06/27/2024DIY lab tool evaluates new molecules in minutesResearchers have developed new DIY laboratory tools to greatly speed up a crucial analytical process.
  • Researchers at Michigan State and Stanford have developed new DIY laboratory tools to greatly speed up a crucial method in which nematodes help determine if plant-derived molecules are beneficial or harmful.
  • Where once it might’ve taken researchers two hours to assay a single molecule, the new open-source software can perform 80 chemical assays in just minutes.
  • The team hopes this breakthrough technology will lead to the rapid discovery of promising new molecules in medical, biology and neurosciences labs.
Andrew Myers, Connor Yeck, Morgan KoetjeSunny exterior of MSU's biochemistry building.Nematode worms under microscopic imaging.