Open Science Abbreviations
General Abbreviations
Abbreviation Definition
OSDR Open Science Data Repository
BDME Biological Data Management Environment
GL GeneLab
GLDS GeneLab Data Systems
ALSDA Ames Life Sciences Data Archive
NBISC NASA Biological Institutional Scientific Collection
RDSA Research Data Submission Agreement
Data Systems Abbreviations
Abbreviation Definition
MVP Minimum Viable Product
Sample OSDR Abbreviations
experiment to establish the initial condition of the experimental subjects
pFLT parabolic flight
pGC ground control for parabolic flight (i.e. samples were grown/processed in the same equipment as those in the pFLT groups)
soFLT suborbital ballistic rocket flight
soGC ground control for suborbital ballistic rocket flight (i.e. samples were grown/processed in the same equipment as those in the soFLT
groups)
CTRL control group for a space-relevant (but NOT spaceflight) experiment
HLU hind limb unloading (aka hindlimb suspension)
RL re-loaded - subjects re-exposed to limb/body loading
HLLC hind limb loaded control
TRHLLC tail restrained hind limb loaded control
uG microgravity
HG hypergravity http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/MESH?p=classes&conceptid=D018471
1G 1x gravity
2G 2x gravity
act activated
nonact non-activated
Tcells T cells
Dmel Drosophila melanogaster
Can-S Canton-Special (strain of Drosophila melanogaster)
Ecol Escherichia coli
Bbas Beauveria bassiana
infdw infected with
uninfd uninfected
sham-infd sham infected, treated similarly to the infected group but administered a control solution that does not contain an infectious agent (i.e.
treated with PBS, water, etc.)
Atha Arabidopsis thaliana
Brap Brassica rapa
nipp nipposinica (variant of Brassica rapa)
Etsl Etiolated seedlings - after further review I think “etiolation” should be made into standalone factor Kristen here - etiolation is a
condition of a sample we deal with differently now.
UdCC undifferentiated cell culture
BA1 BRIC A PDFU-1
BA2 BRIC A PDFU-2
BA3 BRIC A PDFU-3
BA4 BRIC A PDFU-4
BA5 BRIC A PDFU-5
BB2 BRIC B PDFU-2
BB3 BRIC B PDFU-3
BB4 BRIC B PDFU-4
BB5 BRIC B PDFU-5
BG1 BRIC G PDFU-1
BG2 BRIC G PDFU-2
BG3 BRIC G PDFU-3
WT wild-type
MUT mutant
wo whole organism
ADR Adrenal Glands
AT Adipose Tissue
BAT Brown Adipose Tissue
BRN Brain
Cb Cerebellum
CLN Colon
DSKN Dorsal Skin
EDL Extensor Digitorum Longus
eWAT Epididymal White Adipose Tissue
EYE Eye
FCS Feces
FSKN Femoral Skin
GST Gastrocnemius
HPC Hippocampus
iBAT Intrascapular Brown Adipose Tissue
iWAT Inginal White Adipose Tissue
KDN Kidney
LD Longissimus Dorsi Muscle
Lg-INT Large Intestines
LNG Lung
LVR Liver
HRT Heart
INT Intestines
MG Mammary Gland
OVY Ovary or Ovaries
Quad Quadricep
RTN Retina
SKN Skin
SLS Soleus
SM Skeletal Muscle
SPL Spleen
TA Tibialis Anterior
TES Testis or Testes
TMS Thymus
TNG Tongue
WAT White Adipose Tissue
RR Rodent Research
MHU Mouse Habitat Unit (JAXA mouse habitat unit)
FS Freezing Study
JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
CC Cohort Control
C# Cohort Number
LAR Live Animal Return
ISS-T ISS Terminal Animal
NuRFB Nutrient Upgraded Rodent Food Bar
IR Irradiation
BSP Biospecimen Sharing Program
LSDA Life Science Data Archive
ALSDA Ames Life Science Data Archive
ACF Animal Care Facility
LLU Loma Linda University
KSC Kennedy Space Center
RNA Ribonucleic acid
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
PRT Protein
ALQ Aliquot
