning experience for Virginia high school juniors and seniors. Participants will complete seven web-based modules and a final project. Those who perform well in the online course may be selected for a one-week residential summer academy at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Participants will be eligible to receive college credits through Thomas Nelson Community College with costs underwritten by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium.
Explore Flight: Speed of Sound
Audience: Educators of Grades K-12
Event Date: Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. EST
Contact: barbie.buckner@nasa.gov
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Learn about motions and forces, transfer of energy and the abilities of technological design to reduce or eliminate aircraft noise. The speed of sound and factors affecting it are important concepts related to the physics of sound. Enjoy hands-on activities and physical demonstrations for educators to use and share within their classrooms. Online registration is required.
Explore Moon to Mars: A Field Trip to The Moon
Audience: Educators of Grades 5-8
Contact: deepika.sangam@nasa.gov
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Embark on a "Field Trip to the Moon" with NASA EDPC. In this inquiry-based journey, your students will learn team-building and careers in science and engineering. And they will design a self-sufficient lunar station. As they work in teams to investigate ecosystem, geology, habitat, engineering, navigation and medicine, emphasis is on critical thinking skills, problem-solving techniques and understanding of complex systems as they discuss solutions to essential questions. Online registration is required.
2019-2020 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship
Audience: K-12 STEM Educators
Application Deadline: Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. EST
Contact: sc.einstein@science.doe.gov
The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship is a paid fellowship for K-12 science, mathematics, engineering and technology teachers. Einstein Fellows spend a school year in the Washington, D.C., area serving in a federal agency or on Capitol Hill. Applicants must be U.S. citizens currently employed full time in a U.S. elementary or secondary school or school district. Applicants must have been teaching STEM full time for at least five of the last seven years.
Department of Energy's Scholars Program 2019
Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate Students; Postgraduates
Application Deadline: Dec. 17 at 5 p.m. EST
Contact: doescholars@orau.org
The U.S. Department of Energy's Scholars Program introduces college students and recent college graduates to the Department of Energy's mission and operations. Participants apply their education, talent and skills in a variety of scientific research settings. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and be an undergraduate, graduate or recent postgraduate of an accredited institute of higher education. Internships typically last 10 weeks during the summer, and stipends are provided.
Department of Homeland Security's Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions
Audience: Faculty Members at Minority Serving Institutions
Application Deadline: Dec. 21
Contact: DHSed@orau.org
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions provides faculty and student research teams the opportunity to do research at the university-based DHS Centers of Excellence. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and at an eligible MSI at the time of application. Selected faculty will be invited to submit a team application including a research project proposal developed in collaboration with a DHS Center researcher and applications from one or two qualified students.
Explore Moon to Mars: Student Launches
Audience: Educators of Grades 6-12
Event Date: Nov. 1 at 6:30 p.m. EDT
Contact: john.f.weis@nasa.gov
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. As NASA expands human exploration by visiting the Moon and then Mars, deep space exploration will require innovations in transportation that include the Space Launch System, Orion and Ground Launch Systems. Activity emphasis will be on model rocketry challenges such as the Team America Rocket Challenge and NASA's Student Launch. This webinar addresses the Next Generation Science Standards PS2 and ETS1. Online registration is required.
NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships—Fall 2019
Audience: Graduate Students
Application Deadline: Nov. 1
Contact: hq-nstrf-call@mail.nasa.gov
NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate seeks to sponsor graduate student researchers who are U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents. Applicants must show significant potential to contribute to NASA's goal of creating innovative space technologies for the nation's science, exploration and economic future. The research grants, worth up to $80,000 per year, will coincide with the start of the 2019 fall academic term. Selected candidates will do research at their colleges or universities and at selected NASA centers.
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowships
Audience: Graduate Students and Ph.D. Scientists
Application Deadlines: Nov. 1, March 1 and July 1
Contact: npphelp@usra.edu
The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers early career and senior scientists one- to three-year work assignments with NASA scientists and engineers. Opportunities relate to missions in Earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics, space bioscience, aeronautics, engineering, human exploration and space operations, astrobiology and science management. Applicants must have completed a doctorate or equivalent degree before beginning the fellowship, but they may apply while completing degree requirements.
NASA International Space Station RFID Localization Challenge
Audience: U.S. Citizens Ages and 18 Over
Entry Deadline: Nov. 2
Contact: patrick.w.fink@nasa.gov
NASA has an experimental Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tracking system aboard the International Space Station that can provide the location of tagged items. NASA is seeking to improve the efficiency of the system by challenging participants to create algorithms to estimate the location of RFID tagged items more accurately within the space station. The locations returned by participants' algorithms will be compared to ground-truth data. A prize purse of up to $26,500 in overall cash prizes is available.
Calling Teachers and Student Innovators: Register for 2018-2019 Conrad Challenge
Audience: Students Ages 13-18 and Educators of Grades 9-12
Registration Deadline: Nov. 2
Contact: kristin@conradchallenge.org
The Conrad Challenge is an annual, virtual competition that invites students worldwide to become entrepreneurs and apply innovation, science, technology, creativity and critical thinking to solve challenges having global impact in six categories. Teams of two-five students, ages 13-18, create products and/or services that address some of the most pressing global challenges. Guided by teachers and industry experts, the competition becomes a master class in collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and communication.
NASA Internships—2019
Audience: High School, Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Contact: NASA-Internships@mail.nasa.gov
Are you a current student with a 3.0 GPA and U.S. citizen? Be part of NASA's mission! NASA's agency internship program is now accepting applications for spring, summer and fall of 2019. NASA interns contribute to important missions and goals, while gaining valuable professional experience. Internship projects will continue to be posted during the coming weeks. Selections for the upcoming spring session will be made through early November.
Recycling in Space: Waste Handling in a Microgravity Environment Challenge
Audience: Individuals Ages 18 and Older
Informational Webinar: Nov. 5 at 10 a.m. EST
Submission Deadline: Jan. 16, 2019
Contact: phd@ninesigma.com
On Earth, recycling technologies can utilize gravity to move waste when converting it to new materials or constituent molecules. In a microgravity environment, however, technology is the only way to transfer the waste for processing. The aim of this challenge is to identify receptacle and feeder mechanisms suitable for a microgravity environment that can deliver mission waste for decomposition. NASA plans to award $10,000 to the first-place winner and two $2,500 second prizes. Successful entrants may have the opportunity for future collaboration with NASA.
Explore Moon to Mars: MarsBound—Math and Science Together
Event Date: Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. EST
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Explore the NASA resource "MarsBound: Mission to the Red Planet." This cross-curricular activity combines science, engineering, mathematics and group interaction as students plan for an unmanned mission to the Red Planet. The activities shared in this webinar address Common Core mathematics standards and Next Generation Science Standard ETS1. Online registration is required.
Human Spaceflight: Hazards of Human Spaceflight
Contact: stephen.p.culivan@nasa.gov
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Human spaceflight will enable astronauts to continue orbiting Earth, return to the Moon and then journey on to Mars bringing together science, technology and human innovation. Explore the hazards astronauts face in the extreme environment of space travel and the NASA-developed solutions to ensure the safety and well-being of the astronauts. NASA STEM classroom lessons and online resources will be integrated. Online registration is required.
Next Generation Animal Tracking Ideation Challenge
Audience: Anyone Ages 18 and Older
Submission Deadline: Nov. 8
Contact: lynn.buquo-1@nasa.gov
Current animal tracking technology provides limited coverage and is costly. NASA and The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management are seeking ideas for how to use emerging SmallSat/CubeSat technology along with other space, stratosphere, land and/or water systems to improve the spatial and temporal coverage, spatial accuracy and/or data packet size of animal telemetry data collection and tracking. A total prize pool of up to $30,000 is available. Up to three awards are planned with the minimum prize being no lower than $5,000.
Free Lecture—Deep Space Network
Audience: All Educators; Students in Grades 9-12 and Higher Education
Event Date: Nov. 8-9 at 10 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. PDT)
Contact: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/contact_JPL.php
How does NASA capture the faint whispers of spacecraft voyaging to far-flung destinations across the solar system and beyond? The answer involves giant radio antennas, global cooperation and a lot of careful planning. Join researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a discussion about NASA's Deep Space Network and how it turns radio waves into science and engineering data. Attend the lectures in person, or view Thursday's lecture via live webcast.
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity
Audience: All Educators
Proposal Deadline: Nov. 15
Contact: ariss.us.education@gmail.com
ARISS-US is accepting proposals from U.S. schools and youth education organizations working individually or together to host an amateur radio contact with an astronaut aboard the ISS between July 1 and Dec. 30, 2019. To augment the events, ARISS-US is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed STEAM education plan. Contacts are about 10 minutes long. Visit the site for proposal guidelines, forms and upcoming pre-proposal webinars.
Cosmic Explorations Speaker Series—NASA's Juno Mission: What's New at Jupiter?
Audience: Public, Grades 7-Higher Education Educators and Students
Event Date: Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. CST
Contact: shaner@lpi.usra.edu
Join the Lunar and Planetary Institute for a free lecture to explore how our knowledge of Jupiter has changed over the past 50 years of planetary exploration. Dr. Fran Bagenal of the University of Colorado-Boulder—and member of NASA's Juno mission team—will present "NASA's Juno Mission: What's New at Jupiter?" Attend the lecture in person at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, or watch the presentation via livestream.
