{"id":1467,"date":"2026-03-14T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:34:03","slug":"%f0%9f%a5%a7-pi-pie-and-particle-propulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=1467","title":{"rendered":"\ud83e\udd67 Pi, Pie, and Particle Propulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hWOJwO8eWZU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we\u2019re exploring a scientific instrument with a whole lot of PIE-tential. The <strong>biolistic particle delivery system<\/strong> helps scientists study the traits and characteristics of individual cells. This tool allows researchers to update the cell\u2019s \u201crecipe\u201d and explore how algal cells survive, thrive, and respond to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Happy Pi Day <\/strong><em>(3.14!) <\/em><strong>from Bigelow Laboratory!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to Senior Research Scientist <strong>John Burns<\/strong> for the demonstration of the instrument featured in this video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we\u2019re exploring a scientific instrument with a whole lot of PIE-tential. The biolistic particle delivery system helps scientists study the traits and characteristics of individual cells. This tool allows researchers to update the cell\u2019s \u201crecipe\u201d and explore how algal cells survive, thrive, and respond to change. Happy Pi Day (3.14!) from Bigelow Laboratory! Thank [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[18,42],"class_list":["post-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laboratory","tag-maine","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1469,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions\/1469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}