The experiment where they purposely made poop glow in the dark

Investigator Kirk Maxey introduced us to this research by saying: “For those with fetishes, we can add multi-colors….” He gives details, including the image reproduced here, on his blog, which begins thus: Lose Weight…and your poop will glow in the dark too! Sean Davies had a problem to solve: If you genetically modify enteric bacteria to make them more […]

“The paper where I accidentally made genitalia glow in the dark”

The lead author introduced this study to us by saying: “Here is the paper where I accidentally made genitalia glow in the dark.” The study is: “Non-Invasive Monitoring of Streptococcus pyogenes Vaccine Efficacy Using Biophotonic Imaging,” Faraz M. Alam [pictured here], Colin Bateman, Claire E. Turner, Siouxsie Wiles, Shiranee Sriskandan, PLoS ONE, 8(11), 2013 e82123. The […]