Re-engineered optogenetic switches allow direct measurement of complex cellular systems

Monday, December 17, 2012 - 17:31 in Biology & Nature

A chemical biology lab has re-engineered optogenetic switches so that switches run backward, firing bursts of fluorescent light that reveal newly detailed patterns of electrical activity in neural networks, beating cardiac cells and developing embryos.

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