Bioprinting and Lab Techniques

Images of scientists engaged in advanced bioprinting and experimental techniques, focusing on modern methodologies in medical research.

Focused scientist operating laboratory equipment.

Two scientists working in laboratory

Tissue engineering laboratory

Members of the cold stowage team unpack science experiments inside the Space Station Processing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 14, 2021. The experiments returned to Earth on SpaceXs 21st commercial resupply services mission (CRS-21). Making its successful parachute-assisted splashdown west of Tampa off the Florida coast, at 8:26 p.m. EST on Jan. 13, the SpaceX cargo Dragon returned more than 4,400 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station. After splashdown, SpaceX loaded Dragon aboard their Go Navigator recovery ship and packed an Airbus H225 helicopter with the time-sensitive research cargo for delivery to Kennedy. The upgraded cargo Dragon capsule also boasts double the powered locker capacity to preserve science samples, allowing for a significant increase in the research that can be carried back to Earth.

Female technician putting sample to a rotator at biochemistry labroratory

Laboratory technician examining samples in the laboratory at the Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology at Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Scientist working in a laboratory

Technician using a light microscope to inject human sperm into a human egg cell (ovum) during in vitro fertilisation (IVF), This technique is known as intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), Medically Assisted Procreation Laboratory, (CECOS), Bordeaux hospital, France.

Matt Romeyn, a NASA biologist, secures seeds in plant pillows for the Veggie plant growth system inside a laboratory in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The plant pillows, containing Outredgeous lettuce, Mizuna Mustard and Waldmann's green lettuce seeds, were packed for delivery to Veggie on SpaceX's 12th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station.

Reportage in a laboratory which develops therapeutic vaccinations to treat small-cell lung cancer, using optimised cryptic peptide technology. These vaccinations are intended to treat cancer by stimulating the immune system so it can recognise and attack cancer cells, without harming normal cells. They target over-expressed antigens present in tumourous cells (universal tumour antigens). The lab grows T lymphocytes and dendritic cells. Dendritic cells are filled with optimised cryptic peptides (antigens), then put into contact with T cells so they become responsive to the antigen. The activated T lymphocytes are then able to target the cancer cells.

Reportage in a laboratory which develops therapeutic vaccinations to treat small-cell lung cancer, using optimised cryptic peptide technology. These vaccinations are intended to treat cancer by stimulating the immune system so it can recognise and attack cancer cells, without harming normal cells. They target over-expressed antigens present in tumourous cells (universal tumour antigens). The lab grows T lymphocytes and dendritic cells. Dendritic cells are filled with optimised cryptic peptides (antigens), then put into contact with T cells so they become responsive to the antigen. The activated T lymphocytes are then able to target the cancer cells.

Germany, Freiburg, Scientist in laboratory evaluating samples

Female laboratory technician working in a laboratory

STS-131 NASA & WALTER REED HOSPITAL TISSUE GROWTH EXPERIMENTS - FLIGHT PREPS

Tim Mudry, Aerospace Fuels, 31st Supply Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, assembles the Ball on Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator (BOCLE) to test the lubricating properties of a fuel sample. The Air Force has implemented this extra evaluation on fuel to increase the longevity of all metal to metal surfaces in fuel systems. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

A team of scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is testing whether organic molecules can be brewed in a simulated ocean vent. Pictured here is Lauren White, a member of the NASA Astrobiology Icy Worlds team.

Young scientists working with samples sitting on a research laboratory

Scientist in a biological lab

Scientists discussing over thermolysis experiment in laboratory

Technical platform of the Inovie 34 laboratory . Hematology tube sorter. NFS, blood count, VS, sedimentation rate, HBA1C, Glycated Hemoglobin

Research on chronic bacterial infections within Inserm. Student working on bacteriological infections.

Scientists in the poison room or laboratory with ethidium bromide during a DNA gel electrophoresis for the detection of nucleic acids in the Faculty of Biology at the University of Duisburg-Essen

STS-132 JAXA FISH SCALES & HYDROTROP EXPERIMENTS

SPEGIS (Streptococcus Pneumoniae Expression of Genes in Space) payload equipment (For STS-118 Space Shuttle Mission)

POV of doctor examining petri dish with various bacteria

Scientist examining samples under a microscope in a laboratory setting

A scientist examines a sample under the microscope in a stable isotope laboratory at Innsbruck University.