CubeSat Launch Opportunity
Audience: K-12, Higher Education Educators and Students
Contact: Jason.Crusan@nasa.gov
NASA is seeking proposals for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned to launch or be deployed from the International Space Station between 2019 and 2022. The CubeSat Launch Initiative gives students, teachers and faculty a chance to get hands-on flight hardware development experience while designing, building and operating small research satellites. This opportunity is open to U.S. nonprofit organizations and accredited educational organizations.
2019 Drop Tower Challenge: Plant Watering in Microgravity
Audience: Students in Grades 9-12
Contact: Ed-DropTower@lists.nasa.gov
Future long-duration space missions will require crews to grow food; so, understanding how to water plants in microgravity is important—especially because the roots also require air. Teams of high school students are challenged to design and build objects that will use wetting characteristics to transport both water and air in a microgravity environment. Objects created by selected teams will experience microgravity in NASA's 2.2 Second Drop Tower. NASA will invite the top-performing teams to present their results in a student poster session at the 2019 meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research.
Mechanical Maker Challenge: Mechanical Eye
Audience: U.S. Residents Ages 18 and Older
Submission Deadline: Nov. 30
Contact: mechanicalmaker@jpl.nasa.gov
With its sulfuric acid clouds, temperatures over 450°C and surface pressure 92 times that of Earth, Venus is one of the most hostile planetary environments in the solar system. Most electrical components do not survive long in these conditions, but NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory hopes to build an automaton (or clockwork mechanical robot) rover to explore Venus. This challenge seeks innovative ideas for a mechanical camera system that could operate under the harsh conditions found on Venus. The first place winner will have the opportunity to demonstrate and give a short presentation on the winning device at JPL/Caltech, and will receive up to $1,000 to cover travel costs.
2019 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Audience: 9-12 and Higher Education Educators and Students
International Team Registration Deadline: Dec. 13
U.S. Team Registration Deadline: Jan. 17, 2019
Contact: MSFC-RoverChallenge2019@mail.nasa.gov
Registration is now open for the 2019 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. The competition will be held April 12-13, 2019, in Huntsville, Alabama, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Teams of high school and college students are challenged to design and build a human-powered vehicle to traverse the simulated surface of another world. The course includes 14 obstacles and five tasks, and teams must meet NASA specifications. Each school may enter up to two teams. For international entries, no more than four teams from each country can be accepted.
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Take part in a Year of Education on Station. September 2017 – September 2018: Although on different crews, astronauts Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold – both former teachers – will work aboard the International Space Station. Visit NASA's A Year of Education on Station website for out-of-this-world resources and opportunities for K-16 students and educators.
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Author Mindi CappPosted on November 1, 2018 October 31, 2018 Categories EducationTags Educational Resources, NASA Fellowships, Opportunities for Educators, Student Competitions, Student Internships, WebcastsLeave a comment on NASA EXPRESS: Your STEM Connection for Nov. 1, 2018
NASA EXPRESS: Your STEM Connection for Oct. 25, 2018
Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh Presents 'Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission' Exhibit
Exhibit Dates: Open Through Feb. 18, 2019
Contact: BMSmith@heinzhistorycenter.org
The Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh is the third of four stops for a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module Columbia—the only part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft to return intact to Earth. The exhibit features more than 100 artifacts, including astronaut Buzz Aldrin's extravehicular visor and gloves, a star chart and more. The family friendly exhibit also features an immersive launchpad entrance, iconic audio from mission control and interactives like a lunar lander video game and a virtual 3D tour of Columbia's interior.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 2019 Research Fellowships
Audience: Predoctoral, Postdoctoral and Nonacademic Researchers
Application Deadline: Dec. 1
Contact: NASM-Fellowships@si.edu
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum seeks applicants for several research fellowships related to aviation and space history being offered in 2019. Applications must be submitted electronically and must include three letters of reference, a summary description, a research proposal and a research budget. Applicants must also identify a member of the Smithsonian's research staff who will act as a principal advisor. Visit the fellowships website for full details.
2019 High-Altitude Student Platform Opportunity
Audience: Higher Education Educators and Students
Contact: laspace@lsu.edu
The Louisiana Space Consortium, or LaSPACE, is accepting applications from students at U.S. colleges and universities who want to send experiments to the edge of space. The annual project, supported by the NASA Balloon Program Office and LaSPACE, provides near-space access for 12 student experiments to be carried by a NASA high-altitude research balloon. The flights typically last 15 to 20 hours and reach an altitude of 23 miles. Experiments may include compact satellites or prototypes.
2019-2020 Virginia Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship
Audience: Undergraduate Sophomores and Juniors at Virginia Space Grant Consortium Member Institutions Listed Below
Application Deadline: Jan. 28, 2019
Contact: jkuberek@odu.edu
The Virginia Space Grant Consortium is offering undergraduate research scholarships of up to $8,500 to encourage students to conduct research in STEM fields. Participants must take part in active faculty-mentored research that aligns with NASA's mission. Applicants must be enrolled full time at The College of William and Mary, Hampton University, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia or Virginia Tech. Scholarships are awarded for the following academic year.
2019-2020 Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate STEM Research Fellowship
Audience: Graduate Students at Virginia Space Grant Consortium Member Institutions Listed Below
The Virginia Space Grant Consortium's Graduate STEM Research Fellowship Program provides fellowships of $6,000 in add-on support to graduate students to supplement and enhance basic research in STEM fields. Research should support NASA's mission. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and enrolled full time at The College of William and Mary, Hampton University, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia or Virginia Tech. Fellowships are renewable for one year.
2019-2020 Virginia Space Grant Consortium Community College STEM Scholarship
Audience: Virginia Community College Freshmen
Application Deadline: March 11, 2019
The Virginia Space Grant Consortium is offering $2,000 scholarships to students at schools in the Virginia Community College System. Applicants must be majoring in a STEM field, and be interested in pursuing a career that supports NASA's mission, including careers in the aerospace sector. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Scholarships are awarded for the students' sophomore year.
2019-2020 Virginia Space Grant Consortium STEM Bridge Scholarships
Audience: Undergraduate Students (Underclassmen) at Virginia Space Grant Consortium Member Institutions Listed Below. Minority students are strongly encouraged to apply.
The Virginia Space Grant Consortium is offering renewable scholarships of $1,000 to undergraduate students studying STEM. The STEM Bridge Scholarships are available to students who are U.S. citizens and are enrolled full time at The College of William and Mary, Hampton University, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia or Virginia Tech. Scholarships are awarded for the academic year following application. Applicants must be classified as sophomores during the 2019-2020 academic year.
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Commercial Crew 2019 Calendar Artwork Contest
Audience: Students Ages 4-12
New Entry Deadline: Oct. 25 at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Contact: info@sciartexchange.org
NASA's Commercial Crew Program is holding an art contest to create a 2019 calendar. Each month will have a different theme related to the International Space Station, astronauts, growing food in space and more! Unique and original artwork will be selected for each month. Once the calendar is complete, NASA will transmit it to astronauts aboard the space station. The calendar also will include supplemental education materials for kids on Earth to learn more about the space-related themes.
Celebrate Solar Week—Fall 2018
Audience: Educators and Students in Grades 5-9, Informal Educators
Event Date: Oct. 22-26
Contact: solarweek@solarweek.org
Solar Week provides a weeklong series of web-based educational classroom and out-of-school activities with a focus on the Sun-Earth connection. Students ages 10-14 can learn about solar eclipses, sunspots, solar storms, solar energy and solar careers through a series of cool facts, activities, games and questions to solar scientists. Solar Week is ideal for young teens or others wanting to know more about our Sun, the solar system, the stars or astronomy in general.
Sally Ride EarthKam Mission
Audience: K-12 and Informal Educators
Mission Dates: Oct. 23-26
Contact: https://www.earthkam.org/contact
Sally Ride EarthKam is a free STEM educational program managed by the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. EarthKAM allows your students to take images of Earth from space using a camera aboard the International Space Station. Use EarthKam as a teaching tool to study subjects ranging from geography to art to meteorology. Visit the website for details and to register to participate.
The National Science Foundation 2026 Idea Machine
Audience: Educators and Students Ages 14 and Older
Entry Deadline: Oct. 26
Contact: nsf2026IM@nsf.gov
The NSF 2026 Idea Machine is a competition to help set the U.S. agenda for fundamental research in science and engineering. Participants can earn cash prizes and receive public recognition by suggesting the pressing research questions that need to be answered in the coming decade. The competition is an opportunity for researchers, the public and other interested stakeholders to contribute to NSF's mission to support basic research and enable new discoveries.
DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2018-19 University Student Design Challenge at NASA's Glenn Research Center
Audience: Undergraduate Students
New Registration Deadline: Oct. 29
Contact: grc-university-design-challenge@mail.nasa.gov
NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, is hosting a 2018-19 University Student Design Challenge (USDC-3) with aeronautics and space themes. The competition is open to teams of full-time undergraduate students who are juniors or seniors enrolled at accredited U.S. academic institutions. Multidisciplinary teams are encouraged. Each university or college team must have at least one faculty advisor. Participants will have access to subject matter experts at Glenn who will serve as mentors for the teams.
