{"id":15444,"date":"2024-05-23T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=15444"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:41","slug":"team-insectas-research-on-crickets-as-food-for-space-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2024\/team-insectas-research-on-crickets-as-food-for-space-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Insecta&#8217;s Research on Crickets as Food for Space Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Team Insecta&#8217;s Research on Crickets as Food for Space Travel\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>As space exploration efforts accelerate and the global space race reaches new heights, NASA is grappling with providing astronauts with nutritious, easy-to-grow food in an environment devoid of gravity. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/\">Department of Biology&#8217;s<\/a> student research team <strong>(Team Insecta)&nbsp;<\/strong>is exploring the suitability of crickets as a food source in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/crickets-in-space\/\">Read the full story here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Insecta_team_photos-32-1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Insecta_team_photos-32-1-1-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Insecta_team_photos-32-1-1-1-160x69.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Insecta_team_photos-32-1-1-1-240x104.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Insecta_team_photos-32-1-1-1-768x333.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Insecta_team_photos-32-1-1-1-400x174.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Insecta_team_photos-32-1-1-1-1536x667.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Insecta_team_photos-32-1-1-1-360x156.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Insecta_team_photos-32-1-1-1-200x87.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team members are guided by our Biology professors <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/heath-macmillan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heath MacMillan<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/dr-sue-bertram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sue Bertram<\/a>, and have been mentored by Matt Muzzatti, a PhD graduate post-doctoral fellow who is&nbsp;optimizing the diet of farmed crickets to enhance their nutritional value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As space exploration efforts accelerate and the global space race reaches new heights, NASA is grappling with providing astronauts with nutritious, easy-to-grow food in an environment devoid of gravity. Department of Biology&#8217;s student research team (Team Insecta)&nbsp;is exploring the suitability of crickets as a food source in space. Read the full story here! 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