Experiment

JAXA has selected 14 experiments as candidate experiments in the period of the first half of the second utilization plan of JEM-PM. (about 1.5 years from the latter half of fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2011)

JAXA issued an announce of opportunity (AO) for the candidate experiments in July, 2007.　 The 14 candidate experiments are selected by the Kibo Utilization Promotion Committee and its sub-committee which are advisory committees of the JAXA president.

The principal investigators will conduct a materialization work of the design of own experiment with JAXA, and start a preparation of experiment after a review by the committee.

The selected candidate experiments are as follows.

Life Science: 8 experiments

Experiment Title	Principal Investigator	Experiment Facility
Studies on the role of auxin efflux facilitators in the gravity-influenced growth and development of plants [PDF 55KB]	Tohoku University Hideyuki Takahashi	Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF)
Mechanisms of Gravity Resistance in Plants - from Signal Transformation and Transduction to Response [PDF 11KB]	Osaka City University Takayuki Hoson	Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF)
Regulation of bone metabolism in space: Analysis by an in vitro assay system using goldfish scale as a model of bone [PDF 264KB]	Kanazawa University Nobuo Suzuki	Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF)
Hypothesis testing of osteopontin function	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Masaki Noda	Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF)
Detection of male germ cell mutagenesis in space environment using Medaka as vertebrate model. [PDF 100KB]	University of Tokyo Hiroshi Mitani	Aquatic Habitat (AQH)
Analysis of blood circulation in the space [PDF 14KB]	Kyoto University Shunichi Takeda	Aquatic Habitat (AQH)
Studies on microbiota on board international space station and their relationship to health problem＊ [PDF 57KB]	Teikyo University Koichi Makimura	Sampling kits
Structure and Function Relationship of Erythrocyte Band 3. [PDF 60KB]	Nagasaki International University Naotaka Hamasaki	Protein Crystallization Research Facility (PCRF)

*: It will be conducted merged with ”Microbial Monitoring on the ISS” (PI: Masao Nasu, Osaka University)

Material Science: 6 experiments

Experiment Title	Principal Investigator	Experiment Facility
In-situ observation of growth mechanisms of protein crystals and their perfection under microgravity	Tohoku University Katsuo Tsukamoto	Solution Crystallization Observation Facility (SCOF)
Crystal growth mechanisms associated with the macromolecules adsorbed at a growing interface -Microgravity effect for self-oscillatory growth- [PDF 44KB]	Hokkaido University Yoshinori Furukawa	Solution Crystallization Observation Facility (SCOF)
Interface Susceptibility and Control of Instability in Thermocapillary Convection [PDF 20KB]	JAXA Satoshi Matsumoto	Fluid Physics Experiment Facility (FPEF)
Crystal Growth of Alloy Semiconductor Under Microgravity [PDF 66KB]	JAXA Yuko Inatomi	Gradient Heating Furnace (GHF)
Elucidation of Flame Spread and Group Combustion Excitation Mechanism of Randomly-distributed Droplet Clouds [PDF 318KB]	Yamaguchi University Masato Mikami	Multi-purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR)
Interfacial Behaviors and Heat Transfer Characteristics in Boiling Two-Phase Flow [PDF 142KB]	Kyushu University Haruhiko Ohta	Multi-purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR)