UW's Boothby Receives NASA Grant to Study Effects of Water Loss on Tardigrades
September 10, 2022
September 10, 2022
LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
Thomas Boothby, a University of Wyoming assistant professor of molecular biology, recently received an $857,794 NASA grant to study the effects of water loss on tardigrades.
"Unlike you or me or many other organisms, tardigrades survive drying out. We previously found that, when tardigrades start drying out, they start making a special type of protein known as CAHS p . . .
Thomas Boothby, a University of Wyoming assistant professor of molecular biology, recently received an $857,794 NASA grant to study the effects of water loss on tardigrades.
"Unlike you or me or many other organisms, tardigrades survive drying out. We previously found that, when tardigrades start drying out, they start making a special type of protein known as CAHS p . . .