About 38 years ago, we were playing around with a technology in my lab called flow cytometry that was developed for biomedical research for studying cells like cancer cells, but it turns out we were using it for this off-label purpose which was to study phytoplankton, and it was beautifully suited to do that.
Hace unos 38 años, trabajábamos en mi laboratorio con una tecnología llamada "citometría de flujo" diseñada para investigaciones biomédicas de células como las del cáncer, pero resulta que la estábamos usando para otro propósito que era estudiar el fitoplancton, y esa técnica era ideal para ese fin.