Call for Presenters: 2019 Space Port Area Conference for Educators
Audience: K-12 Formal and Informal Educators
Proposal Deadline: Oct. 31
Conference Dates: July 24-26, 2019
Contact: goforspace@gmail.com
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation is hosting the second annual Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Organizers are seeking interactive, innovative STEM sessions that align with Next Generation Science Standards where possible. Presenters will receive a discounted registration rate (limited to two presenters per accepted presentation). Proposers and attendees must be U.S. citizens.
Space Shuttle Thermal Protective Tiles and Blankets Available for Educational Use
Audience: Educational Institutions, Museums and Other Education Organizations
Contact: GSAXcessHelp@gsa.gov
NASA invites U.S. educational institutions to request space shuttle thermal protective tiles, space shuttle thermal protective blankets, and other special items offered on a first-come, first-served basis while quantities last. A nominal shipping fee must be paid online with a credit card.
eCYBERMISSION Competition
Audience: Students in Grades 6-9
Early Registration Deadline: Nov. 21
Registration Deadline: Dec. 19
Contact: missioncontrol@eCYBERMISSION.com
Registration is open for the eCYBERMISSION competition, sponsored by the U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program. Free to students, this web-based competition challenges teams to identify a problem in their communities to use scientific inquiry or the engineering design process to investigate or propose a solution to that problem. Teams compete for state, regional and national awards of up to $9,000 in U.S. savings bonds. eCYBERMISSION provides a wealth of online resources for student teams and for Team Advisors to assist with project completion.
2019 RASC-AL Competition
Audience: Full-time Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Optional NOI Deadline: Oct. 15
Entry Deadline: Jan. 17, 2019
Contact: rascal@nianet.org
The 2019 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts—Academic Linkages (RASC-AL) invites teams of university students to respond to one of four themes with creative ideas to improve our ability to access and explore cis-lunar space via the Gateway: 1. Gateway Logistics as a Science Platform, 2. Gateway-based Cis-lunar Tug, 3. Gateway-based Human Lunar Surface Access, 4. Gateway Uncrewed Utilization and Operations. Up to 14 teams will be chosen to participate in a competitive design review at the RASC-AL Forum in June 2019.
Author Mindi CappPosted on October 25, 2018 October 24, 2018 Categories EducationTags Educational Resources, Funding Opportunities, NASA Fellowships, Opportunities for Educators, Scholarships, Student Competitions, Student Internships, WebcastsLeave a comment on NASA EXPRESS: Your STEM Connection for Oct. 25, 2018
International Observe the Moon Night
Event Date: Oct. 20
Contact: https://moon.nasa.gov/feedback/
On Oct. 20, the whole world has the chance to admire and celebrate our Moon on International Observe the Moon Night. And you can join in the fun! Visit the website to find a map of registered events and make plans to attend. If you don't see an event near you, sign up to host your own! The website has step-by-step plans for hosting an event of any size. Ideas for hands-on activities are available to make your event a success.
International Team Registration Deadline: Dec. 13U.S. Team Registration Deadline: Jan. 17, 2019
Explore Solar System and Beyond: By the Numbers
Event Date: Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. EDT
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Integrate out-of-this-world math, science and engineering into your classroom with NASA STEM solar system activities and missions. Investigate real data, classification, graphing and scale models to better understand and visualize our Sun, planets, asteroids and other objects in our solar system. Online registration is required.
Earth Science Week 2018 Photography Contest
Entry Deadline: Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. EDT
Contact: info@earthsciweek.org
Celebrate Earth Science Week 2018 with American Geosciences Institute's photography contest. Photographs should support the topic "Inspired by Earth" and show a view of the natural world that you find inspiring. Any resident of the United States or any AGI international affiliate may enter. Entries must be submitted electronically. Only one entry will be accepted per person.
Earth Science Week 2018 Visual Arts Contest
Audience: Students in Grades K-5
Celebrate Earth Science Week 2018 with American Geosciences Institute's visual arts contest. Artwork should focus on the topic "Earth and Art." The contest is open to students in grades K-5 who are residents of the United States. Participants should submit an original 2D visual arts project that shows how the natural world is part of making art. Entries must be submitted by mail.
Earth Science Week 2018 Essay Contest
Celebrate Earth Science Week 2018 with American Geosciences Institute's essay contest. Essays should focus on the theme "Finding 'Art' in Earth." The contest is open to students in grades 6-9 who are residents of the United States. Participants should submit an original essay up to 300 words in length, typed and formatted to fit on one page. Entries must be submitted electronically.
Earth Science Week 2018 Video Contest
Audience: International Public
Celebrate Earth Science Week 2018 with American Geosciences Institute's video contest. Videos should focus on the theme "Earth Expressions." Submit a brief, 30-90 second original video that tells viewers about artistic expression that stems from the natural world. The contest is open to individuals or teams of interested persons of any age in any part of the world. Entries must be submitted electronically.
Become a Member of the Infiniscope Education Advisory Board
Audience: All Formal and Informal Educators
Application Deadline: Oct. 19
Contact: jlswann@asu.edu
The Arizona State University Infiniscope Project (under cooperative agreement with NASA's Science Mission Directorate) aims to recruit individuals with enthusiasm, passion and ambition for a renewable, one-year term on its advisory board starting November 2018 and ending October 2019. Board members will review Infiniscope-developed educational products and receive a stipend, training, collaborative space and recognition on the Infiniscope website. Board members also will have opportunities to earn badges and attend group meetings at national conventions.
NASA's International Space Apps Challenge
Audience: Problem Solvers of All Ages
Contact: https://2018.spaceappschallenge.org
The seventh annual International Space Apps Challenge invites tech-savvy innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs, designers, artists, educators and students worldwide to use NASA data to develop projects related to this year's theme: "Earth and Space!" In response to challenges issued by NASA, Space Apps participants collaborate to create solutions from mobile applications, software, hardware and data visualizations to videos, games and art. Visit the website for updates and registration information!
Moon to Mars—Deep Space Exploration: Spacecraft Structures With Secondary Engineering
Event Date: Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. EDT
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. As NASA expands human exploration by visiting the Moon and then Mars, deep space exploration will require innovations in transportation that include the Space Launch System, Orion and Ground Launch Systems. Explore an overview of NASA's plans for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. Activity emphasis will be on the Spacecraft Structures Engineering Challenge for secondary students. Activities shared in this webinar address the Next Generation Science Standards ETS1. Online registration is required.
Small Steps to Giant Leaps: X-planes
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. As NASA nears the 50th anniversary of the first human footprints on the Moon with Apollo 11, it celebrates the spirit of innovation that took us on that journey from small steps to giant leaps. Join us for a history of X-planes and learn about NASA STEM education resources that can bring innovation and exploration into your classroom. Online registration is required.
Informational Webinars: Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. EDT
Call for Proposals—NASA Research Announcement for Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System: Appendix E
Notice of Intent Deadline: Oct. 23
Proposal Deadline: Dec. 14
Contact: francis.p.chiaramonte@nasa.gov
NASA invites graduate students and established researchers to submit proposals for ground-based research proposals—both experimental and numerical studies—that use experimental data residing in NASA's Physical Sciences Informatics system. This solicitation appendix focuses on five research areas: combustion science, complex fluids, fluid physics, fundamental physics and materials science. Proposals from graduate students must be submitted by their advisors. The typical award will be $75,000 to $100,000 per year for up to two years.
NASA BEST: Asynchronous Training
Audience: Educators of Grades K-8
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Get a first look at NASA Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) asynchronous training modules and participate in the educator feedback process. We will explore each of the training modules and follow it up with feedback to be incorporated in the training development process. Online registration is required.
MUREP Innovation and Tech Transfer Idea Competition
Concept Paper Deadline: Oct. 30
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Citizen Science Campaign: GLOBE Mission Mosquito
Audience: All Educators and Students
Introductory Webinar: Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. EDT
Contact: dorian.w.janney@nasa.gov
The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment Program (GLOBE) Mission Mosquito student research campaign connects students of all ages to monitor changes in the frequency, range and distribution of potential disease vector mosquitoes by reporting observations using the GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper mobile app. This is an authentic research opportunity suitable for students in a variety of disciplines, including Earth science, environmental science, life science, mathematics and health.
Download the free GLOBE Observer app at https://observer.globe.gov/about/get-the-app.
2018-2019 Scientist for a Day Essay Contest
Entry Deadline: Feb. 8, 2019
Contact: scientistforaday@jpl.nasa.gov
The Scientist for a Day contest challenges students to become NASA scientists studying moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Participants examine three moons and choose the one they think NASA should return to that would yield the best scientific results. This year's topics are Saturn's moon Enceladus, Saturn's moon Titan and Jupiter's moon Europa. After researching the three options, students write an essay under 500 words explaining their choice.
Engaging Students in STEM Problem Solving: Exploring Ice in the Solar System
Contact: susan.m.kohler@nasa.gov
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Explore the 12 NASA teaching guides related to water and ice in our solar system. The STEM problem-solving lesson plans invite students to inquire about phase changes, properties of water, ice core samples, structure of ice and comparisions with snow. Acting out science is included in each module. Online registration is required.
