{"675943":{"#nid":"675943","#data":{"type":"news","title":"An Affordable Tracking Microscope to Democratize Microorganism Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudying the complex motility patterns of cells and microorganisms is key to understanding their behaviors and biomechanics. However, many conventional microscopes are constrained by fixed lenses and the lack of ability to track organisms over extended periods without manual intervention.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have overcome these limitations through the development of an inexpensive, easy-to-assemble, modular, autonomous tracking microscope.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECosting $400 in parts with DIY assembly instructions available, Trackoscope is a frugal-science innovation accessible to a wide range of users, from high school laboratories to resource-constrained research environments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/trackoscope-democratizing-microorganism-research-open-affordable-tracking-microscopy\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe latest frugal-science innovation from Saad Bhamla\u2019s lab is an autonomous, easy-to-assemble, and inexpensive device to study the movement of cells and organisms.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The latest frugal-science innovation from Saad Bhamla\u2019s lab is an autonomous, easy-to-assemble, and inexpensive device to study the movement of cells and organisms."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2024-08-13 13:55:50","changed_gmt":"2024-08-13 14:01:44","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674563":{"id":"674563","type":"image","title":"Trackoscope-Saad-Bhamla-t.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003ETrackoscope is an inexpensive, easy-to-assemble, modular, autonomous tracking microscope developed in Saad Bhamla\u0027s lab.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1723557360","gmt_created":"2024-08-13 13:56:00","changed":"1723557360","gmt_changed":"2024-08-13 13:56:00","alt":"The Trackoscope device.","file":{"fid":"258107","name":"Trackoscope-Saad-Bhamla-t.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/13\/Trackoscope-Saad-Bhamla-t.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/13\/Trackoscope-Saad-Bhamla-t.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":302641,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/08\/13\/Trackoscope-Saad-Bhamla-t.jpg?itok=k-Q2N9kY"}}},"media_ids":["674563"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:braddixon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBrad Dixon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["braddixon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}