LN2 Liquid nitrogen
RNAlat RNA later
RIN RNA integrity number
DIN DNA integrity number
MIX1 ERCC Spike In mix 1
MIX2 ERCC Spike In mix 2
BLD Blood - we may want to revisit this - Whole Blood (WB), White Blood Cells (WBCs), Red Blood Cells (RBCs)
WB whole blood
WBCs White Blood Cells
RBCs Red Blood Cells
leu Leukocytes
L Left
Lg Large
R Right
D Dorsal
V Ventral
F Femoral
OD Optical Density
URR Universal Reference RNA
UHRR Universal Human Reference RNA
UMRR Universal Mouse Reference RNA
Gspe Genus species
C57-6J C57BL/6 mouse from Jackson Labs
OR Oregon R (Fruit Fly strain)
act2-3 Arabidopisis thaliana vegetative actin mutant
Col-0 Arabidopsis thaliana Columbia-0 ecotype
C57-10J C57BL/10J mouse from Jackson Labs
Ler-0 Landsberg ecotype
sShoots seedling shoots - will probably change. describes development AND anatomy. will review in JIRA process Amanda M. Saravia-butler
C57-6IBCh C57BL/6 mouse from Shemyakin & Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russia
C57-6T C57BL/6 mouse from Taconic Biosciences
I dissected immediately after euthanasia
C dissected from frozen carcass
ARG1-KO A. thaliana Col-0 knock-out line deficient in the gene named Altered response to gravity-1
JkTcells Jurkat T cells
C57-6CR C57BL/6 mouse from Charles River
os-ind osteo-induced
not-ind not induced
BMSC Bone Marrow Stromal Cells
MSCs Mesenchymal Stem Cells
EMF treated with electromagnetic fields
suG simulated microgravity
LDC Large Diameter Centrifuge
RPoM Random Positioning Machine
ML Magnetic Levitator
do days old
yo years old
C Celsius
oLDC outside the Large Diameter Centrifuge
oRPoM outside the Random Positioning Machine
oML outside the Magnetic Levitator
YR Gamma Radiation
HZE High (H) Charge (Z) and Energy (E) HZE ionizing radiation
ATM1 mutant defective in the DSB-sensing protein kinase ATM
Gy Gray
sl seedling
sl-pool pool of 2 or more whole seedlings
lvCMC left ventricular cardiomyocytes
MCL medial collateral ligament
Rnor Rattus norvegicus
Sx surgery
noSx no surgery
shamSx sham surgery
bildisMCL bilateral disruption of the medial collateral ligament
lpup late pupae - may want to revisit. combining time/development and organism part
dT delta (change in) Temperature
NOdT no change in Temperature
ltdO2 limited Oxygen
normO2 normal Oxygen levels
Ws-0 Wassilewskija-0 (Arabidopsis thaliana) ecotype, species variant 391
Ws-2 Wassilewskija-2 (Arabidopsis thaliana) ecotype, species variant 393
Ws Wassilewskija (Arabidopsis thaliana) ecotype, species variant 382
Cvi-0 Cape Verde Islands - 0 (Arabidopsis thaliana) ecotype, species variant 98
suppO2 supplemented with Oxygen
kPa kilopascals
Hml-Gal4-UASGFP
Hemolectin-GAL4 crossed with UAS-GFP to make a transgenic line in Dmel
TKSC Tsukuba Space Center (JAXA)
N2 Bristol N2 (C.elegans strain)
Clinorotation Clinorotation
ISS International Space Station
RWV Rotating Wall Vessel
2T3cells osteoblast cell line 2T3
LS292 C.elegans strain representing a dys1(cx18) mutant
HF Hair Follicles
inFLT in spaceflight (describes condition in which sample was collected)
preFLT pre spaceflight (describes condition in which sample was collected)
postFLT post spaceflight (describes condition in which sample was collected)
BAL-SL BALB/c mouse from Simonsen Labs
BAL-JL BALB/c mouse from Jackson Laboratory
BAL-TAL BALB/c mouse from Taconic Animal Laboratory
4T1-Tumor Flank tumor derived from the 4T1 murine mammary carcinoma cell line that was generated from a BALB/cfC3H mouse