2019 RASC-AL Special Edition: Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge
NOI Deadline: Oct. 12
Project Plan Submission Deadline: Nov. 15
The 2019 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts—Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Special Edition: Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge is an engineering design and technology demonstration contest for eligible college students. Teams have the opportunity to design and build prototype hardware that can extract water and assess subsurface density profiles from a simulated off-world test bed. Up to 10 teams will be chosen to receive a stipend to build and demonstrate their systems' capabilities in June 2019 at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
Explore Solar System and Beyond: Solving Meteorite Mysteries
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Explore the mysteries of meteorites—what they are, where they come from, how they got here, how they affect people and what they tell us about the solar system. Investigate these questions using inquiry-based activities for students in grades 5-12. Online registration is required.
Proposers' Conference via WebEx: Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. EDT (visit https://psi.nasa.gov for details)
Explore Solar System and Beyond: Hubble Space Telescope
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Relive the realization of a dream as the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on space shuttle Discovery. See examples of deep space objects such as stars, planets, galaxies and beyond. Make real-world connections with everyday technologies as you learn about NASA STEM resources to build and launch satellites using the engineering design process. Online registration is required.
Commercial Crew 2019 Calendar Artwork Contest
2018-19 University Student Design Challenge at NASA's Glenn Research Center
Registration Deadline: Oct. 17
Bring Engineering to the Classroom With NASA Glenn's Engineering Design Challenges
Contact: GRC-Ed-Opportunities@mail.nasa.gov
Engineering design challenges are an exciting way to give students the opportunity to work on real-world challenges in a collaborative, team-based environment. Glenn Engineering Design Challenges connect students, in both classroom and out-of-school settings, with the distinct challenges faced by NASA scientists and engineers as they design the next generation of aeronautic and space vehicles, habitats and technology. Current challenges include Powered and Pumped Up, Let It Glide and Gaining Traction on Mars.
NASA EXPRESS: Your STEM Connection for Oct. 4, 2018
In-flight Education Downlinks
Audience: STEM Educators
Contact: JSC-Downlinks@mail.nasa.gov
An in-flight education downlink is a 20-minute, live video question-and-answer session between a U.S. educational organization and an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.
Hosting an education downlink is an opportunity to link students to astronauts providing a unique, authentic experience designed to enhance student learning, performance and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Learn more about in-flight education downlinks at https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/downlinks.html.
Informational Webinars: Oct. 11 and Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. EDT
New NASA Home & City Interactive Website Traces Space Back to You
Contact: Derek.wang-1@nasa.gov
NASA studies our planet, Sun, solar system and beyond, but America's space program is closer to home than you may think. You can find thousands of NASA-influenced technologies right in your backyard.
Check out the new interactive NASA Home & City to explore how NASA appears in everyday life. Tour through buildings and rooms to discover common items that NASA inspired or helped improve. These spinoffs are commercial products that apply NASA technology originally developed for studying and exploring space.
NASA Live Event—Earth Science Week: Earth as Inspiration
Event Date: Oct. 4 at 3:30 p.m. EDT
Contact: Trena.M.Ferrell@nasa.gov
Join NASA scientists and education specialists for an hour-long educational event to explore and share their perspectives on Earth as an inspiration! In coordination with this year's Earth Science Week theme, this NASA event will feature a sneak peek into the exciting NASA products included in this year's Earth Science Week Toolkits. This event will be webcast in real time, and educators and students are encouraged to submit questions for NASA scientists to answer during the event. The event will be livestreamed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-gsfc.
Moon to Mars Deep Space Exploration: Space Launch System Engineering Is Out of This World
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. As NASA expands human exploration by visiting the Moon and then Mars, deep space exploration will require innovations in transportation that include the Space Launch System, Orion and Ground Launch Systems. Activity emphasis will be on the "Engineering is Out of This World" activity resources. The activities discussed in this webinar address the Next Generation Science Standards ETS1. Online registration is required.
Free Lecture—Mapping Disasters From Space
Event Date: Oct. 4-5 at 10 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. PDT)
Join Earth science section manager Sue Owen from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to learn how researchers are using GPS and space-based radar to respond to earthquakes, volcanic unrest, floods and fires. Attend the lectures in person, or view Thursday's lecture via live webcast.
Audience: Educators and Students
Event Dates: Oct. 4-10, 2018
Contact: admin@worldspaceweek.org
World Space Week, as declared by the United Nations, is the world's largest public celebration of space. This event commemorates the launch of Sputnik 1 on Oct. 4, 1957, and the signing of the Outer Space Treaty on Oct. 10, 1967, to regulate peaceful use of space by all countries. During this week, teachers are encouraged to use space-themed activities to excite students about science and technology. Visit the World Space Week website for event locations and related educational materials.
Explore the Solar System and Beyond: NASA Space Place Cross-Curricular STEM Engagement
Event Date: Oct. 9 at 5 p.m. EDT
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Learn how to earn solar system badges with integrated technology. Make planet masks, edible asteroids and galaxy pinwheels. The NASA Space Place resources includes games, apps, ebooks and animations. Also, learn how to order NASA Space Place materials. Online registration is required.
Call for Proposals: Partnership Agreement Related to Science Engagement Opportunities for the NASA Mars 2020 Project
Audience: Commercial, Educational and Non-Profit Organizations
Proposal Deadline: Oct. 9
Contact: hqmars2020namingproposals@mail.nasa.gov
NASA is seeking to partner with a commercial, educational or non-profit organization on a nonreimbursable basis to define, organize and execute a nationwide contest for K-12 students in U.S. schools to select a name for "…the Mars 2020 rover launching in 2020." NASA seeks proposals from innovative, inspirational organizations that utilize high-impact avenues for reaching a diversity of populations and broadening participation.
Explore Solar System and Beyond: Strange New Worlds
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Explore how planets and planetary features are discovered using remote-sensing techniques. Learn the different phases in planetary exploration, including telescope observations, fly-by missions, orbiters, landers, rovers and human exploration. Online registration is required.
Zero Robotics High School Tournament 2018
Audience: Grades 9-12 Students
Contact: zerorobotics@mit.edu
Teams of high school students are challenged to program small satellites called Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) that operate inside the International Space Station. Teams send their final codes to the space station, where an astronaut referees the final competition live! Early registration is strongly encouraged because code for the 2D practice competition must be submitted by Oct. 12.
Save the Date: 2019 Space Port Area Conference for Educators
Event Date: July 24-26, 2019
Save the date for the 2019 Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE) taking place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This conference is for K-12 formal and informal educators who are U.S. citizens teaching in the United States. Experience stimulating presentations from astronauts and NASA science and engineering experts; tour Kennedy and surrounding facilities. Get ready-to-go lesson plans and creative ideas to infuse your classroom with STEM and multifaceted, space-related content.
NASA GLOBE Observer: Adopt a Pixel Challenge and Citizen Science Project
Challenge Dates: Through Oct. 1
Contact: holli.kohl@nasa.gov
The NASA Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Observer team invites educators, students and the public to make a better world land map using the GLOBE Observer app. The new "Land Cover: Adopt a Pixel" module lets citizen scientists photograph with their smartphones the landscape, identify the kinds of land cover they see (trees, grass, etc.) and then match their observations to satellite data. Users can also share their knowledge of the land and how it has changed. To start the data collection, the 10 citizen scientists who map the most land by Oct. 1 will be recognized on social media and will receive a certificate of appreciation from GLOBE Observer. Ongoing participation and data collection is also welcome after Oct. 1.
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NASA EXPRESS: Your STEM Connection for Sept. 27, 2018
'A Year of Education on Station' Conclusion Celebration!
Contact: JSC-STEMonStation@mail.nasa.gov
Tune in to NASA TV on Oct. 2 at 11 a.m. EDT, as we wrap up the Year of Education on Station! Watch astronaut and former classroom teacher Ricky Arnold answer questions on social media using the hashtag #TeacherOnBoard live from the International Space Station.
On Oct. 4, Ricky Arnold and his crewmates Drew Feustel and Oleg Artemyev are scheduled to leave the space station to return home. This will conclude the almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the International Space Station, which also featured astronaut and former classroom teacher Joe Acaba, who lived and worked on the station from September 2017 to February 2018. Connect with this opportunity and find additional resources at NASA's A Year of Education on Station.
Mission Dates: Sept. 24-Oct. 1
NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students Design Challenge
Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Information Session: Sept. 26 at 6:30 p.m. EDT
Letter of Intent Deadline: Sept. 27
Contact: NASA-SUITS@mail.nasa.gov
In the NASA S.U.I.T.S. Design Challenge, university student teams design and create spacesuit information displays within an augmented reality environment. These display and audio environments seek to aid astronauts in performing spacewalk tasks. After developing their environment, selected student teams will travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to test their prototypes.
Solar System Ambassadors Program Accepting Applications
Application Deadline: Sept. 30
Contact: ambassad@jpl.nasa.gov
The Solar System Ambassadors Program is a nationwide network of space enthusiast volunteers. Highly motivated enthusiasts nationwide are eligible to join—and those in Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories are especially encouraged to apply.
