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==== Plant biology ====
Advanced AstrocultureTM (ADVASC)
Biomass Production System (BPS)
Cambium (Cambium)
Cell Wall/Reverse Genetic Approach to Exploring Genes Responsible for Cell Wall Dynamics in Supporting Tissues of Arabidopsis Under Microgravity Conditions and Resist Wall/Role of Microtubule-Membrane-Cell Wall Continuum in Gravity Resistance in Plants (CWRW)
Gravity Related Genes in Arabidopsis - A (Genara-A)
Threshold Acceleration for Gravisensing (Gravi)
Threshold Acceleration for Gravisensing - 2 (Gravi-2)
Validating Vegetable Production Unit (VPU) Plants, Protocols, Procedures and Requirements (P3R) Using Currently Existing Flight Resources (Lada-VPU-P3R)
Molecular and Plant Physiological Analyses of the Microgravity Effects on Multigeneration Studies of Arabidopsis thaliana (Multigen)
National Laboratory Pathfinder - Cells - 3: Jatropha Biofuels (NLP-Cells-3)
The Optimization of Root Zone Substrates (ORZS) for Reduced Gravity Experiments Program (ORZS)
Photosynthesis Experiment and System Testing and Operation (PESTO)
Plant Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (PGBA)
Transgenic Arabidopsis Gene Expression System (TAGES)
Analysis of a Novel Sensory Mechanism in Root Phototropism (Tropi)

==== Protein crystallization ====
Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility - Extraordinary Structural Features of Antibodies from Camelids (APCF-Camelids)
Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility - Solution Flows and Molecular Disorder of Protein Crystals: Growth of High Quality Crystals, Motions of Lumazin Crystals and Growth of Ferritin Crystals (APCF-Crystal_Growth)
Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility - Effect of Different Growth Conditions on the Quality of Thaumatin and Aspartyl-tRNA Synthetase Crystals Grown in Microgravity (APCF-Crystal_Quality)
Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility - Crystallization of Human Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Subfractions in Microgravity (APCF-Lipoprotein)
Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility - Testing New Trends in Microgravity Protein Crystallization (APCF-Lysozyme)
Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility - Crystallization of the Next Generation of Octarellins (APCF-Octarellins)
Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility - Protein Crystallization in Microgravity, Collagen Model (X-Y-Gly) Polypeptides - the case of (Pro-Pro-Gly) 10 (APCF-PPG10)
Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility - Crystallization of Rhodopsin in Microgravity (APCF-Rhodopsin)
Commercial Protein Crystal Growth - High Density (CPCG-H)
Dynamically Controlled Protein Crystal Growth (DCPCG)
Protein Crystal Growth-Enhanced Gaseous Nitrogen Dewar (PCG-EGN)
Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System-Improved Diffraction Quality of Crystals (PCG-STES-IDQC)
Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System-Crystallization of the Integral Membrane Protein Using Microgravity (PCG-STES-IMP)
Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System-Synchrotron Based Mosaicity Measurements of Crystal Quality and Theoretical Modeling (PCG-STES-MM)
Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System-Crystallization of the Mitochondrial Metabolite Transport Proteins (PCG-STES-MMTP)
Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System - Crystal Growth Model System for Material Science (PCG-STES-MS)
Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System-Engineering a Ribozyme for Diffraction Properties (PCG-STES-RDP)
Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System-Regulation of Gene Expression (PCG-STES-RGE)
Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System-Science and Applications of Facility Hardware for Protein Crystal Growth (PCG-STES-SA)
Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System-Vapor Equilibrium Kinetics Studies (PCG-STES-VEKS)

==== Other experiments ====
Dome Gene Experiment (DomeGene)
Exposure Experiment (Expose)
Fischer Rat Thyroid Low Serum 5% (FRTL5)
High Quality Protein Crystallization (HQPC)
Detection of Changes in LOH Profile of TK mutants of Human Cultured Cells (LOH) - Gene Expression of p53-Regulated Genes in Mammalian Cultured Cells After Exposure to Space Environment (LOH-RadGene)
Effects of Microgravity on the Haemopoietic System: A Study on Neocytolysis (Neocytolysis)
PAthway DIfferent ACtivators (PADIAC)
ROle of Apoptosis in Lymphocyte Depression (ROALD)
Study of Space Environment Effects on PY17 Bacterial Spores on board Space Shuttle (Spore)
Waving and Coiling of Arabidopsis Roots at Different g-levels (WAICO)

