This film is based on primary research conducted by Boston University College of Engineering faculty and their respective research teams. We acknowledge and thank the following people and sources for their contributions.
SECTION 1: BIOENGINEERING
SEGMENT 1.1: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: RE-ENGINEERING LIVING SYSTEMS
IDEOGRAM Visualizations
CIRCOS – information aesthetic for comparative genomics
KRZYWINSKI, M. ET AL. CIRCOS: AN INFORMATION AESTHETIC FOR COMPARATIVE GENOMICS. GENOME RES (2009) 19:1639-1645
3D Visualization
Escherichia Coli Heat Labile Enterotoxin Type Iib B-Pentamer
PROTEIN DATA BANK: AN INFORMATION PORTAL TO BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURES
3D Visualization
Structure of the Aequorea Victoria Green Fluorescent Protein
NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECtHNOLOGY INFORMATION
Schematic Graph(s)
Unregulated, repressor-only, activator-only and repressor–activator systems on high-copy plasmids
A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO GENE REGULATION, NATURE 2006, VOL 439, P. 857
NICHOLAS J. GUIDO, XIAO WANG, DAVID ADALSTEINSSON, DAVID MCMILLEN, JEFF HASTY, CHARLES R. CANTOR, TIMOTHY C. ELSTON & J. J. COLLINS
SEGMENT 1.2: LOW-COST POINT-OF-CARE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS
SEGMENT 1.3: CONTINUOUS FLOW POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) AMPLIFICATION MICROFLUIDICS FLU CHIP
Primary Research Source
PROFESSOR THOMAS BIFANO, Ph.D.
RESEARCH FELLOW YANG LU
Secondary Research Source
SAMANTHA BYRNES
DR. ANDY FAN
Visualization Reference
Global HIV Prevalence Map, 2009 (UNAIDS)
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
Visualization
User Interface
COURTESY OF PTC INCORPORATED
WITH THANKS TO THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY|FRAUNHOFER ALLIANCE FOR MEDICAL DEVICES, INSTRUMENTATION AND DIAGNOSTICS
WITH THANKS TO JASON KELLER, Ph.D. AND ANNA LYUBETSKAYA PH.D.
SEGMENT 1.4: THE BIONIC PANCREAS: CLOSING THE LOOP
Primary Research Source
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EDWARD DAMIANO, Ph.D.
SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST FIRAS H. EL-KHATIB, Ph.D.
Photographs
Edward and David Damiano
JOSHI RADIN PHOTOGRAPHY
WITH THANKS TO ALL THE CHILDREN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BIONIC PANCREAS
TRIALS WHO PERMITTED US TO USE THEIR IMAGE IN THIS PRODUCTION.
SECTION 2: MICRO & NANOSCIENCE SYSTEMS
SEGMENT 2.1: TREATING CANCER ON A NANO SCALE
Primary Research Source
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TYRONE PORTER
SECTION 3: OPTICAL SCIENCE AND PHOTONIC SYSTEMS
SEGMENT 3.1: OPTOGENETICS – TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR THE BRAIN
Primary Research Source
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR XUE HAN, Ph.D.
Visualization Reference
Optogenetics Animation
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Visualization Reference
Genome of Luminescent Gene ChR2
KRZYWINSKI, M. ET AL. CIRCOS: AN INFORMATION AESTHETIC FOR COMPARATIVE GENOMICS. GENOME RES (2009) 19:1639-1645
SEGMENT 3.2: DEFORMABLE MIRRORS
Primary Research Source
PROFESSOR THOMAS BIFANO, Ph.D.
RESEARCH FELLOW YANG LU
Visualization References
High Order Aberration Correction Diagram
Deformable Mirror and AO Microscope
COURTESY OF BOSTON MICROMACHINES CORPORATION
Photograph: The Robo-AO
COURTESY OF CHRISTOPH BARANEC , Ph.D.
Movie of Saturn
COURTESY OF CHRISTOPH BARANEC, Ph.D., AND THE ROBO-AO COLLABORATION
Photographs
Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope Image of the Central Retina of a Diabetic Patient
Before and After Deformable Aberration Correction
COURTESY OF YANG LU, Ph.D. AND JENNIFER K. SUN, M.D., M.P.H.; BEETHAM EYE INSTITUTE, JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER
Visualization Reference
Deformable Mirror Image Correction
DAVE WILLIAMS LABORATORY
Movie of Microaneurysm and Capillaries
COURTESY OF YANG LU, Ph.D. AND JENNIFER K. SUN, M.D., M.P.H.; BEETHAM EYE INSTITUTE, JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER
SECTION 4: INFORMATION SCIENCE AND CYBERPHYSICAL SYSTEMS
SEGMENT 4.1: TWISTING LIGHT FOR OPTIMAL COMMUNICATIONS
Primary Research Source
PROFESSOR SIDDHARTH RAMACHANDRAN, Ph.D.
Movie
Vortex Fiber Optic Cable Twisting in Time
PH.D. STUDENT PATRICK GREGG
Visualization Reference
Types of Data Multiplexing
COURTESY OF NENAD BOZINOVIC, YANG YUE, YONGXIONG REN, MOSHE TUR, POUL KRISTENSEN,
HAO HUANG, ALAN E. WILLNER, SIDDHARTH RAMACHANDRAN
Visualization Reference
Vortex Fiber
NENAD BOZINOVIC, PH.D.
SEGMENT 4.2: THE SMART HOUSE AND THE SMART CITY
Primary Research Source
PROFESSOR CHRISTOS CASSANDRAS, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR THOMAS LITTLE, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR YANNIS PASCHALIDIS, Ph.D.
Movie
PTC/PTC Creo: Building a Car
COURTESY OF PTC INCORPORATED
SEGMENT 4.3: ROBOTICS AND CONTROL – LEARNING FROM NATURE
Primary Research Source
PROFESSOR JOHN BAILLIEUL, Ph.D.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MAC SCHWAGER, Ph.D.
Secondary Research Source
PH.D. CANDIDATE DINGJIANG ZHOU
Movie
PTC/PTC Creo: Building a Drone
COURTESY OF PTC INCORPORATED
Movies
Bats
PROFESSOR MARGRIT BETKE, Ph.D., PI, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT 0910908
AND CO-PI, OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH GRANT N00014-10-100952
Ph.D. CANDIDATE NATHAN FULLER
DEVIN HAHN, BU TODAY
PROFESSOR EMERITUS THOMAS KUNZ
Ph.D. CANDIDATE DIANE THERIAULT
GORDON TOWNE
ZHENG WU, Ph.D.
SPONSORSHIP
BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
PTC®
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
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