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| - | '''Sound/vibration sensor system for E.coli''' --[[User:Erwinswinnen|Erwinswinnen]] 09:25, 8 June 2011 (CDT) | + | |
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| + | --[[User:Erwinswinnen|Erwinswinnen]] 09:25, 8 June 2011 (CDT) | ||
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Sound/vibration sensor system for E.coli
--Erwinswinnen 09:25, 8 June 2011 (CDT)
--> Jonas: presence of mechanosensors MscL/MscS in E.coli
--> Koen: use of human hair cells?
Is it recommended to work with E.coli? We can also use human hair cells, then we could make a direct sound sensor in stead of a pressure sensor.
Good websites with the basics of hearing: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/hearing/ and http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.page.asp?I=259
In the ear the crucial point is converting the mechanical stimulation of the hair cells into a membrane electric potential which leads to neural signalling. Maybe it is possible to visualize this electic potential and make a correlation between the frequency of the sound and the colour we use. For example a blue colour is generated when the frequency of the sound is X MHz. Another advantage of working with human hair cells is having much more previous research literature. Now we only need the time to explore it ... ;-)
