| Name | Rotifer-B |
| Operational Nomenclature | Rotifer-B |
| URL | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=RotiferB_ISS |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-yny42h0 |
| Platform | ISS |
| HRE-E3P Category | Biology |
| Mission | Inc61, Inc62, Inc64 |
| Team Coordinator Name | Karine Van Doninck, Boris Hespeels |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Team Members | RotiferB_ISS |
| Publication | Victoria C. Moris, Lucie Bruneau, Jérémy Berthe, et.al, 2025, Rotifers in space: transcriptomic response of the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga aboard the International Space Station, BMC Biology, 23, 182, , DOI: 10.1186/s12915-025-02272-1 A Takahashi, K Ohnishi, S Takahashi, M Masukawa, K Sekikawa, T Amano, T Nakano, S Nagaoka, T Ohnishi, 2000, The effects of microgravity on ligase activity in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks, International Journal of Radiation Biology, 76, 6, 783-788 Debortoli, X Li, I Eyres, D Fontaneto, Boris Hespeels, CQ Tang, Jean-Francois Flot, K van Doninck, 2016, Genetic exchange among Bdelloid rotifers is more likely due to horizontal gene transfer than to meiotic sex, Current Biology, 26, 6, 723-732, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.031 K van Doninck, 2019, Bdelloid rotifers: a new biological model?, TEDxUNamur, , , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dSJ5G01ovw R Kumari, KP Singh, JW DuMond, 2009, Simulated microgravity decreases DNA repair capacity and induces DNA damage in human lymphocytes, The Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 107, 4, 723-731, DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22171 O Gusev, Y Nakahara, V Vanyagina, L Malutina, R Cornette, T Sakashita, N Hamada, T Kikawada, Y Kobayashi, T Okuda, 2010, Anhydrobiosis-associated nuclear DNA damage and repair in the sleeping chironomid: linkage with radioresistance, PLoS ONE, 5, e14008, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014008 D Williams, A Kuipers, Chaki Mukai, R Thirsk, 2009, Acclimation during space flight: effects on human physiology, CMAJ - The Canadian Medical Association Journal, 180, 13, 1317-1323, DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090628 Elizabet Pavez Loriè, Sarah Baatout, Alexander Choukér, Judith-Irina Buchheim, Bjorn Baselet, Cinzia Dello Russo, Virginia Wotring, Lucia Morbidelli, Dimitri Gagliardi, Julia Caroline Stingl, Leonardo Surdo, Vincent Lai Ming Yip, 2021, The Future of Personalized Medicine in Space: From Observations to Countermeasures, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 9, , , DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.739747 Angela Maria Rizzo, T Altiero, PA Corsetto, G Montorfano, R Guidetti, L Rebecchi, 2015, Space flight effects on antioxidant molecules in dry tardigrades: The TARDIKISS Experiment, BioMed Research International, , 167642, DOI:10.1155/2015/167642 José Miguel Ezquerro Navarro, Pablo Salgado Sanchez, Ana Laverón-Simavilla, Maria Victoria Lapuerta Gonzalez, Alvaro Bello Garcia, 2019, The thermocapillary effects in phase change materials in microgravity experiment: Design, preparation and execution of a parabolic flight experiment, Acta Astronautica, 162, 185-196, ISSN 0094-5765, 10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.06.004 M Durante, FA Cucinotta, 2008, Heavy ion carcinogenesis and human space exploration, Nature Reviews Cancer, 8, 6, 465-472, DOI: 10.1038/nrc2391 Boris Hespeels, M Knapen, D Hanot-Mambres, Anne-Catherine Heuskin, F Pineux, S Lucas, Romain Koszul, K van Doninck, 2014, Gateway to genetic exchange? DNA double-strand breaks in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga submitted to desiccation, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27, 7, 1334-1345, PMID: 25105197 M Sugimoto, Y Oono, O Gusev, T Matsumoto, T Yazawa, MA Levinskikh, VN Sychev, GE Bingham, Ray M. Wheeler, M Hummerick, 2014, Genome-wide expression analysis of reactive oxygen species gene network in Mizuna plants grown in long-term spaceflight, BMC Plant Biology, 