Researchers Create Light-Powered Yeast, Providing Insights Into Evolution, Biofuels, Cellular Aging

Credit: Anthony Burnetti, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Green rhodopsin proteins inside the blue cell walls help these yeast grow faster when exposed to light.

« Researchers Create Light-Powered Yeast, Providing Insights Into Evolution, Biofuels, Cellular Aging

Credit: Audra Davidson, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Georgia Tech biology researchers who worked on the study include (from left to right) School of Biological Sciences Assistant Professor William Ratcliff, Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection grant writer Carina Baskett, biology Ph.D. student Autumn Peterson (lead author), and Research Scientist Anthony Burnetti (corresponding author).

« Researchers Create Light-Powered Yeast, Providing Insights Into Evolution, Biofuels, Cellular Aging

Credit: Audra Davidson, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Biology Ph.D. student Autumn Peterson, the study's lead author (left), looks at yeast cells with Research Scientist Anthony Burnetti, the study's corresponding author, in the lab.

« Researchers Create Light-Powered Yeast, Providing Insights Into Evolution, Biofuels, Cellular Aging

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