FluorCam: Robotic Camera for Fluorescence Microscopy
Addy Brien, Peter Chudinov, Diana Ceron, Isabella Estevez, Jacob Vazquez, Keezean Giron Paguio, Keith Carrtrell Curry, Leonard Matthias Chau, Alexandria Dolores Nesbeth
School of Engineering
Faculty Supervisor: Raymond Esquerra
Microscopy, the pinnacle of biological instrumentation, at its foundation uses microscopes to study and examine very small subjects. Fluorescence microscopy, a focus in microscopy which can help us study the response to fluorescent illumination in specimen, requires notoriously high-priced, inaccessible equipment. FluorCam is able to provide an open-source, customizable tool for high-throughput fluorescent microscope based research, through the replicable customization of a 3D printer controlled by a Raspberry Pi microcontroller.