Commercial Crew Program: Helping Students Develop Strong Team Collaboration Skills
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. NASA's Commercial Crew Program is the next phase in space transportation, enabling industry to provide a safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit. Teamwork is important when you are working toward a common vision. Lessons and team challenges will be provided so that students become proficient in the 21st century skills leading to success. Online registration is required.
NASA History Program Office Spring 2019 Internships
Application Deadline: Oct. 1
Contact: bill.barry@nasa.gov
The NASA History Program Office is seeking undergraduate and graduate students for spring 2019 internships. The History Division maintains archival materials to answer research questions. It edits and publishes several books and monographs each year, and it maintains websites and social media featuring NASA history. Strong research, writing and editing skills are essential to the internship. Students of all majors are welcome to apply.
Explore Solar System and Beyond: James Webb Space Telescope—Physical Science
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Participants will get an overview of the James Webb Space Telescope and learn about resources for teaching a range of astronomical observation from infrared to gamma ray. The activities discussed in this webinar address the Next Generation Science Standards PS4. Online registration is required.
NASA invites U.S. educational institutions to request space shuttle thermal protective tiles, space shuttle thermal protective blankets, and other special items offered on a first-come, first-serve basis while quantities last. A nominal shipping fee must be paid online with a credit card.
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Bring Science Aboard the Station Into Your Classroom!
Are you interested in having an astronaut help teach one of your STEM lessons? This is possible with STEMonstrations! These videos explore the science concepts you are teaching and use the microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station to show a different perspective of these topics. Each video features accompanying Classroom Connections—related lesson plans developed by educators for educators and tied to Next Generation Science Standards. Current topics include "Water Filtration," "Surface Tension," "Orbits" and more!
Find more ways to bring NASA into your classroom during NASA's A Year of Education on Station, a celebration of an almost yearlong educator presence on the station.
Webinar—Exploring the Ripples of Earth's Upper Atmosphere: Waves and Tides
Event Date: Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. PDT)
Contact: tom.mason@lasp.colorado.edu
NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission has taken its first, unprecedented images of Earth's interface to space, and is preparing to begin its science mission in early October. Join GOLD scientist Katelynn Greer in this webinar to learn how the GOLD instrument—an ultraviolet imaging spectrograph—will measure the response of Earth's upper atmosphere to activity from below, primarily in the form of waves and thermal tides.
Explore Solar System and Beyond: Deep Space Atomic Clock
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar to learn how NASA is using atoms to have the most precise accounting of time. With NASA's Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) "Atomic Clock Activity Guide," participants will explore the engineering design process to demonstrate the importance of calibration of clocks. Participants will learn how to create a gradation system for a simple clock. Teaching connections will be made to real-world applications and NASA missions. Online registration is required.
NASA's Centennial Challenges: Carbon Dioxide Conversion Challenge
Audience: All Interested U.S. Citizens, Including Higher Education Educators and Students
Registration Deadline: Jan. 24
Contact: questions@co2conversionchallenge.org
The NASA Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Conversion Challenge is a public competition focused on discovering ways to develop novel synthesis technologies that use CO2 as the sole carbon source to generate molecules that can be used to manufacture a variety of products, including substrates for use in microbial bioreactors. The challenge asks individuals, teams and organizations to design and develop specialized technology that has the potential to be useful on Mars and on Earth.
New Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Available—'Earth's Energy Budget'
Audience: High School Educators
Contact: matthew.d.pearce@nasa.gov
'Earth's Energy Budget' is a unit plan designed for grades 9-12 classrooms with access to computers and NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies Panoply and RStudio software. This unit takes approximately three weeks to complete. The goal of this unit is for students to learn about each component of Earth's energy budget formula and how the contribution of each component changes with respect to the location on Earth and the time of the year. Each lesson challenges students to connect the content to climate change, as students are asked to estimate how various components of the energy budget will be impacted due to the changing climate.
Diversity Drives Discovery Webcast
Event Date: Sept. 20 from 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. EDT
Contact: Bethanne.Hull@nasa.gov
Join NASA for a series of live webcasts featuring members of NASA's diverse workforce sharing information about their careers and experience. Speakers range from program managers to scientists and engineers. Presentations will begin at the top of every hour from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT. Ask questions during the live event via Twitter using #nasaDEEP or via the chat window at the livestream website.
Earth Right Now: Using NASA Data for STEM Problem Solving
Event Date: Sept. 20 at 5 p.m. EDT
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Are you working on implementing a new vision for science classrooms based on the Framework for K-12 Science classrooms in which teachers support students in science and engineering practices to build and use science ideas to solve real problems? This webinar will explore NASA resources that will guide you and your students through this process with authentic data. Online registration is required.
Space and Science Festival at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Event Date: Sept. 20-23
Contact: jelliot@intrepidmuseum.org
Join the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City for its annual Space and Science Festival. Meet astronauts, explore exhibits from NASA, stargaze on the ship and more during four days of out-of-this-world exhibits.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum—Space and Science Festival Teacher Professional Development
Event Date: Sept. 22 at 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. EDT
Join the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City for its annual Space and Science Festival Teacher Professional Development. Tour the museum and attend presentations from guest speakers and presenters from NASA and educational organizations. Attend sessions featuring demonstrations of STEM concepts and resources, learning activities and discussions with experts. Visit the site to register in advance.
Museum Day Event at NASA's Ames Research Center
Event Date: Sept. 22 at Noon to 4 p.m. PDT
Contact: arc-visitorcenter@mail.nasa.gov
Join us at the visitor center at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, for Smithsonian magazine's Museum Day 2018. Ames is a key facility for NASA's missions and projects. Come to NASA's Ames Visitor Center and learn what we're doing at this amazing NASA facility! Museum Day 2018 will showcase "Women Making History: Trailblazers in arts, sciences, innovation and culture." Click here for directions.
Registration Deadline: Sept. 26, 2018
Teams of high school students are challenged to program small satellites called Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) that operate inside the International Space Station. Teams send their final codes to the space station, where an astronaut referees the final competition live! Early registration is strongly encouraged because code for the 2D practice competition must be submitted by Sept. 28, 2018.
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#TeacherOnBoard—Talk to an Astronaut Aboard the Space Station
Did you know your students can interview an astronaut in space? This opportunity is available through Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). Schools, scouting groups, after-school programs, museums or any other education organization may apply for the next available interview window. Develop an education plan and write a proposal for the upcoming September – October application period to be considered to host an ARISS contact during the July – December 2019 time frame.
Connect with this opportunity and others during NASA's A Year of Education on Station, a celebration of an almost 12-month presence of a teacher aboard the International Space Station.
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Seeks Students for Climate Change Research Initiative
Audience: Graduate Students Who Are U.S. Citizens and Reside Within 50 Miles of NYC
The CCRI internship is a yearlong opportunity to work directly with NASA scientists and research teams on a NASA research project related to climate change. This opportunity will not conflict with the students' course work and class schedules during the fall and spring. The internship is considered a part-time position that supports the graduate students' major areas of study.
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Seek Educators for Climate Change Research Initiative
Audience: Full-time 9-12 STEM Educators Who Are U.S. Citizens and Reside Within 50 Miles of NYC
This yearlong STEM engagement opportunity allows high school STEM educators to work directly with NASA scientists, to lead research teams and to develop STEM curricula for their current classes. Educators participating in this opportunity will become associate researchers who integrate NASA education resources and content into their classrooms while improving STEM education within their communities.
Things to Do With NASA During the 2018-19 School Year
Audience: K-8 STEM Educators
Do something new this school year: Participate in NASA activities! Print these "bucket lists" of ways elementary and middle school teachers and students can be involved in real-world, authentic STEM activities. The list includes activities that require minimal effort, such as signing up on a website, to competitions that take planning and designing, and citizen science projects that require days of observation and recording data.
Start checking off your list:
Things to Do With NASA and STEM for Grades K-4
Things to Do With NASA and STEM for Grades 5-8
New Resources Available—Seeing Sound: STEM Learning Module
Contact: karen.l.rugg@nasa.gov
As airplanes fly, air moving over the wings and body generates sound waves, which we hear as noise, especially during takeoffs and landings. Spinning propellers or jet engines add to the sound. Explore ways to "see sound" by using the resources in the new "Seeing Sound" educator guide and student activities from NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. Participants will need a drum, a small mirror, tuning forks, paper, a laser light, balloons and other items. Resources provided include a video and an interview with NASA acoustic engineer Danielle Koch.The STEM learning module is available online and free to download.
Free Tour at NASA's Glenn Research Center: Go With the Flow in the 8- by 6-Foot Wind Tunnel
Registration Opens: Sept. 13, 2018
Event Date: Oct. 13, 2018
Contact: grc-tours@mail.nasa.gov
NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, offers 45-minute tours that take tourists behind the scenes to one of the center's test facilities. On Oct. 13, tour the 8- by 6-foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel, which has contributed to decades of aeronautic research and is testing models for the next generation of supersonic aircraft. A bus departs from NASA's main gate every hour beginning at 9 a.m. The last tour departs at noon. RESERVATIONS are required.
Explore Earth: GLOBE Atmosphere, Clouds and Contrails
Event Date: Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. EDT
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Learn about clouds and contrails with the NASA GLOBE Program. GLOBE is an international science and education program that provides students worldwide with the opportunity to participate in data collection and the scientific process, and contribute meaningfully to our understanding of the Earth system and global environment. Online registration is required.
