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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Main Authors: Lind, Kara R., Sizmur, Tom, Benomar, Saida, Miller, Anthony, Cademartiri, Ludovico
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4071033/