Jeffrey Stirman, Hang Lu and Matthew Crane, Georgia Tech (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Jeffrey Stirman, Hang Lu and Matthew Crane, Georgia Tech

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Georgia Tech graduate student Jeffrey Stirman, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering associate professor Hang Lu, and graduate student Matthew Crane (left-right) have designed an inexpensive illumination technology to stimulate and silence specific neurons and muscles of freely moving worms, while precisely controlling the location, duration, frequency and intensity of the light.

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Georgia Tech/Gary Meek

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