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City College of New York sent fruit flies into space. Here's why

A City College of New York biology professor is spearheading an experiment involving fruit flies that can help researchers learn about astronauts' immune systems while in space.

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Dr. Michelle Juarez

Dr. Juarez joins the College Now STEM Research Academy program that extends across to 8 CUNY campuses

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Dr. Mahesh Lakshman

Dr. Mahesh Lakshman is an organic chemist whose research is in the area of organic synthesis at the chemistry/biology interface. Specifically, research is conducted on metal-catalysis and metal-catalyzed transformations of nucleosides, molecular carcinogenesis by environmentally persistent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, novel uncatalyzed methods for nucleoside modification and in the area of new methodology for organic transformations.

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