<i>C. elegans</i> Sorted into Mutants and Non-Mutants (VIDEO)

Georgia Institute of Technology

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A custom designed chip immobilizes C. elegans roundworms for a microscope optic to photograph and feed into a computer. The chip then sorts the worms into one of two channels for either mutants or non-mutants, a status an algorithm determines based on subtle phenotypical differences it recognizes in the microscope photo.

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Georgia Tech / Hang Lu

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