Inside the Space Station Processing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a researcher measures out the calcined clay that will be used to assemble plant pillows on Jan. 16, 2019. Often used to condition baseball infields, the clays size and roughness traps air and absorbs water to provide both to plant roots in microgravity. The pillows are small containers used to grow plants in space aboard the International Space Station. The pillows are for a series of plant experiments called VEG-03 J/K/L that will monitor the growth of three types of leafy greens and test a new way of handling seeds. The experiments will be launched to the orbiting laboratory aboard a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft on the companys 13th resupply services mission. Liftoff is scheduled for Feb. 9, 2020, at 5:39 p.m. EST from the agencys Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

A laboratory technician analyzing how cells to react to an HIV vaccine in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Reportage on the observatory accredited by the French Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Ministry to provide surveillance and information on air quality in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes area of France. A technician weighs the filters gathered in the measuring stations.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the University Research-1 payload developed by Texas Southern University in Houston is being prepared for loading aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for launch to the International Space Station. The experiment involves an investigation of countermeasures involving research into the efficacy of benzofuran-2-carboxylic acid derivatives as pharmacological countermeasures in mitigating the adverse effects of space flight and the International Space Station radiation environment on the immune system. Scheduled for launch on March 16 atop a Falcon 9 rocket, Dragon will be marking its fourth trip to the space station. The SpaceX-3 mission is the third of 12 flights contracted by NASA to resupply the orbiting laboratory.

The unit 613 of the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) carries researches on molecular and epidemiological genetics in Brest, France. The cell therapy and genic therapy laboratory, used for researches on genetic diseases such as mucoviscidosis, hereditary pancreatitis, idiopathic hemochromatosis etc.

Female scientist in hijab and gloves examining specimen tray

Reportage in a biology lab in Thonon-les-Bains hospital, France. Hematology lab.

Report at the Rouen University Hospital, cryopreservation department, semen straws frozen in liquid nitrogen.

Laboratory Assistant at the Liquid Chromatography Analysis at the Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Research on chronic bacterial infections within Inserm. PhD student working on brucellosis bacteria.

Research on chronic bacterial infections within Inserm. PhD student working on brucellosis bacteria with the help of a flow cytometer.

Scientists in face masks talking in laboratory

Lab technician using centrifuge machine

Scientist working in biological laboratory

Scientist using scalpel and ultraviolet light for DNA isolation

Female chemist working in lab

Young female scientist working at biological laboratory inspecting samples

Reportage in the French Arkopharma lab in Nice, France. This pharmaceutical lab is specialized in the phytotherapy, natural medicine and dietary supplement sectors. It is the European market leader. At the lab: carrying out analyses on spirulina.

Engineer operating circuit board in laboratory

Scientist holding chemical bottle inside microbiological safety cabinet

Saxon research and manufacturer network for radiopharmaceuticals

Kriminaltechnisches Institut, KTI, Forensic Science Institute, botany and soil traces, analysis of soil samples, search for plant-derived evidence or soil types, police, Landeskriminalamt, LKA, State Criminal Police Office, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside the Space Life Sciences Laboratory near NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Dr. David J. Smith, a microbiologist in the Surface Systems Office, prepares microbes that will be deployed for the Microorganisms in the Stratosphere, or MIST, mission. High altitudes exert a unique combination of stresses on microbes, outside the range of conditions normally encountered on the Earth's surface. Results from MIST may improve our understanding of the physical limits and habitable environments for life. The MIST mission will fly a small biological payload aboard a blimp in July to measure microbial survival and cellular responses to exposure in the upper atmoshere. Later in the year, the MIST mission will deploy samples at even higher altitudes in the stratosphere using scientific balloons.

Reportage in the French National Police's Criminal Research Institute in Rosny-sous-Bois, France. Finger Print Department.

Press tour as part of SPIN2030, a campaign to highlight the diversity, excellence and attractiveness of Saxony as a centre of science. Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems ENAS in Chemnitz, wafer research

A female researcher in a laboratory.

Study on opportunistic infections with Burkholderia cepacia complex using Zebra Fish embryos

Scientist examining multiwell plate in laboratory

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, Barry Perlman, Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in Florida, and Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., process one of the experiments carried on mission STS-107. Several experiments were found during the search for Columbia debris. Included in the Commercial ITA Biomedical Experiments payload on mission STS-107 are urokinase cancer research, microencapsulation of drugs, the Growth of Bacterial Biofilm on Surfaces during Spaceflight (GOBBSS), and tin crystal formation. The latter was sponsored by the Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Researchers have activated the red, blue and green LED lights on the Veggie plant growth system inside a control chamber at the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Jim Smodell, a technician with SGT, starts the water supply to the plant pillows containing outredgeous red romaine lettuce seeds inside Veggie. Behind him is George Guerra, a quality control engineer with QinetiQ North America. The growth chamber will be used as a control unit and procedures will be followed identical to those being performed on Veggie and the Veg-01 experiment on the International Space Station by Expedition 39 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson.Veggie and Veg-01 were delivered to the space station aboard the SpaceX-3 mission. Veggie is the first fresh food production system delivered to the station. Six plant pillows, each containing outredgeous red romaine lettuce seeds and a root mat were inserted into Veggie. The plant cham

040701-F-3488S-010. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Technician using a light microscope to inject human sperm into a human egg cell (ovum) during in vitro fertilisation (IVF). This technique is known as intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Medically Assisted Procreation Laboratory, Limoges hospital, France.

Cytogenetics laboratory, karytype analysis.

Doctoral student during her research work on a film drawing bench at the Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy at Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Study on opportunistic infections with Burkholderia cepacia complex using Zebra Fish embryos

Young scientist working on cells in a cancer research and infectious diseases laboratory

Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. Researching the specific gene involved in the transformation of liver cells. Here, using bacteria in order to isolate this gene.

