Tag: Green Fluorescent Protein

  • Nation & World

    A living laser

    In a new report, Harvard researchers Malte Gather and Seok-Hyun Yun describe how a single cell genetically engineered to express green fluorescent protein can be used to amplify the light particles called photons into nanosecond-long pulses of laser light.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Tracking molecules at video rate

    A novel type of biomedical imaging, made possible by advances in microscopy from scientists at Harvard University, is so fast and sensitive it can capture “video” of blood cells squeezing through capillaries.

    3 minutes