The Fold-Illuminator: A low-cost, portable, and disposable incubator-illuminator device.

ABSTRACT: Fluorescent reporters have revolutionized modern applications in the fields of molecular and synthetic biology, enabling applications ranging from education to point-of-care diagnostics. Past advancements in these fields have primarily focused on improving reaction conditions, the development of new applications, and the broad dissemination of these technologies. However, field and classroom-based applications have remained limited in part due to the nature of fluorescent signal detection, which often requires the use of costly lab equipment to observe and quantify fluorescence readouts. Users without access to laboratory equipment rely on qualitative assessments of fluorescence, a process that remains highly variable from user-to-user even within the same classroom. To overcome this chall

SUBMITTER: Burrington LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8099501 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature