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About Proteomics

• Proteomic Assessment of Fluid Shifts and Association with Visual Impairment and Intracranial Pressure in Twin Astronauts

Principal Investigator

• Brinda Rana, Ph.D., University of California

Visit (outside NASA.gov)

• http://profiles.ucsd.edu/brinda.rana

Team Members Names, Credentials, Affiliation

• Mike Stenger, Ph.D., NASA JSC
• Brandon R. Macias, Ph.D., KBRwyle
• Stuart M. C. Lee, Ph.D., KBRwyle
• Jamila Siamwala, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
• Douglas Ebert, Ph.D., KBRwyle
• Jan Schilling, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
• Maryam Afkarian, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
• Vivian Hook, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
• Tomas Vaisar, Ph.D., University of Washington
• Andy Hoofnagle, Ph.D. University of Washington
• Hemal Patel, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

More about the Principal Investigator

• What is your area of Expertise?
  • Twin Genetics
• What interested you in getting involved with the Twins Study?

  • At the time of the solicitation for this project in 2013, I was involved in a number of large twin studies investigating the relative contribution of the environment and genetic influences on cardiovascular related traits and diseases and cognitive aging.   My other studies involved investigating how environmental stressors affect the genome.  The NASA Twin Study was a natural progression of my work. 

• What did you enjoy about the study?

  • I have enjoyed so many aspects of working with NASA and it has overall been a positive experience.  The efficiency of the staff which supports our data collection–there never seems to be an obstacle that they cannot overcome to move our project forward; you all in education and media who have brought our study to the public; the program officers who have successfully built a cohesive team from 10 individual projects; and having the opportunity to work with the other 9 investigators and their lab members.