Explore Earth: Using Earth Observations to Talk About Snow and Ice—Earth Science
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Participants will get an overview of resources discussing the effects of changing snow and ice coverage on the Earth from the Earth Observatory and NASA Earth Observations (NEO) websites. This webinar addresses the Next Generation Science Standards ESS2 and ESS3. Online registration is required.
An Orientation to EPDC Digital Badging
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Participants will get an overview of the Digital Badging platform used by NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative to deliver free, asynchronous, online professional development. Discussions will include how to sign up and a survey of current badge offerings. Online registration is required.
Explore Earth: Earth Science from Space
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Explore Earth science through the eyes of astronauts and satellites. Learn how observations from space enable us to better understand Earth and the processes that shape it. NASA missions, real data, online resources and classroom lessons, will be used to investigate our planet. Online registration is required.
NASA Mars Science: MAVEN Outreach Webinar—An Overview of a Solar Storm at Mars
Audience: Formal and Informal Educators, Parents and Teens
Contact: epomail@lasp.colorado.edu
Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Outreach Webinars are virtual gatherings of staff from the MAVEN mission to offer professional development for formal and informal educators, and others interested in MAVEN and Mars science. Join Dr. Christina O. Lee of the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory to hear the latest MAVEN news and learn how strong solar activity in September 2017 impacted the space environment around Mars, including its atmosphere and the radiation environment at the surface.
The seventh annual International Space Apps Challenge invites tech-savvy innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs, designers, artists, educators and students worldwide to use NASA data to develop projects related to this year's theme: "Earth and Space!" In response to challenges issued by NASA, Space Apps participants collaborate to create solutions from mobile applications, software, hardware and data visualizations to videos, games and art. Visit the website for updates and registration information! You can also apply to host a Space Apps in your area (host application closes Aug. 24).
Help NASA Search the Realm Beyond Neptune at Backyard Worlds: Planet 9
Contact: contact@zooniverse.org
Is a large planet at the fringes of our solar system awaiting discovery, a world astronomers call Planet Nine? NASA scientists are looking for this planet and for new brown dwarfs in the backyard of the solar system. But they need your help! Finding these dim objects requires the human eye to comb through the images. Participants in this citizen science project will share the credit for their discoveries in any scientific publications that result from the project.
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NASA EXPRESS: Your STEM Connection for Sept. 6, 2018
Mission Dates: September
Sign up for this unique fall opportunity that allows your students to observe Earth from above via a camera on the International Space Station! The Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (EarthKAM) program invites students to request images of specific targets on Earth taken by a camera placed in the window of the space station. EarthKAM can be used in any K-12 classroom setting, and is a great way to show students a new perspective of Earth. Visit https://www.earthkam.org/ to learn more and register for this free program.
Find more ways to bring NASA into your classroom during NASA's A Year of Education on Station, a celebration of a yearlong educator presence on the station.
See Yourself in Space With New 'NASA Selfies' App
Contact: outreach@ipac.caltech.edu
Create your own selfies from outer space! "NASA Selfies" lets you put your photo in a virtual spacesuit in front of captivating images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telecope. (Images from other NASA missions will appear in future versions of the app.) Share these space selfies on social media, and learn about the science behind the pictures. Available for iOS and Android devices.
Take a Guided Tour of the TRAPPIST-1 Planetary System With the 'Exoplanet Excursions' App
In NASA's "Exoplanet Excursions" virtual reality (VR) app, VR users are taken on a guided tour of the only known exoplanet system to host seven planets that are roughly Earth-size. Users of the app are navigated around five of the seven planets, surrounded by the blackness of space and the faint lights of distant stars. The VR app is available for Oculus and Vive. A 360-degree video is also available on Youtube that allows viewers to explore the virtual TRAPPIST-1 system on their desktop computers, smartphones or with a smartphone-based 360-viewer.
Explore Earth: Solving STEM Problems with Field Study and Data Collection
Event Date: Sept. 6 at 5 p.m. EDT
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar about the NASA Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program. This worldwide, hands-on school-based science education program for grades 6-12 promotes problem solving, communication skills and teamwork while engaging students in problem-based learning that is both fun and relevant. Teacher implementation guides, protocols, activities and resources are integrated in this webinar. Online registration is required.
Lunar and Planetary Institute's Cosmic Explorations Speaker Series: Curiosity and Our Evolving View of the Red Planet
Audience: Public, Educators and Students of Grades 7-College
Event Date: Sept. 6 at 8:30 p.m. EDT
Contact: CosmicLecture@lpi.usra.edu
The Lunar and Planetary Institute presents "Curiosity and Our Evolving View of the Red Planet" by Dr. Kirsten Siebach of Rice University. Dr. Siebach is also a member of the Curiosity rover team and will discuss how our knowledge of the surface of Mars has changed over the past 50 years of exploration. Attend the event in person at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, or watch the event live online. Archives of past lectures also are available online.
Free Lecture — NASA@60: The Role of the Robots
Event Date: Sept. 6 – 7, 2018, at 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT)
Space exploration has changed in the 60 years since NASA's inception. Despite all the advances, one thing hasn't changed: we still rely on robotic spacecraft to explore and blaze a trail for human explorers. Join outreach specialist Preston Dyches for a panel discussion on the history and progression of robotic exploration. Attend the lectures in person, or view Thursday's lecture via live webcast.
Explore Earth: Sally Ride EarthKAM
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for free 60-minute webinar about the Sally Ride EarthKAM program. Find out how your students can learn about Earth from the unique perspective of space. During Sally Ride EarthKAM missions, students worldwide request images of specific locations on Earth. This image collection and accompanying activities are extraordinary resources to engage students in Earth and space science, geography, social studies, mathematics, communications and art. Online registration is required.
Be a Citizen Scientist With the 'Aurorasaurus' Project
Contact: aurorasaurus.info@gmail.com
Aurorasaurus is a citizen science project that gathers real-time data about aurora sightings and sends out notifications to users when the northern or southern lights are likely visible in their area. Registered users get location-based notifications and a real-time monitor of space weather activity. The project also allows users to help verify tweets and search for real sightings. Plus, the website features answers to science and aurora questions.
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NASA EXPRESS: Your STEM Connection for Aug. 30, 2018
STEMonstration: Water Filtration
Have you ever wondered how astronauts aboard the International Space Station get a constant supply of drinking water? The water filtration system in the space station plays a key part in crew survival. In this new episode, Expeditions 56 Commander Drew Feustel discusses the water recovery system used to recycle crew waste water for consumption. Use the lesson plan accompanying this video to allow students to design, build and test their own water filtration device. Be sure to visit https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstrations for more educational videos using microgravity aboard the International Space Station.
Explore Space Technology: Robotics on a Budget
Event Date: Aug. 30, 2018, at 6 p.m. EDT
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar about robotics. Robots are a part of everyday life, but what exactly are they? How are robots used in our lives? How are they used at NASA? Explore answers to these questions, and learn how to use robotics inexpensively in your classroom by integrating NASA STEM robotic missions, curriculum and online resources. Online registration is required.
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center Programs
Event Dates: Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday Through Aug. 31
Contact: Kimberly.A.Check@nasa.gov
The NASA Visitor Center at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is offering free educational programs for visitors of all ages. Programs are scheduled each Wednesday, Friday and Saturday throughout July and August. Programs include solar system tours, "Science on the Sphere" presentations, hands-on STEAM Labs, and rocketry. Scout troops, home school and youth groups are encouraged to attend. Please call ahead for group larger than eight people.
NASA Psyche Inspired Internship
Application Deadline: Aug. 31
Contact: https://psyche.asu.edu/contact/
NASA's Psyche Mission invites full-time, enrolled undergraduate students in any major from universities and community colleges in the U.S. and its territories to apply to become part of this year's cohort of Psyche Inspired interns! Psyche Inspired is a program that brings undergraduate students together to share the excitement, innovation, and scientific and engineering content of NASA's Psyche mission with the public through artistic and creative works.
Call for Participants: Apollo Dialogues Workshop
Audience: Scholars and Graduate Students
Event Date: Dec. 7
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing offers an opportunity to reflect on what we know about the Apollo era and its legacies. The National Air and Space Museum Space History Department and NASA History Division invite colleagues whose research and writing extend our understanding of Apollo, the Apollo era, human spaceflight, future space and related areas to join together in assessing the current state of the field, suggesting new lenses for analysis and interpretation, and considering new paths for future scholarship.
Project Mars: International Art and Film Contest
Audience: College Students and Early Career Professionals
Entry Deadline: Aug. 31, 2018
NASA is leading human space exploration in the vicinity of the Moon and on to Mars. Project Mars invites college students and recent graduates with fewer than 5 years of experience in the film or graphic arts industry to learn about NASA's deep space endeavors and create a visualization of what this expedition may look like. Entries can be short films (two to five minutes in length) or posters (standard-size sheets, 27 by 41 inches). Winners will receive cash prizes.
