Homewood High School Students Have A Project In Space
A team of Homewood AP Chemistry students were selected to participate in a
project entitled “A Comprehensive Evaluation of Microgravity Protein
Crystallization” with Dr. Larry DeLucas, Director of the Center for Biophysical
Sciences and Engineering at UAB.
Over 90 students from central Alabama
representing 10 different schools are participating in both the ground based and
flight based experiments. In addition to the ground based research, every
school will have the opportunity to fly up to ten different protein samples in
space and analyze the results upon their return to Earth. Homewood students
visited the Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering on October 28, 2013
to prepare their protein crystals for the tentative February launch of the
SpaceX-3 unmanned rocket. Their crystals will be allowed to grow in
microgravity and will return to Earth for analysis. HHS teacher, Kelly Reaves,
will lead these students through this extraordinary opportunity.
