Continuous Illumination
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Highly Resolved Intravital Striped-illumination Microscopy of Germinal Centers
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2014
High-resolution intravital imaging with enhanced contrast up to 120 µm depth in lymph nodes of adult mice is achieved by spatially modulating the excitation pattern of a multi-focal two-photon microscope. In 100 µm depth we measured resolutions of 487 nm (lateral) and 551 nm (axial), thus circumventing scattering and diffraction limits.
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Phototaxis Assay of Filamentous Cyanobacteria Using Focused Light Illumination
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2025
Source: Weber, N. et. al., Natural Transformation, Protein Expression, and Cryoconservation of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Phormidium lacuna. J. Vis. Exp. (2022)This video demonstrates a focused LED-based assay for studying phototaxis in filamentous cyanobacteria. The bacteria migrate toward the light source, forming a dense accumulation at the illuminated center, which is visualized and quantified through pixel intensity analysis of the captured image.
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Batch and Continuous Bioreactors
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2023
Bioreactors are used to grow organisms in large volumes, thereby enabling the production of mass quantities of the target product. These reactors can be batch reactors, which contain all of the components needed for cell growth, or continuous reactors, which have inlet and outlet ports allowing for the addition of fresh growth media and the removal of cell waste. This video presents batch and continuous reactors and demonstrates the use of bioreactors to grow bacteria in the laboratory.
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Equation of Continuity
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2023
Fluid motion is represented by either velocity vectors or streamlines. The volume of a fluid flowing past a given location through an area during a period of time is called the flow rate Q, or more precisely, the volume flow rate. Flow rate and velocity are related—for instance, a river has a greater flow rate if the velocity of the water in it is greater. However, the flow rate also depends on the size and shape of the river. The relationship between flow rate (Q) and average speed (v)...
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Continuity Equation
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2023
The total amount of current flowing per unit cross-sectional area is called the current density. Hence, the current passing through a cross-sectional area can be written as the surface integral of the current density. According to the conservation of charge, the total current flowing out of a given volume equals the rate of decrease of charge within that volume. Now, the total charge can be written in terms of the volume charge density. The charge density is a space function. Hence, applying...
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Photoreceptors detect light and connect illumination conditions with downstream biological responses. Under uninterrupted exposure, their signaling can continue without the dark interval that normally helps organize circadian timing, gene expression, photosynthesis, or developmental signaling. The resulting changes provide a way to examine how light-dependent regulation behaves when darkness is removed from the experimental environment.
Intensity, wavelength, and exposure duration must be treated as separate experimental variables. Two systems receiving uninterrupted light may respond differently if one receives a different spectral composition or light level, while longer exposure can change the biological state independently of intensity. Reporting and controlling these conditions is therefore necessary when comparing growth, metabolism, stress, or cellular-function outcomes.
Darkness provides a temporal reference against which light-regulated processes can be assessed. Eliminating that reference can expose whether observed changes depend on recurring light–dark timing or on light itself. This distinction is especially important for interpreting circadian timing and gene-expression results, because continuous exposure may change the relationship between photoreceptor signaling and biological rhythms.
Researchers should specify the illumination intensity, wavelength, and exposure duration before beginning the experiment, then maintain those conditions consistently across the biological system being studied. They should also identify which outcome is being measured, such as growth, metabolism, stress response, gene expression, circadian timing, or cellular function. This structure makes it easier to connect observed changes with persistent light exposure.
Plant experiments can use this condition to evaluate light-dependent growth, metabolism, and stress responses. Because photosynthesis and developmental signaling are among the processes regulated by light-sensitive systems, measurements can show how plants respond when darkness is absent. The approach is therefore useful for examining how persistent illumination influences multiple aspects of plant performance.
In animal and cell studies, the condition can reveal how persistent light affects biological rhythms and cellular function. These experiments help examine the consequences of removing darkness from an organism or cellular system. Results can be interpreted alongside photoreceptor-regulated gene expression and circadian timing, providing broader context for understanding how biological systems respond to sustained illumination.