1D11 Antibody that binds to TGFB and thus inhibits function
IsoCTRL Isotype control - primary antibodies that lack specificity to the target, but match the class and type of the primary antibody used in the
application
TGFB-Het TGFBeta-Heterozygote
Sham type of control sample
post-Sham describes sample post sham
post-IR describes sample post irradiation
wk week (Time)
LCL Lymphoblastoid Cell Line Amanda M. Saravia-butler i have a dataset we could test this on. Lets revisit this one
GM15036 Lymphoblastoid Cell Line GM15036
GM15510 Lymphoblastoid Cell Line GM15510
RCCS Rotary Cell Culture System
RAW2647cells RAW 264.7 cell line
TK6cells TK6 Lymphoblast Cell Line
cax1-1 describes cax1-1 transgenic line of Arabidopsis thaliana
SDR Sprague Dawley Rats (for general use when source is not available Amanda M. Saravia-butler )
SDR-TF Sprague Dawley Rats from Taconic Farms
56Fe Iron isotope
C3H-He-Slc C3H/He mice from Japan Slc, Inc.
C57-6J-Jms-
Slc
C57BL/6J Jms mice from Japan Slc, Inc.
AJ-Jms-Slc A/J Jms mice from Japan Slc, Inc
h hour (Time)
Cs137 Caesium-137 isotope
Epi200MT 3-dimensional tissue model of human epidermis, MatTek Corporation, Ashland, MA
SMK Smoker - not to be confused with Super Mario Kart
nSMK non-Smoker
um micrometer
tumor tumor
MCF10Acells MCF10A cells - human mammary epithelial cells
TGFB Tumor Growth Factor Beta
X-ray X-ray irradiation
Preg Pregnant
Lac Lactating
Hi-LET High Linear Energy Transfer
Si Silicon isotope
C3H-HeJ C3H Heston mouse from Jackson Labs (aka C3H/HeJ)
d day (time)
K-12MG1655 strain (of E. coli) K-12 MG1655
HBF hyper-buoyancy flotation (used for bed-rest study)
VL vastus lateralis
Rep replicate
Hsap Homo sapiens
Mmus Mus musculus
shamIR mock irradiation (i.e. subject to irradiation equipment but not exposed to irradiation)
HUVEC Cells derived from the endothelium of veins from the umbilical cord
Scer Saccharomyces cerevisiae
BY4742 Strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
BY4742_FLO1 S. cerevisiae strain BY4742 over-expressing the FLO1 member of the Flo adhesin protein family
BY4742_FLO8 S. cerevisiae strain BY4742 over-expressing the FLO8 member of the Flo adhesin protein family
Cele Caenorhabditis elegans
BMCs bone marrow cells
BM bone marrow
Euth Euthasol
DI Dry Ice
Ket-Xyl Ketamine/Xylazine
ext1 RNA was extracted the same day organs were dissected from frozen carcasses
ext2 Organs were dissected from frozen carcasses, flash frozen in (l)N2 and stored at -80C then RNA was extracted on a later date
Lminus Launch minus (usually followed by a time frame, for example Lminus30d means 30 days before launch)
Lplus Launch plus (usually followed by a time frame, for example Lplus30d means 30 days after launch)
Rminus Return minus (usually followed by a time frame, for example Rminus30d means 30 days before return to earth)
Rplus Return plus (usually followed by a time frame, for example Rplus30d means 30 days after return to earth)
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
RLT RNeasy Lysis Buffer
IRC Irradiation Control - No mock IR was performed, i.e. subjects were not exposed to IR nor an IR set-up
F# mouse number from a spaceflight group
G# mouse number from a ground control group
B# mouse number from a basal group
V# mouse number from a vivarium group
R1 Forward Read
R2 Reverse Read
JC JAXA Chow
JCwFOS JAXA Chow fortified with fructooligosaccharides (FOS)
