High-throughput Screening and Biosensing with Fluorescent C. elegans StrainsChi K. Leung 1, Andrew Deonarine 1, Kevin Strange 2, Keith P. Choe 1
1Department of Biology, University of Florida, 2Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
A procedure for liquid-based culturing and dispensing of C. elegans strains expressing fluorescent reporter proteins is described that does not require expensive sorting equipment. This approach can be applied to numerous inducible C. elegans genes for drug discovery or biosensing of contaminants.
