{"676003":{"#nid":"676003","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Trackoscope Democratizing Microorganism Research with Open, Affordable Tracking Microscopy","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.\u0026nbsp;\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\u003EDeveloped in the laboratory of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bhamla.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESaad Bhamla\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bhamla.gatech.edu\/project-blog\/trackoscope\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETrackoscope\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is described in a new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/60ef472cab12c51e777931f3\/t\/6691a72b4264b6486e243a53\/1720821554836\/journal.pone.0306700.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Epaper\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E published in the journal \u003Cem\u003EPLOS One.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/trackoscope-democratizing-microorganism-research-open-affordable-tracking-microscopy\u0022\u003ERead the Full Story on the ChBE Website\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\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","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers have developed an inexpensive, easy-to-assemble, modular, autonomous tracking microscope."}],"uid":"27271","created_gmt":"2024-08-14 18:32:40","changed_gmt":"2024-08-14 19:11:02","author":"Brad Dixon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-08-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-08-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674575":{"id":"674575","type":"image","title":"Trackoscope.png","body":"\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","created":"1723660371","gmt_created":"2024-08-14 18:32:51","changed":"1723660371","gmt_changed":"2024-08-14 18:32:51","alt":"Trackoscope is a frugal-science innovation accessible to a wide range of users, from high school laboratories to resource-constrained research environments.","file":{"fid":"258120","name":"Trackoscope.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/14\/Trackoscope.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/14\/Trackoscope.png","mime":"image\/png","size":642852,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/08\/14\/Trackoscope.png?itok=h2uabi2q"}}},"media_ids":["674575"],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"560","name":"chemical engineering"},{"id":"170375","name":"microscope"},{"id":"181392","name":"frugal science"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrad Dixon, braddixon@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["braddixon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}