14, 4, 1-11, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-4 Angela Maria Rizzo, PA Corsetto, G Montorfano, S Milani, S Zava, Sara Tavella, Ranieri Cancedda, Bruno Berra, 2012, Effects of long-term space flight on erythrocytes and oxidative stress of rodents, PLoS One, 7, 3, 1-9, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032361 Gerda Horneck, Petra Rettberg, C Baumstark-Khan, H Rink, S Kozubek, M Schäfer, C Schmitz, 1996, DNA repair in microgravity: Studies on bacteria and mammalian cells in the experiments REPAIR and KINETICS, The Journal of Biotechnology, 47, 2-3, 99-112, DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(96)01382-x Y Wang, L An, Y Jiang, H Hang, 2011, Effects of simulated microgravity on embryonic stem cells, PLoS One, 6, 12, 2-10, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029214 M Mognato, C Girardi, S Fabris, L Celotti, 2009, DNA repair in modeled microgravity: Double strand break rejoining activity in human lymphocytes irradiated with gamma-rays, Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 663, 1-2, 32-39, DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2009.01.002 Claudia Ricci, M Caprioli, 1998, Stress during dormancy: effect on recovery rates and life-history traits of anhydrobiotic animals, Aquatic Ecology, 32, 4, 353-359, ISSN: 1386-2588 Y Gao, D Xu, L Zhao, M Zhang, Y Sun, 2015, Effects of microgravity on DNA damage response in Caenorhabditis elegans during Shenzhou-8 spaceflight, International Journal of Radiation Biology, 91, 7, 531-539, DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2015.1043754 Paul Simion, Jitendra Narayan, Antoine Houtain, Alessandro Derzelle, Lyam Baudry, Emilien Nicolas, Rohan Arora, Marie Cariou, Corinne Cruaud, Florence Rodriguez Gaudray, Clément Gilbert, Nadege Guiglielmoni, Boris Hespeels, Djampa KL Kozlowski, Karine Labadie, Antoine Limasset, Martial Marbouty, Matthieu Terwagne, Julie Virgo, Richard Cordaux, Etienne GJ Danchin, Bernard Hallet, Romain Koszul, Thomas Lenormand, Jean-Francois Flot, Karine Van Doninck, 2021, Chromosome-level genome assembly reveals homologous chromosomes and recombination in asexual rotifer Adineta vaga, Science Advances, 7, 41, eabg4216, , DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg4216 XW Mao, MJ Pecaut, LS Stodieck, VL Ferguson, TA Bateman, M Bouxsein, TA Jones, M Moldovan, CE Cunningham, J Chieu, DS Gridley, 2013, Spaceflight environment induces mitochondrial oxidative damage in ocular tissue, Radiation Research, 180, 4, 340-350, DOI: 10.1667/RR3309.1 J Flot, Boris Hespeels, X Li, B Noel, I Arkhipova, G Danchin, A Hejnol, B Henrissat, Romain Koszul, JM Aury, V Barbe, RM Barthélémy, J Bast, GA Bazykin, O Chabrol, A Couloux, M Da Rocha, C Da Silva, E Gladyshev, P Gouret, O Hallatschek, B Hecox-Lea, Karine Labadie, B Lejeune, O Piskurek, J Poulain, F Rodriguez, JF Ryan, OA Vakhrusheva, E Wajnberg, B Wirth, I Yushenova, M Kellis, AS Kondrashov, DBM Welch, P Pontarotti, J Weissenbach, P Wincker, O Jaillon, K van Doninck, 2013, Genomic evidence for ameiotic evolution in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga, Nature, 500, 7463, 453-457, DOI: 10.1038/nature12326 Claudia Ricci, M Caprioli, C Boschetti, N Santo, 2005, Macrotrachela quadricornifera featured in a space experiment, Hydrobiologia, 534, 1-3, 239-244 R Thirsk, A Kuipers, Chaki Mukai, D Williams, 2009, The space-flight environment: the International Space Station and beyond, CMAJ - The Canadian Medical Association Journal, 180, 12, 1216-1220, DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.081125 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2019-10-04T00:00:00Z/2021-04-17T00:00:00Z |
| Mission Description | The HRE Data Archive (HREDA) collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972. |
| Creator Contact | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/help/contact |
| Date Published | 2025-07-02T09:40:03Z |
| Last Update | 2025-09-10 |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, 2025, 'Rotifer-B', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-yny42h0 |