Georgia Tech Worm Coiling (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Tech Worm Coiling

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A sequence of images showing what happens when Georgia Tech researchers illuminate the head of a worm expressing light-sensitive optogenetic reagents. The light produces a coiling effect in the head and causes the worm to crawl in a triangular pattern.

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Georgia Tech/Hang Lu

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