Items Tagged ‘Dr. Abba Zubair’
October 23, 2018
Research Program Lighting a SPARK for the Sciences in Florida High Schoolers
By In the Loop 
Science-minded high school students in Florida are getting real-world experience as researchers thanks to a new program offered by Mayo Clinic’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Tags: Dr. Abba Zubair, Dr. Dev Mukhopadhyay, Krishnendu Pal, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Ph.D., Science Program for the Advancement of Research Knowledge
March 23, 2017
Stem Cells Return to Earth After Excursion Into Space
By In the Loop
Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D., has always had out-of-this-world ambitions. As a child growing up in Nigeria, he dreamed of becoming an astronaut. But a school counselor brought those dreams back down to earth. “He said it may be a long time before Nigeria sends rockets and astronauts into space, so I should consider something more […]
May 7, 2015
To Infinity and Beyond! Mayo Researcher Works to Grow Stem Cells in Space
By In the Loop
Mayo researcher Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D., will be one step closer to his goal of testing how stem cells grow in space when a capsule of test cells are passengers on a high-altitude balloon.
Tags: Dr. Abba Zubair, stem cells