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Microfluidic chip of biopixels made to periodically fluoresce UCSD
The scale of a microfluidic chip
A researcher in Jeff Hasty's team at UC San Diego
An array of biopixels within a microfluidic chip
An apparently non-fluorescing microfluidic chip (perhaps it isn't dark enough to observe)
Bioluminescent bacteria fluorescing in sync within a biopixel
Bioluminescent bacteria fluorescing in sync within a biopixel
Article Summary
By making colonies of bacteria periodically fluoresce, a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego may have hit upon a significant breakthrough in the field of bioluminescence. Though the development has the potential to unplug the neon sign, it may also usher in a new generation of hazard-detecting biological sensors.
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