The Saint Louis Science Center Presents 'Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission' Exhibit
Exhibit Dates: April 14 – Sept. 3, 2018
Contact: mindy.peirce@slsc.org
The Saint Louis Science Center is the second of four stops for a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module. The exhibit will feature more than 20 one-of-a-kind mission artifacts. They include a lunar sample return container; astronaut Buzz Aldrin's extravehicular visor and gloves; astronaut Michael Collins' Omega Speedmaster Chronograph; a star chart; a survival kit; and more.
Explore Earth: GLOBE Hydrology
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar about water and the hydrologic cycle. NASA's researchers, airborne missions and fleet of satellites address some of the critical challenges facing our planet today. Explore ways to take part via citizen science as part of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program, an international science and education program that provides students and the public worldwide with the opportunity to participate in data collection and the scientific process. Online registration is required.
Explore Earth: From Earth to the Moon
Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar to explore how Earth is influenced by the Moon. NASA has been studying our Moon for 60 years and will soon celebrate the 50-year anniversary of humans' arrival to the Moon during the Apollo program. Explore the Earth-Moon relationship and learn to integrate NASA STEM missions, online resources and lessons into your classroom teaching. Online registration is required.
2019 BIG Idea Challenge: Marsboreal Greenhouse Design
Optional NOI Deadline: Oct. 5
Entry Deadline: Jan. 6, 2019
Contact: BigIdea@nianet.org
NASA's 2019 Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge seeks innovations in the design and operation of a Mars Greenhouse. Multidisciplinary teams are encouraged. Top teams present their concepts via a design review at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. Eligible students on teams that advance to the BIG Idea Forum will have the opportunity to compete for one of five NASA summer internship slots.
Citizen Science Project: Cosmoquest's Image Detective
Contact: info@cosmoquest.org
CosmoQuest's Image Detective, a NASA-funded citizen science project, invites the public to identify Earth features in photographs taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Citizen scientists are asked to help identify geographic features (natural or human-made) in astronaut photographs and then determine the location on Earth where the photo is centered. Your efforts can enhance NASA's database of images taken by astronauts from the space station.
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Mannose
D-Mannopyranose
Fischer projections
3458-28-4 N
ChEMBL ChEMBL469448 N
ChemSpider 17893 D-mannopyranose N
IUPHAR/BPS
MeSH Mannose
PubChem 18950
UNII PHA4727WTP N
Molar mass 180.16 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
N verify (what is Y N ?)
Infobox references
Mannose, packaged as the nutritional supplement "d-mannose", is a sugar monomer of the aldohexose series of carbohydrates. Mannose is a C-2 epimer of glucose. Mannose is important in human metabolism, especially in the glycosylation of certain proteins. Several congenital disorders of glycosylation are associated with mutations in enzymes involved in mannose metabolism.[1]
Mannose is not an essential nutrient; it can be produced in the human body from glucose, or converted into glucose. Mannose provides 2-5 kilocalories per gram of energy. Mannose is partially excreted in the urine.
Mannose commonly exists as two different sized rings, the pyranose (six-membered) form and the furanose (five-membered) form. Each ring closure can have either an alpha or beta configuration at the anomeric position. The chemical rapidly undergoes isomerization among these four forms.
D-Mannose isomers (Haworth projections)
Percent composition
α-D-Mannofuranose
β-D-Mannofuranose
α-D-Mannopyranose
β-D-Mannopyranose
Metabolism of common monosaccharides and related reactions
While much of the mannose used in glycosylation is believed to be derived from glucose, in cultured hepatoma (cancerous cells from the liver) cells, most of the mannose for glycoprotein biosynthesis comes from extracellular mannose, not glucose.[2] Many of the glycoproteins produced in the liver are secreted into the bloodstream, so dietary mannose is distributed throughout the body. [3]
Mannose is present in numerous glycoconjugates including N-linked glycosylation of proteins. C-Mannosylation is also abundant and can be found in collagen-like regions.
The digestion of many polysaccharides and glycoproteins yields mannose which is phosphorylated by hexokinase to generate mannose-6-phosphate. Mannose-6-phosphate is converted to fructose-6-phosphate, by the enzyme phosphomannose isomerase, and then enters the glycolytic pathway or is converted to glucose-6-phosphate by the gluconeogenic pathway of hepatocytes.
Mannose is a dominant monosaccharide in N-linked glycosylation. N-Linked glycosylation is a post-translational modification of proteins. It is initiated by the en bloc transfer on Glc3Man9GlcNAc2 to nascent glycoproteins in the endoplasmic reticulum in a co-translational manner as the protein entered through the transport system. Glucose is hydrolyzed on fully folded protein and the mannose moieties are hydrolyzed by ER and Golgi-resident mannosidases. Typically, mature human glycoproteins only contain three mannose residues buried under sequential modification by GlcNAc, galactose and sialic acid. This is important as the innate immune system in mammals is geared to recognise exposed mannose residues. This activity is due to the prevalence of mannose residues, in the form of mannans, on the surface of yeast. The human immunodeficiency virus displays considerable amount of mannose residues due to the tight clustering of glycans in its viral spike.[4][5] These mannose residues are the target for broadly neutralizing antibodies.[6]
Recombinant proteins produced in yeast may be subject to mannose addition in patterns different from those used by mammalian cells.[7] This difference in recombinant proteins from those normally produced in mammalian organisms may influence the effectiveness of vaccines.
Mannose can be formed by the oxidation of mannitol.
It can also be formed from glucose in the Lobry-de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation.
The root of both "mannose" and "mannitol" is manna, which the Bible records as the food supplied to the Israelites during their journey in the region of Sinai. Several trees and shrubs can produce a substance called manna, such as the "manna tree" (Fraxinus ornus) from whose secretions mannitol was originally isolated.
Mannose differs from glucose by inversion of the C-2 chiral center. Mannose displays a pucker in the solution ring form. This simple change leads to the drastically different biochemistry of the two hexoses. This change has the same effect on the other aldohexoses as well.
Mannose PTS permease
Mannose XYZ permease complex: entry of PEP which donates a high energy phosphate that gets passed through the transporter system and eventually assist in the entry of mannose (in this example otherwise it would any hexose sugar) and results in the formation of mannose-6-phosphate.
Video illustration of the MANXYZ sugar transporter complex transferring the high energy phosphate for PEP to the other subunits of the complex
The PEP-dependent sugar transporting phosphotransferase system transports and simultaneously phosphorylates its sugar substrates. Mannose XYZ permease is a member of the family, with this distinct method being used by bacteria for sugar uptake particularly exogenous hexoses in the case of Mannose XYZ in order to release the phosphate esters into the cell cytoplasm in preparation for metabolism primarily through the route of glycolysis.[8] The MANXYZ transporter complex is also involved in infection of E. Coli by bacteriophage Lambda, with subunit ManX and ManY being sufficient for proper Lambda phage infection.[9] MANXYZ possesses four domains in three polypeptide chains; ManX, ManY, and ManZ. The ManX subunit forms a homodimer that is localized to the cytoplasmic side of the membrane. ManX contains two domains IIA and IIB linked by a hinge peptide with each domain containing a phosphorylation site and phosphoryl transfer occurs between both subunits.[10] ManX can be membrane bound or non-membrane bound.[9] The MANY and MANZ subunits are hydrophobic integral membrane proteins with six and one transmembrane alpha helical spanner(s).[11] The phosphoryl group of PEP is transferred to the imported sugar via E1 (Enzyme 1), HPr (Histidine Protein) phosphate carrier and then to the MANX, MANY, and MANZ subunits of the MANXYZ transportation complex which phosphorylate the entering hexose sugar creating a hexose-6-phosphate.
Preliminary studies indicate that D-mannose may help to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections.[12]
α-Mannosidase
Mannose receptor
Mannan oligosaccharide-based nutritional supplements
Rhamnose, 6-deoxy-L-mannose
↑ Freeze, H. H.; Sharma, V. (2010). "Metabolic manipulation of glycosylation disorders in humans and animal models". Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 21 (6): 655–662. doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2010.03.011. PMC 2917643 . PMID 20363348.
↑ Alton, G.; Hasilik, M.; Niehues, R.; Panneerselvam, K.; Etchison, J. R.; Fana, F.; Freeze, H. H. (1998). "Direct utilization of mannose for mammalian glycoprotein biosynthesis". Glycobiology. 8 (3): 285–295. doi:10.1093/glycob/8.3.285. PMID 9451038.
↑ Davis, J. A.; Freeze, H. H. (2001). "Studies of mannose metabolism and effects of long-term mannose ingestion in the mouse". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1528 (2–3): 116–126. doi:10.1016/S0304-4165(01)00183-0. PMID 11687298.
↑ Pritchard, Laura K.; Spencer, Daniel I. R.; Royle, Louise; Bonomelli, Camille; Seabright, Gemma E.; Behrens, Anna-Janina; Kulp, Daniel W.; Menis, Sergey; Krumm, Stefanie A. (2015-06-24). "Glycan clustering stabilizes the mannose patch of HIV-1 and preserves vulnerability to broadly neutralizing antibodies". Nature Communications. 6: 7479. doi:10.1038/ncomms8479. PMC 4500839 . PMID 26105115.