=== Physical and materials sciences ===

==== Combustion science ====
Flame Extinguishment Experiment (FLEX)
Smoke Point In Co-flow Experiment (SPICE)

==== Fluid physics ====
Capillary Flow Experiment (CFE)
DEvice for the study of Critical LIquids and Crystallization - High Temperature Insert (DECLIC-HTI)
Fluid Merging Viscosity Measurement (FMVM)
Miscible Fluids in Microgravity (MFMG)
Shear History Extensional Rheology Experiment (SHERE)
Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument-Influence of VIbrations on DIffusion of Liquids (SODI-IVIDIL)

==== Materials science ====
Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 3 and 4: Critical Point (BCAT-3-4-CP)
Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 3: Binary Alloys (BCAT-3-BA)
Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 3: Surface Crystallization (BCAT-3-SC)
Binodal Colloidal Aggregation Test - 4: Polydispersion (BCAT-4-Poly)
Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 5: Three-Dimensional Melt (BCAT-5-3D-Melt)
Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 5: Compete (BCAT-5-Compete)
Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-5: Phase Separation (BCAT-5-PhaseSep)
Coarsening in Solid Liquid Mixtures-2 (CSLM-2)
DEvice for the study of Critical LIquids and Crystallization - Directional Solidification Insert (DECLIC-DSI)
EXPRESS Physics of Colloids in Space (EXPPCS)
Viscous Liquid Foam - Bulk Metallic Glass (Foam)
Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions (InSPACE)
Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions - 2 (InSPACE-2)
Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7, and 8)
Materials Science Laboratory - Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition in Solidification Processing and Microstructure Formation in Casting of Technical Alloys under Diffusive and Magnetically Controlled Convective Conditions (MSL-CETSOL_and_MICAST)
Toward Understanding Pore Formation and Mobility During Controlled Directional Solidification in a Microgravity Environment (PFMI)
Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument - Aggregation of Colloidal Solutions (SODI-Colloid) (ISS Experiment)
Space-Dynamically Responding Ultrasonic Matrix System (SpaceDRUMS)
Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules (SUBSA)
Zeolite Crystal Growth (ZCG)

==== Quantum Physics ====
Cold Atom Laboratory

==== Other experiments ====
Fundamental and Applied Studies of Emulsion Stability (FASES)
Simulation of Geophysical Fluid Flow Under Microgravity (Geoflow)
Chaos, Turbulence and its Transition Process in Marangoni Convection (Marangoni)

=== Technology development ===

==== Characterizing the microgravity environment on ISS ====
Active Rack Isolation System - ISS Characterization Experiment (ARIS-ICE)
Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System (MAMS)
Space Acceleration Measurement System-II (SAMS-II)

==== Environmental monitoring of ISS ====
Analyzing Interferometer for Ambient Air (ANITA)
JPL Electronic Nose (ENose)
Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System (LOCAD-PTS)
Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System - Exploration (LOCAD-PTS-Exploration)
Vehicle Cabin Atmosphere Monitor (VCAM)

==== Picosatellites and control technologies ====
Avatar Explore: Autonomous Robotic Operations Performed from the ISS (Avatar_Explore)
Dual RF Astrodynamic GPS Orbital Navigator Satellite (DRAGONSat)
Middeck Active Control Experiment-II (MACE-II)
Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES)
Space Test Program-H2-Microelectromechanical System-Based (MEMS) PICOSAT Inspector (STP-H2-MEPSI)
Space Test Program-H2-Radar Fence Transponder (STP-H2-RAFT)

==== Spacecraft materials ====
Elastic Memory Composite Hinge (EMCH)
In Space Soldering Investigation (ISSI)
Pico-Satellite Solar Cell Experiment (PSSC)
Rigidizable Inflatable Get-Away-Special Experiment (RIGEX)