The Gilroy Lab

Simon was interviewed on WORT tonight about growing tomatoes in space. March 21, 7pm, on Perpetual Notion Machine.

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Simon is recognized for outstanding outreach by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Congrats! 🎉

Excellence in outreach recognized with Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award | Research | UW–Madison Excellence in outreach recognized with Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award Posted March 8, 2024 By Natasha Kassulke, [email protected] Haddie McLean Simon Gilfoy A botany professor, Simon Gilroy, who studies how cotton and tomatoes grow in space and an outreach program mana...

https://news.wisc.edu/these-tomatoes-are-out-of-this-world-or-they-will-be-soon/

These tomatoes are out of this world… or they will be soon By sending tomato plants to the International Space Station, UW researchers hope to better understand how plants grow without gravity and whether there are ways to help plants cope with the stressors involved with growing in space flight.

Here's the latest article about The Gilroy Lab experiment growing cotton seedlings on the ISS. It's in the current issue of "Upward" mag and written by Stephenie Livingston.

Cultivating the Cosmos: Decoding Crop Resilience Through Space-Grown Cotton The search for an answer is revealing genetic insights that science can harness to transfer these effects to plants on Earth and improve agriculture.

Simon adds to an optimistic future!

Fixing the Future | On Wisconsin UW researchers offer reasons for hope.

Meet The Gilroy Lab at ASGSR 2022 in Houston Nov 9-12. Apollo astronaut Harrison Schmitt is giving our keynote!!! He will be a tough act to follow, but a number of our plant scientists including Simon will also be giving presentations. Hope to see you there.

2022 ASGSR Meeting Press release EVENT PRESS RELEASE Contact information: American Society for Gravitational and Space Research Jamie Foster, Meeting Chair 321-525-1047 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ASGSR 2022: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE COMMERCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC FRONTIERS OF SPACE EXPLORATION ASGSR Presents 3...

High school juniors and seniors! If you have an interest in space biological research, please apply for this scholarship. Deadline is Sept 15! https://asgsr.org/inspiration/

Legendary educator and plant breeder Dr. Paul Williams, of Fast Plants and Astroplants fame, presented at the Gilroy Lab meeting today. Inspiring and gracious, he has been with UW-Madison for over 60 years. We were lucky to have him with us, thank you Benjamin Richards for organizing his visit! If you are curious to know a bit more about Dr William's work, here is just a small slice:https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/soc/wiscidea/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/496-week-13-Rq1.pdf

Are you a high school junior or senior in the US interested in space biological or physical science? Apply for the ASGSR's Inspiration Scholarship! https://asgsr.org/inspiration/

Attend in person (at the WID on the UW campus, 9:30am) or watch live on NASA TV tomorrow Tuesday July 13 at 10am. Astronauts on the space station answer student questions live, and Simon will talk about our TIC TOC experiment growing cotton in microgravity.

Wisconsin students to speak with NASA astronauts aboard space station July 13 - WARF On July 13, hundreds of K-12 students and families from throughout Wisconsin will gather to hear directly from astronauts on the International Space Station through a live video downlink.

Follow along today Thursday June 3 during the prelaunch and SpaceX CRS-22 launch at Kennedy Space Center. If the weather allows, TIC TOC will be headed to the ISS at 1:29pm ET, 12:29 CT. https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

It's launch day my friends!!!

Simon will be speaking briefly at the KSC press building about our TIC TOC experiment prior to launch today, Thursday June 3!

TODAY! Are you ready for a rocket launch? Join us for live coverage of the SpaceX mission beginning on NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration at 1:00pm ET. We're joining some of the amazing student scientists from Higher Orbits and DreamUp at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex as they prepare to watch their experiments head to the International Space Station!
Image credit: SpaceX

More about our TIC TOC experiment that is launching to the international space station this week! Fingers crossed it goes up on Thursday, weather is 70% go for launch. https://news.wisc.edu/watch-live-as-uw-scientists-launch-first-cotton-to-the-space-station/

There's our ride for our TIC TOC mission to grow cotton seedlings on the space station! Launch day is June 3 🚀

Michael Sheetz on Twitter “SpaceX's Cargo Dragon for the CRS-22 mission last week arrived and was mated to a Falcon 9 rocket in Florida, with liftoff scheduled for early Thursday afternoon:”

Students, what's your idea for a microgravity experiment? Please join us on Friday to find out about winning a ride for your experiment on Blue Origin's New Shepherd! Free fallin’? Yes please!

Students can win a free spaceflight for microgravity experiments on the New Shepard rocket. Learn more about annual Ken Souza Memorial competition this Friday 1-2pm ET:

2021 ASGSR Ken Souza Spaceflight Competition The ASGSR Ken Souza competition gives ASGSR students the opportunity to fly their experiment on Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket.

Prof. Simon Gilroy will present a live talk on Saturday April 10, 10am CDT: "Gardening without Gravity." Stop by to find out about our plant biology experiment that will launch to the space station in June!

Gardening without Gravity Plants don’t need much to thrive: sunlight, water and some soil, but how do you garden on the International Space Station (ISS) where even the air has to be ...

Getting psyched up for the launch this summer of The Gilroy Lab experiment studying how cotton seedlings grow in the microgravity environment on the International Space Station! Here's the NASA website for our investigation, opnom TIC TOC :)

Experiment Details SSRE

It's a who's who Women in Astrobotany! Let's grow plants in space 👍 https://astrobotany.com/2021/03/08/happy-international-womens-day-to-all-of-the-outstanding-women-that-contribute-to-astrobotany/

Happy International Women’s Day to all of the outstanding women that contribute to Astrobotany! | astrobotany.com This post is written by Sara Humphrey, a contributor to astrobotany.com, researcher, and astrobotanist, speaking on International Women’s Day. The first time I ever heard of astrobotany was when Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul earned NASA’s Exceptional Scientific Achievement medal. Her amazing research was...

Some recent gardening efforts on the International Space Station 🚀🌱

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/mission-commander-thrives-as-space-gardener

Mission Commander Thrives as ‘Space Gardener’ NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins’ enthusiasm for learning to grow plants in space has proven fruitful for the agency’s Vegetable Production System (Veggie).

Simon discusses the future of plant biology research in space! https://youtu.be/IBV_sEdwDQU

The future of plants in space - Dr. Simon Gilroy Dr. Simon Gilroy gives a forward thinking look at plants in space

Excellent write-up about efforts to develop ways to grow plants for long-duration crewed missions, plus some fun creative art. I hope you all are enjoying your own gardens or other outdoor spaces this summer.

Gardens of the galaxy: can you grow vegetables on Mars? With a mission to Mars on the horizon and astronauts spending longer than ever in orbit, scientists are looking for ways to grow vegetables in space... By Tim Lewis

Plant growth research and technologies featured in upcoming NASA webinar The Veggie Lab at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is a Plant Processing Area - a web of ground research laboratories equipped with plant growth chambers of all sizes and the ability to simulate…

Plants in microgravity and the University of Wisconsin go back a long way! Here's a great write-up about UW researchers from Apollo-era to today: https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/features/in-a-garden-far-far-away/

In a Garden Far, Far Away | On Wisconsin In the 2015 blockbuster The Martian, Matt Damon’s character, stranded on the red planet, manages to survive for months by growing potatoes in the Martian soil. In his own waste.