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Macnification from a biologist.

Started by macgasm · 11 months ago

As part of my PhD project, I have had to dabble in microscopy. This did not involve sitting for hours with my eyes glued to a little contraption sitting in front of me on a desk. Instead, it involved a machine the size of coffee table set apart in a temperature controlled room [...]



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  • So what your PH.D in?
  • For my PhD project I am developing a system for the expression of bioproducts in soybean seed coats. This would be things like industrial enzymes that can be used in pulp and paper mills. One part of my project involves looking at whether or not putting these bioproducts into a specific cell compartment can improve the system. In order to do this, I had to confirm that I could send the items to the compartment I intended them to go to. I did this using green fluorescent protein, and used confocal microscopy to find its location in the cell.

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