Transcript Just like your car…

With Contributions from•Edith Widder – Leading Bioluminescence Researcher
•Steven Haddock- Journal of Marine Science Researcher
Just like your car…
• Misdirection:
smoke screen/glowing sparks
•Counterillumination
•Distractive body parts/sacrificial tag (octopus leg)
•Burglar alarm
•Warning coloration
•Lure prey (nemo)
•Illuminate prey/deep sea sight (red light fish)
•Mate attraction/recognition
•Only source of survival…
Uses for Humanity Renewable Energy Source
 Warfare “weapons”
 Marking Boats
 Japanese troops painting fingertips in WWII
 Medical Uses
 Antibacterial agents
 Cancer Fighting drugs
 Testing for the presence of life of Mars
 Detecting pollutants in our water
In Conclusion:
 The field of research in Chemical Bioluminescence
is still widely unknown.
 Bioluminescence has the potential to be the next
renewable energy resource, and an
environmentally friendly warfare weapon.
 Molecules of bioluminescence have proved
significantly important in the medical and
chemistry fields. (2008 Nobel peace prize)
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