Announcing the 2025 Junior Scientist Awards! - Continue to our blog to meet the students responsible for this year's top space biology proposals from middle schoolers. genesinspace.org/news/blog/meet…

Congratulations to this year's Genes in Space Semifinalists! These 20 student teams will move on to compete for the grand prize - their experiment on the International Space Station! 🛰️ genesinspace.org/news/blog/anno…

We're proud to announce the 2025 Honorable Mention awardees! These ten exceptional teams demonstrated remarkable creativity and scientific insight in their proposed DNA analysis experiments, which addressed the unique challenges of space exploration. genesinspace.org/news/blog/reco…

Meet the Finalist teams for the 2025 contest! These exceptional young scientists will move on to compete for the ultimate prize of launching their DNA experiment to the International Space Station in 2026. Watch video summaries of their proposals here genesinspace.org/news/press/gen…

2024 winners, Julia Gross and Isabelle Chuang, came to Boston for Space Biology Camp and piloted their winning experiment for the first time. Read more about the event on our blog: genesinspace.org/news/blog/2024…

This year's top middle school proposals displayed creativity and thoughtful consideration for the challenges of space flight. Watch the 2025 Junior Scientist Awardee videos on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

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Our student finalists are gearing up to present to our panel of space biology experts at ASCEND. Meet the team that will select the next pioneering Genes in Space investigation bound for space! genesinspace.org/news/blog/meet…

The 2025 John Hatch Memorial Prize in Mentorship will be presented to veteran GIS mentor Dr. Aleks Radakovic. Read Aleks' reflection on mentorship: genesinspace.org/news/blog/intr…

The newest issue of Upward, the official magazine of the ISS National Lab, is now available! From the Interplanetary #Internet of the future (straight from one of the "Fathers Of the Internet!) to a Genes in Space #WhereAreTheyNow to a #biotech #startup aiming to make

Congratulations are in order for the latest winner of the Genes in Space contest. We can't wait to see you at the launchpad!

Last week, the 2025 Genes in Space student Finalists, their parents, teachers, and mentors traveled to Las Vegas for the #ASCEND Conference. Check our the highlights: genesinspace.org/news/blog/high…

Huge news! 🚀 The Genes in Space-12 experiment is launching soon on SpX-33 to test phage therapy in space. A big thank you to our incredible student winners and partners at Boeing Space, New England Biolabs, and ISS National Lab for making this possible!

Yay! The Genes in Space-12 experiment is ready to launch! Stay tuned for updates as 2024 winners Isabelle Chuang and Julia Gross head to NASA's Kennedy Space Center to watch their project rocket up 🚀 ✨

Lab in a Box kicked off its 9th year this week! Biotech training loans that induce smiles! Check out this post and become the next recipient: genesinspace.org/news/blog/

Congratulations to the Genes in Space-12 student winners! Their experiment was delivered to the International Space Station as part of NASA's CRS-33 mission. GiS-12 will lay the groundwork for a new way to treat bacterial infections in space using bacteriophages.

On Oct 9, astronaut Michael Fincke performed the second run of the winning Genes in Space 12 experiment aboard the ISS. Congratulations to our student scientists, Julia Gross and Isabelle Chuang, whose creativity and curiosity are helping unlock the future of space exploration.