Small flexible automated system for monitoring Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan based on active vision and image processing techniques

Abstract Traditionally Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan assays are performed by manually inspecting nematodes with a dissection microscope, which involves daily counting of live/dead worms cultured in Petri plates for 21–25 days. This manual inspection requires the screening of hundreds of worms to e...

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Main Authors: Joan Carles Puchalt, Antonio-José Sánchez-Salmerón, Eugenio Ivorra, Silvia Llopis, Roberto Martínez, Patricia Martorell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91898-6