# @prsciencetrust1 on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-01-27T15:08:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust (@prsciencetrust1) — https://gondola.cc/prsciencetrust1

## Caption

🧬🌍 Our space stem cells are back home! 🇵🇷

🚀After an epic journey aboard SpaceX-31 and the International Space Station, the Rhodium StemCell 01 mission samples have safely landed in Puerto Rico. Now, the real work begins:

🔬 What’s next?
Dr. Maribella Domenech’s lab at UPR Mayagüez will: 
 • Check for any damage from the trip.
 • Study how microgravity affected their survival and growth. 
 • Test anti-inflammatory properties for health benefits in space and on Earth.

✨Why it matters:
 • Findings could enhance astronaut health and improve treatments for autoimmune conditions!
 • When results are published, you can access them on our Beacon Puerto Rican Research Platform.

📸 Swipe to see the journey:
1️⃣ Dr. Domenech's team receive the samples after their return to Earth.
2️⃣ Close-up of the cells on microcarriers post-flight, stained red to highlight their structure.
3️⃣ Preparing the samples pre-launch.
4️⃣ SpaceX-31 capsule on its way to the ISS.
5️⃣ Astronaut Suni Williams with Rhodium samples in space.
6️⃣ Students in the lab removing the samples after return.

🌱Made possible by:
Our Research Grants program's Advanced Research Grant - Space Edition in partnership with Rhodium Scientific.

💫 Stay tuned as we uncover how space affects stem cells!

#RhodiumStemCell01 #samplereturn #stemcells #ResearchGrants #AdvancedResearchGrant #RhodiumScientific #UPRM #NASA #SpaceX #InternationalSpaceStation #Innovation #Microgravity

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advancedresearchgrant, nasa, internationalspacestation, stemcells, samplereturn, researchgrants, innovation, spacex, rhodiumstemcell01, rhodiumscientific, microgravity, uprm

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