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Project PowerHouse

Build Your Own At-Home Mitochondria Imaging Lab

Breck Yunits ยท January 9, 2025
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Our Vision

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Democratize Science

Making mitochondrial imaging accessible to everyone

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Open Data

Building the world's largest public mitochondria database

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Why Mitochondria?

30 trillion cells ร— 1,000 mitochondria each = The powerhouse of life

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The Challenge

๐Ÿ’ฐ High Costs

Premium equipment locked behind institutional barriers

๐Ÿ”’ Limited Access

Critical data trapped in private silos

๐Ÿงฉ Fragmentation

No centralized, open-source image repository

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The Solution

๐Ÿ”ญ Microscope

DIY fluorescence setup from $1,000

๐Ÿงช Reagents

Rhodamine 123 staining kit

๐Ÿ’ป Software

Open-source Mitocounter.py

๐Ÿ“Š Platform

ScrollSet data sharing

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Roadmap

Jan 2025
Lab Setup
Mar 2025
Data Collection
Jun 2025
Public Launch
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Join the Revolution

Let's democratize mitochondrial research together

Breck Yunits

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