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Sound check number 2 happened today!  Looking for sound promoters that are attached to GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein), means first exposing the cultures to ultrasound and regular sound (in the form of “white noise”), then centrifuging down to pellets that can be exposed to ultraviolet.  If they glow green then it worked and we’ve found our parts!  (for sound promotion..)

It looks a little like this:

Two tubes hang out as ultrasound is blasted through them.  Christie says:  “Glow, cells, glow!”

The elaborate sound system with water proof ear buds blasting white noise at some cells.

Blast blast blast.

Chris is curious about the set up.  “Aren’t the headphones going to be destroyed…?”

And last but not least:  pipetting adventures result in encrypting messages for fellow igemmers–

We’re hopeful about having finally found promoters!