Video Monitoring System for Observation of C. Elegans Worms in a Centrifuge

NASA Ames Engineering, 2001-02

Liaison(s): Catharine Conley
Advisor(s): Lori Bassman
Students(s): Jeffrey Miller (TL), Sergio Rodrigues, Charles Hastings, Heather O’Brien

Dr. Catharine Conley, a biologist at NASA’s Ames Research Center, researches the effects of high gravity on C. elegans worms. She is studying how acceleration in a centrifuge affects the worms’ activity levels. The Clinic team has designed and built a video observation system that rides on the centrifuge with the worms and wirelessly transmits live video of the worms inside.