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United States
Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services (FILMSS),
Space Biosciences Research Branch
+1 (650) 604 1743
Candice Tahimic
Address:
NASA Ames Research Center,
MS236-7,
Moffett Field,
CA 94035, USA.
Research Interests:
- Skeletal biology
- Skeletal and cardiovascular responses to spaceflight
- Countermeasures for spaceflight-induced skeletal and cardiovascular deficits
- Stem cell biology
- Growth factor signaling in bone
- Autophagy
- Mechanotransduction
- Genetic engineering
Biography:
Education:
- Postdoctoral training, Endocrine Research Unit, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center/University of California, San Francisco.
- Ph.D. in Life Science, Tottori University, Japan.
- B.S. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines.
Honors and Awards (Competitive):
- American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Endocrine Fellows Forum Travel
- Award, 2013
- Endocrine Society Early Career Forum Travel Award, 2013
- Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Research Scholar Award, 2001-2006
- Dean’s List, 1998, 1999.