MicroAge Mission: Experimental Design, Hardware Development and Operational Considerations for a Bespoke Culture System to Support Tissue-Engineered Skeletal Muscle Constructs.
Samantha W. Jones, Shahjahan M. Shigdar, Jonathan Temple, Benjamin R. Tollitt, Adam J Janvier, Fiona Mutter, James R. Henstock, Jessica Ohana, David A. Turner, Christopher McArdle, Gianluca Neri, William Blackler, Georgi Olentsenko, Kai F. Hoettges, Anne McArdle, Malcolm Joseph Jackson
The paper describes the design and operational considerations of a tissue-engineered skeletal muscle system for microgravity experiments to study muscle atrophy and aging mechanisms.
npj Microgravity · Feb 21, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering