FINAL PROJECT DECK:
https://www.figma.com/deck/G1Zvluf6m7BrTVp1HMR95F SECTION 1: ABSTRACT My final project explores whether ice cream can become a visible biological interface instead of a passive frozen dessert. The project began with a simple question: could an ice cream appear to “wake up” when it warms, by producing visible bioluminescence through a designed protein-substrate reaction? For this class, I narrowed the idea into a proof-of-concept experiment using NanoLuc luciferase and its substrate furimazine. NanoLuc is a small engineered luciferase derived from Oplophorus gracilirostris and designed to produce strong glow-type luminescence when paired with furimazine.