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Design and Implementation of an Automated Illuminating, Culturing, and Sampling System for Microbial Optogenetic Applications
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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 00:41Electronics Setup and LED Calibration
- 01:23Prepare the Culturing Vessel
- 02:25Prepare the Media Flask
- 03:30Prepare the Effluent Flask
- 05:01Media Flask Filling
- 06:16Apparatus Assembly at the Microscope
- 07:55Culture Vessel Inoculation and Microbe Imaging
- 09:05Results: Optogenetic Activation of S. cerevisiae
- 10:19Conclusion
We designed a continuous culturing apparatus for use with optogenetic systems to illuminate cultures of microbes and regularly image cells in the effluent with an inverted microscope. The culturing, sampling, imaging, and image analysis are fully automated so that dynamic responses to illumination can be measured over several days.
