Lifespan machine scanning nematodes (VIDEO)

Center for Genomic Regulation

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Each individual C. elegans worm lives in a petri dish under the watchful eye of the Lifespan Macine's scanner, which monitors their entire lives. By imaging the nematodes once per hour for months, the device gathers data at unprecedented statistical resolution and scale.

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Nicholas Stroustrup/CRG

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