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Acronyms and Abbreviations
ARIS
Active Rack Isolation System
BAG
Biotechnology Ambient Generic
BTC
Biotechnology Temperature Controller
BTF
Biotechnology Facility
CCDPI
Command, Control, Data Prime Item
CCU
Cell Culture Unit
COTS
commercial off-the-shelf
CPPI
Crystal Preparation Prime Item (system)
DCAM
Diffusion-Controlled Protein Crystallization Apparatus for Microgravity
DCPCG
Dynamically Controlled Protein Crystal Growth
DOE
Department of Energy
DWG
Discipline Working Group
EDU
Engineering Development Unit
EGN
Enhanced Gaseous Nitrogen dewar
ESA
European Space Agency
EXPRESS
EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) rack
HDPCG
High Density Protein Crystal Growth unit
HFB
Hydrodynamic Focusing Bioreactor
ISPR
International Space Station Payload rack
ISS
International Space Station
IUCr
International Union of Crystallography
IWG
Investigators Working Group
MLE
middeck locker equivalent
MELFI
Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NRA
NASA Research Announcement
NSBRI
NASA Space Biomedical Research Institute
NSF
National Science Foundation
OLMSA
Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications
OPCGA
Observable Protein Crystal Growth Apparatus
PCAM
Protein Crystallization Apparatus for Microgravity
RWPS
Rotating-Wall Perfused System
STES
Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System
STMV
Satellite Tobacco Mosaic Virus
TES
Thermal Enclosure System
VDA-2
Second Generation Vapor Diffusion Apparatus
XCF
X-Ray Crystallography Facility
XDPI
X-Ray Diffraction Prime Item