Research Article

One-shot phase-recovery using a cellphone RGB camera on a Jamin-Lebedeff microscope

Publishing date: 2020-02-07 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: None authors: Benedict Diederich, Barbora Marsikova, Brad Amos, Rainer Heintzmann link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227096 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com

Open-source 3D printed air-jet for generating monodispersed alginate microhydrogels

Publishing date: 2020-02-07 Published on: bioRxiv summary: None authors: Dustin J. Hadley, Kevin T. Campbell, Marina H. Gabriel, Eduardo A. Silva link to paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/804849v2 Icons made by catkuro from www.

OptiJ: Open-source optical projection tomography of large organ samples

Publishing date: 2020-02-07 Published on: Scientific Reports summary: Channel Editor Summary: The second paper in this pairing, describes an optical projection tomography (OPT) system for large transparent organ samples. Capable of imaging high volumes (up to 13mm tall X8mm deep) at near-cellular resolution (50µm), they go beyond current low cost OPT by providing more than one solution to sample alignment issues present in these tyoes of systems.

Robotic microscopy for everyone: the OpenFlexure Microscope

Publishing date: 2020-02-07 Published on: bioRxiv summary: Channel Editor Summary: For this update the “editor’s pick” highlights two papers describing two different tools that leverage previous open designs, showing in practice the benefits of using open source hardware for scientific tool development.

SweepStat: A Build-It-Yourself, Two-Electrode Potentiostat for Macroelectrode and Ultramicroelectrode Studies

Publishing date: 2020-02-07 Published on: J. Chem. Educ summary: None authors: Matthew W. Glasscott, Matthew D. Verber, Jackson R. Hall, Andrew D. Pendergast, Collin J. McKinney, Jeffrey E. Dick link to paper: https://pubs.

The smfBox: an open-source platform for single-molecule FRET

Publishing date: 2020-02-07 Published on: bioRxiv summary: Single-molecule Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (smFRET) is a powerful technique capable of resolving both relative and absolute distances within and between structurally dynamic biomolecules.

µPump: An open-source pressure pump for precision fluid handling in microfluidics

Publishing date: 2020-02-07 Published on: HardwareX summary: None authors: Run Ze Gao, Marie Hébert, Jan Huissoon, Carolyn L.Ren link to paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067220300043 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com

Orbit Image Analysis: An open-source whole slide image analysis tool

Publishing date: 2020-02-05 Published on: PLOS Computational Biology summary: None authors: Manuel Stritt, Anna K. Stalder, Enrico Vezzali link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007313 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com

LeMaRns: A Length-based Multi-species analysis by numerical simulation in R

Publishing date: 2020-02-03 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: None authors: Michael A. Spence, Hayley J. Bannister, Johnathan E. Ball, Paul J. Dolder, Christopher A. Griffiths, Robert B. Thorpe link to paper: 10.

An accurate, precise, and affordable light emitting diode spectrophotometer for drinking water and other testing with limited resources

Publishing date: 2020-01-29 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: None authors: Michael W. Prairie, Seth H. Frisbie, K. Kesava Rao, Anyamanee H. Saksri, Shreyas Parbat, Erika J. Mitchell link to paper: 10.