Waiting
Login processing...

Trial ends in Request Full Access Tell Your Colleague About Jove
JoVE Journal
Bioengineering

This content is Open Access.

Quantitative Locomotion Study of Freely Swimming Micro-organisms Using Laser Diffraction
 

Quantitative Locomotion Study of Freely Swimming Micro-organisms Using Laser Diffraction

Article DOI: 10.3791/4412
October 25th, 2012

Chapters

Summary October 25th, 2012

Microscopic organisms like the free-swimming nematode C. elegans, live and behave in a complex three-dimensional environment. We report on a novel approach that provides analysis of C. elegans using diffraction patterns. This approach consists of tracking the temporal periodicity of diffraction patterns generated by directing laser light through a cuvette.

Read Article

Get cutting-edge science videos from JoVE sent straight to your inbox every month.

Waiting X
Simple Hit Counter