LEGO® bricks as building blocks for centimeter-scale biological environments: the case of plants.

LEGO bricks are commercially available interlocking pieces of plastic that are conventionally used as toys. We describe their use to build engineered environments for cm-scale biological systems, in particular plant roots. Specifically, we take advantage of the unique modularity of these building bl...

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Autores principales:	Kara R Lind, Tom Sizmur, Saida Benomar, Anthony Miller, Ludovico Cademartiri
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:28b19b8a50924adbbc574700db44ff222021-11-11T08:21:40ZLEGO® bricks as building blocks for centimeter-scale biological environments: the case of plants.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0100867https://doaj.org/article/28b19b8a50924adbbc574700db44ff222014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24963716/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203LEGO bricks are commercially available interlocking pieces of plastic that are conventionally used as toys. We describe their use to build engineered environments for cm-scale biological systems, in particular plant roots. Specifically, we take advantage of the unique modularity of these building blocks to create inexpensive, transparent, reconfigurable, and highly scalable environments for plant growth in which structural obstacles and chemical gradients can be precisely engineered to mimic soil.Kara R LindTom SizmurSaida BenomarAnthony MillerLudovico CademartiriPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 6, p e100867 (2014)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Kara R Lind Tom Sizmur Saida Benomar Anthony Miller Ludovico Cademartiri LEGO® bricks as building blocks for centimeter-scale biological environments: the case of plants.
description	LEGO bricks are commercially available interlocking pieces of plastic that are conventionally used as toys. We describe their use to build engineered environments for cm-scale biological systems, in particular plant roots. Specifically, we take advantage of the unique modularity of these building blocks to create inexpensive, transparent, reconfigurable, and highly scalable environments for plant growth in which structural obstacles and chemical gradients can be precisely engineered to mimic soil.
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author	Kara R Lind Tom Sizmur Saida Benomar Anthony Miller Ludovico Cademartiri
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title	LEGO® bricks as building blocks for centimeter-scale biological environments: the case of plants.
title_short	LEGO® bricks as building blocks for centimeter-scale biological environments: the case of plants.
title_full	LEGO® bricks as building blocks for centimeter-scale biological environments: the case of plants.
title_fullStr	LEGO® bricks as building blocks for centimeter-scale biological environments: the case of plants.
title_full_unstemmed	LEGO® bricks as building blocks for centimeter-scale biological environments: the case of plants.
title_sort	lego® bricks as building blocks for centimeter-scale biological environments: the case of plants.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2014
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LEGO® bricks as building blocks for centimeter-scale biological environments: the case of plants.

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