Alight specimen grown in Ambient light
dark specimen grown in darkness
Col-0-PhyD Columbia ecotype with a mutation in phytochrome D (PhyD)
mon month
y year(s)
SP spleen pool - spleens from 2 or more animals pooled together to make one sample
ss-tissues tissues that underwent size selection during library prep (after extraction)
tissues more than 1 tissue from 1 animal was pooled
MCC MidiCAR centrifuge
MgSO4 magnesium sulfate
min minute
Rotation rotation
Hypocotyl hypocotyl
HypocotylCC Hypocotyl cell culture (a cell culture derived from the hypocotyl part of the plant)
PBLD Peripheral Blood
In-FLT-CTRL In-flight Control
PC pipette centrifuge
Olat Oryzias latipes
TGFP-ODsRed Oryzias latipes (Japanese medaka) F1 fish of two closed colonies; Japanese medaka wild type Cab and Cab strain transgenic fish
(TRAP:GFP, Osterix:DsRed)
NCTC-86 strain (of E. coli) NCTC 86; ATCC 4157
ug-mL concentration in micrograms per milliliter
Smut Streptococcus mutans
ITS internal transcribed spacer
Paer Pseudomonas aeruginosa
RWV-V Rotating Wall Vessel in veritical direction
RWV-H Rotating Wall Vessel in horizontal direction
PA01 PAO1 strain - Pseudomonas aeruginosa
HMVEC-dBL Human dermal microvascular endothelial cells
LPS lipopolysaccharide
S-UHRR Stratagene Universal Human Reference RNA
PTN-OSF1 transgenic mice overexpressing the osteogneic factor PTN/OSF1
cells material type - cell line
DLD-1 DLD-1 cells epithelial, adherent cell line derived from a colorectal adenocarcinoma (Dukes type C)
MOLT-4 MOLT-4 cell line T lymphoblast, suspension cell line derived from an acute lymphoblastic leukemia
IMR90iPSCs induced pluripotent stem cells derived from the IMR90 human cell line
CPCs Cardiac progenitor cells
PhaB Pharyngeal Bones
Cab wild type Cab strain of Oryzias latipes (Japanese medaka fish)
LC Laboratory control - may refer to a control group or groups grown under standard laboratory conditions and processed to test an
aspect(s) of spaceflight experimental parameters
TLCs T lymphocyte cells
cGy centigray
168 Strain of Bacillus subtilis
PBMCs peripheral blood mononuclear cells
pip2Dclino 2D pipette clinostat
pipcent pipette centrifuge
ALLCL acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line
CRCCL colorectal cancer cell line
GF Glovebox Freezer
CyroC Cyrochiller
WCar Whole Carcass (i.e. the sample was extracted from an intact carcass)
PCar Partial Carcass (i.e. the samples was extracted from a carcass that had one or more part(s) removed)
Esco Euprymna scolopes
aposym aposymbiotic
sym symbiotic
HARV high-aspect-ratio rotating wall vessel bioreactors
LO Light Organ
UAMS-1 Strain of Staphylococcus aureus
Saur Staphylococcus aureus
Mmar Mycobacterium marinum
LHM4 Strain of Mycobacterium marinum
InsP-5-ptase transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana (Columbia-0) plants constitutively express the mammalian type I inositol polyphosphate 5-
phosphatase (InsP 5-ptase)
LLC Lewis lung carcinoma
LLCtumor Tumor derived from Lewis lung carcinoma cells
LLCcells Lewis lung carcinoma cells
Trp53N-MG Trp53 null mammary gland
B6.
129S2KrasLA1
B6.129S2-Krastm2Tyj/Nci Mouse strain - This strain carries a targeted latent ‘hit-and-run’ K-ras allele that can be activated by an in
vivo spontaneous recombination event (‘run’). One half of the in vivo recombination events result in a normal K-ras allele and one half
in an activated allele (K-rasG12D).
