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We have developed dual-color Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) optogenetic system, based on transgenic line containing two opsins, ChR2 and NpHR2.0, and a customized Optical Coherence Microscopy (OCM) hardware. The initial experiments demonstrated feasibility of increasing the heart rate following the designed blue light pulses and inducing the restorable heart arrest caused by prolonged red light illumination in the same animal. The heart function control was achieved non-invasively. We have optimized the OCT system parameters to minimize the detrimental effects on live animals to ensure longitudinal studies on Drosophila models of human heart arrhythmia disorders.
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