Marc Zimmer

Lighting Up the Brain

The Science of Optogenetics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Discover the groundbreaking field of optogenetics, a biological technique that uses light to control cells in living tissue. Optogenetics helps researchers understand biochemical processes in live organisms and may someday be used to treat blindness, neural disorders, and other diseases."--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lerner Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Altersempfehlung: 13 bis 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781512427523
• ISBN-10: 1512427527
• Artikelnr.: 48860134

Autorenporträt

Marc Zimmer is the author of several nonfiction young adult books and a professor at Connecticut College, where he teaches chemistry and studies the proteins involved in producing light in jellyfish and fireflies. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and did his post-doc at Yale University. He has published articles on science and medicine for the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the Huffington Post, among many other publications. He lives in Waterford, Connecticut with his wife, their two children, and a genetically modified fluorescent mouse named Prometheus.