Genes in Space 2020 winner Kristoff Misquitta Publishes Research
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The high school student winner of the 2020 Genes in Space competition, Kristoff Misquitta (now 21), has published the results of his investigation in the open-access journal PLOS ONE. The publication validates the use of a novel, inexpensive fluorescence viewer for rapid molecular diagnostics in space. Previously, such experimental readouts required samples to be returned to Earth and needed large, specialized equipment that is ill-suited for resource-limited environments such as the International Space Station (ISS).