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Blue Light Magic
Poh LabBlue Light Magic
Bacterial motility is key to many cellular activities like migration and biofilm formation, and exhibit distinct patterns to navigate in a natural environment controlled by chemotaxis. Regulating bacterial patterning through nonchemical based methods such as blue light using principles of optogenetics has potential applications in biomaterial creation, drug delivery, etc. Poh Lab members have created synthetic genetic circuits which can be further regulated by exposure to blue light leading to controlled directional motility and spatial organization of cell population with a specific complex pattern that can be maintained for a longer duration.Read more
Harvesting baker’s yeast for ageing-related therapeutics
Yew LabHarvesting baker’s yeast for ageing-related therapeutics
A class of medicine used in the treatment of neuro-cognitive diseases and other neurological ailments (migraines, headaches, etc) are currently obtained from extracts of the ergot fungus. However, continued cultivation of the ergot fungus for medicine is not sustainable as industrial agriculture is one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions worldwide. o meet the global demand for such medication, between 10-15 tons of D-lysergic acid (DLA), an ingredient used in producing the medicine, are produced each year.Read more
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