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About Lab-On-a-Chip Applications Development (LOCAD)
The Lab-On-a-Chip Application Development (LOCAD) Team is a collaborative effort between government, industry and academia. The LOCAD team formed in 2001 and began preparation of the LOCAD Portable Test System (LOCAD-PTS) for space flight in 2004. The LOCAD-PTS was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard Space Shuttle Discovery in December 2006 and first operated on ISS in March 2007. The LOCAD team is committed to providing the latest in multi-functional, rapid, point-of-use technology for the detection and monitoring of biological molecules.
The LOCAD team members and their responsibilities are listed below:
| Team Member |
Role |
Responsibilities |
Carnegie Institution of Washington |
Science Principal Investigator (PI) |
Provide expertise in defining the assays, testing the protocols, ground truth testing, spectrometry, integration, signal to noise reduction, data processing regarding protein microarray development, extreme environments testing, and target identification research |
Charles River Laboratories |
LOCAD PTS PI |
Assay development and modification of LOCAD-PTS, scientific collaborator |
Jacobs |
Science PI & Research Scientists |
Overseeing LOCAD laboratory research and development efforts, engineering & project support |
Teledyne Brown Engineering |
Project Support |
Engineering and project support, fabrication of swabbing/dispensing unit |
British Aerospace (BAE) Systems |
Project Scientist & Science Support |
Train crew, support flight operations, support both strictly science and integrating the science with the engineering. |
Boeing |
Payload Integration Manager |
Coordinate payload integration |
University of Alabama Huntsville |
Optical, Mechanical , & Materials Engineering |
Develop optical sensing for LOCAD systems. Develop tools, instrument hardware and test fixtures |
University of Virginia |
Chip Development |
Chip fabrication |
NASA - Johnson Space Center |
Astronaut |
Conduct experiments on the International Space Station |
NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center |
Project Management |
Project management, engineering, supporting flight operations, safety & mission assurance, quality assurance, configuration control |
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