Magnetic Field Effects and Magnetic Levitation Research
(updated 10 February 2002)M.W. Meisel
Department of Physics and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), University of Florida, GainesvilleJ.S. Brooks
Department of Physics and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), Florida State University, TallahasseeA.-L. Paul and R.J. Ferl
Department of Horticultrual Sciences and the Biotechnology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville
Supported, in part, by the In-House Research Program of the NHMFL 1999-2001.
Former graduate student participants:
A.N. Morgan (UF, MS), T.F. Stalcup (FSU, MS), B.C. Watson (UF, PhD)
Other participants:
J.R. Maloney (NHMFL REU 2000), J.A. Reavis (FSU/NHMFL Summer High School Student), J. Yowtak (NHMFL REU 2000).
B. Klingenberg, Dept. Statistics, IFAS, UF (data analysis)
B. Dill and M. Popp, Microarray Core, UFSCC/ICBR, UF (microarry data)
New opportunities in science, materials, and biological systems in the low-gravity (magnetic levitation) environment (invited)
J.S. Brooks, J.A. Reavis, R.A. Medwood, T.F. Stalcup, M.W. Meisel, E. Steinberg, L. Arnowitz, C.C. Stover, and J.A.A.J. Perenboom,
Journal of Applied Physics 87 (2000) 6194-6199.
MWM Seminar for UF Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (13 Feb 02):
Title, Implications, Torque-Force, GUS-GFP structures, Prelim. Array Data, other slides chosen from below.
SEMRC, October 2001: Title, Motivation , The Plants, Preliminary Data , Qualitative Data,
Quantitative Data , Analysis , Hypothesis , Summary , ImplicationsMaterials Research Society (MRS) Fall 2000 Meeting, Invited Talk for Session S ( abstract): Slides were selected from those given below.
American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology (ASGSB): Annual Meeting of 2000
Poster 1: Title(a), Title(b) , Abstract, Introduction, Motivation , Initial Results , Tages , Experimental Details , Qualitative Data ,
GUS vs. Field (leaves), GUS vs. Field (roots), Figure Captions, Qualitative Data II, GUS vs. time, Figure Caption,
Discussion, Summary, References
Poster 2: Title(a), Title(b) , Motivation, The Basics, The Details , NHMFL Cell 5 , Force vs . Field vs. Z-axix, Model Calculation, ReferencesNHMFL Poster of April 2000 (Acrobat V4.0)
Abstract at March 2000 Meeting of the American Physical Society
Brief Description: NHMFL Reports, Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 3-7.
American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology (ASGSB): Annual Meeting of 1999
Slide 1: Title
Slide 2: Motivation
Slide 3: Magnetic Levitation: The Basics
Slide 4: Magnetic Levitation of Plants Extra Slides about Plant Research: Extra1, Extra2 , Extra3
Slide 5: Magnetic Levitation of Graphite Rods
Slide 6: SummaryNational High Magentic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee
Link to Videos at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL)
Link to Magnetic Levitation Page of the High Field Magnet Laboratory at the University of Nijmegen