Biotechnology, fluorescence microscope, a special version of a light microscope that can visualise fluorescent labelled molecules within a cell, Centre for Medical Biotechnology of the University Duisburg-Essen, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, Europe

Scientist working in a laboratory

Scientists engaged in cuttingedge research with advanced equipment.

NIAID researcher reaching for cell cultures in a CO2 incubator.

Kriminaltechnisches Institut, KTI, Forensic Science Institute, examination of evidence for possible DNA traces with UV light, police, Landeskriminalamt, LKA, State Criminal Police Office, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

DN-SC-85-01676. Base: Bethesda State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Laboratory at the Institute of Pharmacy and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Laboratory at the Institute of Pharmacy and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Scientist working in lab wearing protective clothing

In search of proteins. To find out the proteins linked to the activity of the genes that cause the melanoma

Technical platform of the Inovie 34 laboratory . Reading of a malaria slide by the biologist on duty in order to rule out any doubt of malaria on analyses.

A chemist

Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI

Scientist standing at a fume hood with face shield

Mature scientist with colleague discussing over thermolysis experiment at laboratory

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - T-cell science team member Miya Yoshida, of the Hughes-Fulford Laboratory in San Francisco, Calif., works in a biosafety hood during preflight experiment preparations in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The immunology experiment will launch on SpaceX-3 and focus on the effects of microgravity on early T-cell signaling pathways. Current work aims to identify and compare the gene expression of microRNAs miRNAs during T-cell activation under normal gravity and in microgravity, and compare those patterns to changes seen in aging populations. The experiment will be the first flown on SpaceX funded by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Hughes-Fulford flew aboard space shuttle mission STS-40 in June 1991, the first Spacelab mission dedicated to biomedical studies.

Different equipment on table of modern laboratory.

KSC-2012-6321 - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Anne Caraccio works with an experimental reactor as part of the trash-to-gas project at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A group of six researchers at Kennedy and groups from NASA centers in Ohio, California and Texas wrote in a recent paper that the current methods of handling trash - either carrying it along on the round trip through space or gathering it into an expendable module and burning it up in Earth's atmosphere - are not suitable answers for missions that go beyond Earth orbit or even past the moon. Working in a laboratory at Kennedy, Hintze's team built an 80-pound device that looks like a three-foot-long metal pipe to test theories about incinerating a variety of trash ranging from used clothes to uneaten food. The reactor holds more than three quarts of material and burns at about 1,000 degrees F, about twice the maximum temperature of an average household oven. It's expected to take astronauts four hours to burn a day's worth

Laboratory at the Institute of Pharmacy and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Research assistant at the pipetting robot of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Duisburg-Essen during research work, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Chemist controlling nitrogen concentration in a laboratory

Technical platform of the Inovie 34 laboratory . Follow-up scans of sample tubes before shipment to another site for various analyses.

Chemical/Biological - Anniston, Ala. , Nov. 18, 2011 A lab technician prepares biological materials for use in future training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP). The CDP will begin using biological materials in training scenarios in 2012. Several key homeland security publications have identified the need for enhanced preparedness for biological attacks.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI

FREDERICK, Md. (Jan. 12, 2024) Andrea Luquette, a research associate with Naval Medical Research Commands Biological Disease Research Directorate (BDRD), prepares library prep for DNA sequencing of bacterial genomes. Genome sequencing provides infectious disease data that help NMRC scientists identify rare disease variants, trace the origin and spread of outbreaks, identify whether a given microorganism is resistant to medical countermeasures, and if so, identify which genes make the organism resistant. This information can aid development of new countermeasures for health concerns like multidrug resistant trauma-related infections. BDRD, located at Ft. Detrick, works to advance research and development of therapeutics to protect against biological attacks.

Analyses cellulaires en microscopie confocale, Equipe de recherche (ici post-doctorant) du laboratoire "Contrôle de la Réponse Immune B et Lymphoproliférations" (CNRS/Université/CHU de Limoges), Laboratoire d'immunologie du Professeur Michel Cogné au CBRS, Centre de Biologie et de Recherche en Santé hospitalo -universitaire de Limoges.

Reportage in Descartes University, Paris, France where Vizua 3D is based. Vizua provides real-time 3D visualisations for doctors using imagery from patients. Doctors can then print these visualisations in 3D. Printing a 3D visualisation of a pelvis.

Reportage in the French National Police's Criminal Research Institute in Rosny-sous-Bois, France. Fire and Explosives Department (chemical analysis of fire and explosives residue). Using a crime light.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken tours the University of Pittsburgh Biomedical Research Facility, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 30, 2021.

Study on opportunistic infections with Burkholderia cepacia complex using Zebra Fish embryos.

NIAID researcher uses an electron microscope.

michael smith building interior of lab

030815-F-0703J-004. Base: RAF Lakenheath Country: United Kingdom (GBR)

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