Lab-On-A-Chip Designed to Measure Growing Force of Pollen Tube (IMAGE)

McGill University

Lab-On-A-Chip Designed to Measure Growing Force of Pollen Tube

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Growing pollen tube pushing against micro-cantilever designed to measure the growing force. Upper row: Microscopic time-lapse images of growing tube. Bottom: Artistic rendering of pollen germination in the microchip.

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Mahmood Ghanbari & Muthukumaran Packirisamy, Concordia University

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