Video Imaging

More information about: [Circadian Rhythms] [Luciferase] [Arabidopsis]

Low-light video imaging systems are usually essential in order to detect firefly luciferase activity in a transgenic organism of any species other than the firefly. The specialised market in ultra-sensitive cameras includes a number of equipment suppliers, who cater for astronomers and biologists, amongst others. The amount of luciferase luminescence emitted from a single cell, or even a whole seedling, is often no more than the light of a distant star reaching the Earth. Only the brightest of our samples produce enough luminescence to be visible to the dark-adapted human eye.

We are very grateful for external funding of the imaging systems from the Gatsby Charitable Trust, Royal Society and BBSRC (including a grant from the BioImaging Initiative).

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See also Luciferase for other labs using low-light cameras to detect luciferase, and Movies for alternative cameras for imaging plant growth