↑ Pritchard, Laura K.; Vasiljevic, Snezana; Ozorowski, Gabriel; Seabright, Gemma E.; Cupo, Albert; Ringe, Rajesh; Kim, Helen J.; Sanders, Rogier W.; Doores, Katie J. (2015-06-16). "Structural Constraints Determine the Glycosylation of HIV-1 Envelope Trimers". Cell Reports. 11 (10): 1604–1613. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2015.05.017. ISSN 2211-1247. PMC 4555872 . PMID 26051934.
↑ Crispin, Max; Doores, Katie J (2015-04-01). "Targeting host-derived glycans on enveloped viruses for antibody-based vaccine design". Current Opinion in Virology. Viral pathogenesis • Preventive and therapeutic vaccines. 11: 63–69. doi:10.1016/j.coviro.2015.02.002.
↑ Vlahopoulos, S.; Gritzapis, A. D.; Perez, S. A.; Cacoullos, N.; Papamichail, M.; Baxevanis, C. N. (2009). "Mannose addition by yeast Pichia Pastoris on recombinant HER-2 protein inhibits recognition by the monoclonal antibody herceptin". Vaccine. 27 (34): 4704–4708. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.05.063. PMID 19520203.
↑ Postma, P. W.; Lengeler, J. W.; Jacobson, G. R. (1993). "Phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase systems of bacteria". Microbiological reviews. 57 (3): 543–594. PMC 372926 . PMID 8246840.
1 2 Erni, B.; Zanolari, B. (1985). "The mannose-permease of the bacterial phosphotransferase system. Gene cloning and purification of the enzyme IIMan/IIIMan complex of Escherichia coli". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 260 (29): 15495–15503. PMID 2999119.
↑ Erni, B.; Zanolari, B.; Graff, P.; Kocher, H. P. (1989). "Mannose permease of Escherichia coli. Domain structure and function of the phosphorylating subunit". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264 (31): 18733–18741. PMID 2681202.
↑ Huber, F.; Erni, B. (1996). "Membrane topology of the mannose transporter of Escherichia coli K12". European Journal of Biochemistry / FEBS. 239 (3): 810–817. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0810u.x. PMID 8774730.
↑ Kranjčec, Bojana; Papeš, Dino; Altarac, Silvio (2013). "d-mannose powder for prophylaxis of recurrent urinary tract infections in women: a randomized clinical trial". World Journal of Urology. 32 (1): 79–84. doi:10.1007/s00345-013-1091-6. ISSN 0724-4983.
Types of carbohydrates
Aldose
Furanose
Pyranose
Anomer
Cyclohexane conformation
Mutarotation
Aldodiose
Glycolaldehyde
Trioses
Aldotriose
Glyceraldehyde
Ketotriose
Dihydroxyacetone
Tetroses
Aldotetroses
Erythrose
Threose
Ketotetrose
Erythrulose
Aldopentoses
Arabinose
Lyxose
Xylose
Ketopentoses
Ribulose
Xylulose
Deoxy sugars
Deoxyribose
Aldohexoses
Allose
Gulose
Idose
Talose
Ketohexoses
Sorbose
Tagatose
Fucose
Fuculose
Rhamnose
Heptoses
Ketoheptoses
Mannoheptulose
Sedoheptulose
Octoses
Nonoses
Neuraminic acid
Cellobiose
Isomaltose
Trehalose
Turanose
Trisaccharides
Maltotriose
Melezitose
Raffinose
Tetrasaccharides
Stachyose
Acarbose
Fructooligosaccharide (FOS)
Galactooligosaccharide (GOS)
Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO)
Mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS)
Oat beta-glucan
Sizofiran
Zymosan
Dextrin / Dextran
Fructose / Fructan
Galactose / Galactan
Glucose / Glucan
Hemicellulose
Levan beta 2→6
Lignin
Amylose

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Launched in 2016, Not Necessarily Blonde, is a fashion blog written by two sisters. One in New York City and one in Orlando. We worked together to create a functional blog for all their fashion posts with special features, shoppable galleries, and lovely sidebar. Into fashion? Go follow them!


Coming to Dublin, whether to pay a short visit, or to stay for a prolonged period of time, one cannot help but be amazed by the richness of history and culture of various areas of the city – often at a very local level. Temple Bar and the Phoenix Park might be the most popular places, but the less known districts of the Irish capital are definitely of no less importance.
One of such areas in North city is the junction of Portland Row, North Strand Road, Seville Place, Amiens Street and Killarney Street and its surroundings, commonly known as 'The Five Lamps'. To encourage interest in local art and literature, an annual festival – Five Lamps Festival – was established in 2007.
This year's edition of Five Lamps Festival was a great proof that 'local' is not equal to 'small' or 'poor'. A quick look at the programme can make one feel astonished – how can an art festival, possibly of interest to only one part of the city, last for over a week, with so many events in multiple venues?
If one were to pick the most interesting part, they would be facing a hard choice. Art exhibitions, readings, dancing lessons, concerts and walks – Five Lamps Festival has it all (and even more!), offering a variety of activities for people of all ages and all levels of fitness. Art enthusiasts on a budget were delighted to find lots of free events, as well as paid, yet affordable, ones.
One of the major festival venues was Irish Writers' Centre which organised, among other things, the talk Growing up at the Five Lamps. The special guest – Ann Mathews (pictured above), whose play 1913 Lockout will soon be performed in Hollywood – shared with the audience her personal story, while providing insights into the lives of Dubliners in the 1950s and '60s.
The most popular event was probably Let's walk and talk, a walk along the Royal Canal led by Pat Liddy (pictured below), the famous Dublin historian and tour guide. This energetic man seemed tireless as he told the stories of Brendan Behan, Mountjoy Prison, Croke Park or the German bombings of Dublin, to the groups of eager listeners gathered around him.
Those who missed out on the 2014 festival will have to wait for the next twelve months to join the celebration. Meanwhile, they will certainly not be bored, as the North inner city offers plenty of local events throughout the year.


At each New Moon, we plant the very seeds of growth for what we want to see manifest, nurture or grow in the next 30 days. This can be literal and you may find yourself initiating new activities, meetings or important calls/contacts emerge. Or it can be totally symbolic, by creating rituals that help to ground our intentions (whatever they may be). Through New Moon rituals, we engage with something outside of ourselves. We harness the energy, the power of the earth, fire, air and water to bring a certain magic to the creation of our lives and what our hearts truly desire.
Have you thought about it? About what it is you really desire from life, what do you want to achieve in the next month? How do you want to nurture you this New Moon? Part of a New Moon ritual for you may be just sitting down and putting some thought into these very questions for what we hold intent for and belief for can happen through openly expressing our desires to our higher power, or the universe, or fresh air if that's how you want to do it. How you do it really doesn't matter, but holding intent, believing in yourself and putting it out there, now that's gold!
Ritual sounds like hard work?
Ritual is as hard or as easy as you personally want to make it, its individual and unique to you and your belief system. Ritual focuses thought and emotion in a laser-like way to completely harness the creative power of intention. And, by using scents, music, crystals, candles, lists, quiet time and intent, we engage our sensory nature and subconscious mind (which is like your inner child coming out to play). Once you've awoken that part of you, it will then go to work to manifest your intentions (this is the important bit, the catch if you will, there must be a belief, a trust and a strong intent that this will happen for you highest good). A trick i learnt a long time ago, if you don't believe it yourself ask someone else to hold the intent for you, i'm not sure why but it seems to take the fear out of it and it's a lot easier to believe when there are two people working with the universe to help manifest your dreams and desires.
By doing rituals, we also connect to something greater than ourselves. Some see these forces as angels, guides, God, Goddesses or a Higher Power - but they can also be experienced as non other than your own higher self, Gaia (mother earth) or animal totems. However, the messages come the key is finding what works and what is believable for you and your faith, whatever that may be. If you feel pulled to butterflies for instance and the pivotal change they can bring, surround yourself with this animal totem medicine, go to a butterfly park or immerse yourself in nature, there is fantastic guidance to be found from totem animal guides and would have to be my favorite way to receive messages.
So tell me, do you know what you will be manifesting for your gorgeous self this New Moon?


The Pill Club is expanding, and looking for full-time experienced Pharmacy Technicians to make sure that all pills are accurate and shipped on time. This person is passionate about patient care, organized to the highest degree, and efficient in staying on top of the myriad of tasks that come up in the pharmacy.
Must be able to carry up to 25 pounds, and have ability to mechanically manipulate with hands labels, pills, prescription supplies, etc.
Current Texas State Board of Pharmacy Registration is required.
Experience working in a retail or mail order Pharmacy.


Information SIDE SHOW is an entertaining show bringing back the old traveling Irish Side Shows of the past. From a visual perspective - Use your students who may have "extra" talents like - juggling, gymnastics, etc., or like the band we wrote it for - the ability to ride unicycles! Part 1 "Opening Act" - Is the opening act with the Ringmaster inviting the crowd to come see the show. Solo for piccolo or flute. Part 2 "Heart & Beauty" - was written for a flugelhorn trio, but can easily be substituted for 3 trumpets. Part 3 "Acrobats and others" is a percussion feature (copyright permission is required for this source material). Part 4 "Final Act" - features a S. Sax solo.
Original Music by Jair Klarfeld with inspiration by the music of A. Khachaturuan's Sabre Dance - Boosey & Hawkes publishing.