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Gigantic Unilamellar Vesicle

This is known as a GUV. It is the closest in vitro "model" for a cell. We're working on building cells rather than taking them apart which is the way that scientists currently study cells. The fluorescent dye is one that I designed, and was synthesized by collaborators at UCSD.

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Uploaded on June 4, 2006
Taken on June 4, 2006