Trp53N-MGT Trp53 null mammary gland tumor
Drer Danio rerio
PBLs peripheral blood lymphocytes
AG01522 human fibroblasts AG01522 cells
ble bleomycin
FBC fibroblasts cells
Low-LET Low Linear Energy Transfer
C57-6 C57BL/6 mouse from an unknown origin
cls plant callus
T tesla (magnetic field unit)
MM2d Arabidopsis thaliana MM2d cell line
Bsub Bacillus subtilis
S288C strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
HIR Heavy Ion Radiation
TNR Thermal Neutron Radiation
FNR Fast Neutron Radiation
HSFA2-KO a knockout Arabidopsis thaliana line deficient in the gene encoding HSFA2
AB Strain of Danio rerio
WN624 Strain of Bacillus subtilis
WN1106 Strain of Bacillus subtilis
HEBC3KT a human bronchial epithelial cell line
28Si Si 28 isotope
Zone-I region of root apex: 0.5 mm, root cap and meristematic zone
Zone-II region of root apex: 1.5 mm, transition, elongation and growth terminating zone
Node3 node 3 of ISS
AHSFS air handling system filter screen of ISS
SIEV sieved
Batr Bacillus atrophaeus
blank no DNA or RNA added to extraction kit
PAS passive aerosol sample
HBECs human bronchial epithelial cells
2D cells grown in 2D condition
3D cells grown in 3D condition
TT tetanus toxoid (treatment with tetanus toxoid)
noTT tetanus toxoid control (animals were not treated with tetanus toxoid, just the solution used to dilute the tetanus toxoid)
ODNCpG adjuvant treatment of a synthetic oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) containing unmethylated CpG motifs (CpG)
noODNCpG adjuvant treatment control (animals were not treated with ODNCpG, just the solution used to dilute the ODNCpG)
AG1522 a normal human foreskin fibroblast cell line
HT1080 a human fibrosarcoma cell line
RAD51 RAD51 gene
G1 G1 phase of cell cycle
G2 G2 phase of cell cycle
Asyn Asynchronous cells, cells in various phases of cell cycle
FirstSet first set of animals (or samples) processed/preserved in a given day of operations
SecondSet second set of animals (or samples) processed/preserved in a given day of operations
ThirdSet third set of animals (or samples) processed/preserved in a given day of operations
FourthSet fourth set of animals (or samples) processed/preserved in a given day of operations
CTRLSet control set of animals (or samples) processed/preserved in a given day of operations
Styp Salmonella typhimurium
SL1344 Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium strain SL1344
dhfq isogenic hfq deletion mutant
HT-29 human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line with epithelial morphology
U937 human macrophage cell line established from a diffuse histiocytic lymphoma
3DCoC 3D co-culture model
LoopG Loop Genomics
w1118 strain of Drosophila melanogaster
16S 16S rRNA gene
DFVS dust filter of ventilation system
VAC vacuum
INCd incubated
arch archaea
uni universal
M# mouse number
S# subject number
scWim sample collected while inside module
scAem sample collected after exiting module
scBem sample collected before entering module
SKF ion channel inhibitor SKF-96365
HRremoved Human Reads removed
Heat samples treated with heat
noHeat samples not treated with head
Anox Anoxia (oxygen deprived)
noAnox not Anoxia (not oxygen deprived)
mid-age middle-age
C57-6NIA C57BL/6 mouse from National Institute of Aging
CUMS chronic unpredictable mild stressors
Eves Eruca vesicaria
CAAT Controlled Artificial Ageing Treatment
cop1 cop1 gene
uvr8 uvr8 gene
PWB partial weight bearing, as with a harness to reduce loading on all limbs - usually followed by a value for the % of loading. Ex: PWB40
= 40% of normal loading; PWB100 = 100% of loading (or loading control)
FEM femur
TRIB triceps brachii
CVA calvaria