How do you measure the growth rates of single cells? With lasers and isotopes, of course! Just ask Prof. Gordon Taylor and his team at SoMAS. Or, better yet, read our newly accepted manuscript:
Taylor G. T., Suter E. A., Li Z. Q., Chow S., Stinton D., Zaliznyak T. and Beaupré S. R. (2017). Single-Cell Growth Rates in Photoautotrophic Populations Measured by Stable Isotope Probing and Resonance Raman Microspectrometry. Frontiers in Microbiology. Available at: http://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01449
For more information on Raman measurements at Stony Brook University, please visit Prof. Taylor’s NAno-RAMAN Molecular Imaging Laboratory website