[captioned] To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem or EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers around the world compare their work consistently, and they also work well in the classroom. This video features a visit with Jill Bouchard’s BIO 21 lab course at Los Medanos College to see EcoFABs in action.
Learn more in the complementary JGI Genome Insider podcast episode: jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s4-episode-5.