Processing samples (IMAGE)

Northwestern University

Processing samples

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Matthew Selensky processes water samples in the lab. He uses a vacuum system powered by a bicycle pump to draw the water through sterile filters, collecting the micro-organisms on the filter, which are preserved for later gene sequencing.

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