Can Cells Learn?

Maker Faire Bay Area 2015

May 15th-17th

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Can cells learn? To answer this question, we made an Arduino-controlled device to test the ability of giant single-celled pond organisms named Stentor to learn and habituate to mechanical input.

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Wallace Marshall

Wallace Marshall is an electrical engineer who studies cell biology, and is professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF.

Categories: Arduino, Biology

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