The National Space Biomedical Research Institute's two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Program offers young scientists the opportunity to manage their own space-related biomedical research project while continuing to learn from an experienced faculty mentor. Participants become a part of one of NSBRI's research teams and also receive introduction to NASA Johnson Space Center's research facilities and program.

The 2009 NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellows and their projects are listed below with their institution, mentor and NSBRI research team. Each project title is linked to the technical summary for that project.

Takuo Kubota, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Interaction Between IGF-1 and Integrin Signaling in the Response of Bone to Mechanical Load
NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team
Mentor: Daniel D. Bikle, M.D., Ph.D.

Clay E. Pandorf, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
Molecular Mechanisms that Impact Transcription of Myosin Genes in Human Skeletal Muscle in Response to Unloading: Role of Resistance Exercise
NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team
Mentor: Kenneth M. Baldwin, Ph.D.

Andrew J.K. Phillips, Ph.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Physiologically-Based Modeling of Sleep-Wake Scheduling and the Effects of Pharmaceuticals
NSBRI Human Factors and Performance Team
Mentor: Elizabeth B. Klerman, M.D., Ph.D.

Rui Carlos Sá, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
Variability in Flow Distribution within the Lung and its Effects on Deposition and Clearance of Inhaled Particles in Normal and Reduced
NSBRI Human Factors and Performance Team
Mentor: G. Kim Prisk, Ph.D., D.Sc.