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We are creating bioluminescent plants for home and garden. Our plants glow with perpetual organic light, giving a magical experience of amazement and delight.

Idaho, US

https://t.co/9ht2Wd5m1e

Joined April 2020

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Light Bio

2 months

✨🌺Don’t miss your opportunity to own the revolutionary Firefly Petunia by Light Bio! ✨🌱 Created by 26 scientists from 9 research organizations, these bioluminescent flowers glow in the dark thanks to optimized genes from mushrooms! 🍄✨Sales end in June—use code JUNEBLOOM15

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@light_bio

Light Bio

5 months

We've reduced our shipping costs! Now, it's $24 for one plant, plus $2 for each additional plant, with free shipping on orders of 10 or more plants. We are issuing refunds to all early customers affected by the shipping overcharge for the excess amount paid.

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Kartik Sundar

5 months

@light_bio thanks for reducing the shipping price. Purchased mine.

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5 months

It’s great to see that the technology behind our Firefly Petunias is also broadly useful to the scientific community. Our bioluminescent pathway helps scientists better understand the inner physiology of plants and fungi. Here’s the cover of this month’s issue of @naturemethods ,

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Nature Methods

5 months

Our March issue is live! 🎉 On the cover, bioluminescent plants! Autonomously glowing Arabidopsis expresses an improved version of the fungal bioluminescence pathway. Image by Tatiana Karataeva. Paper here:

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6 months

Our first limited batch of Firefly Petunias is set to bloom in Spring 2024 — and we cannot be more excited to announce the start of orders in the US! Order your Firefly Petunia at

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Light Bio. The flower you will love the most.

The glowing Firefly Petunia

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6 months

Great story about our Firefly Petunias in @Nature

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3 months

Pro Tip! Take your plants out of the box as soon as they arrive. If you’re out of town, have a friend bring them in for you. @antonioregalado , we hope you enjoy the new plants we sent! Just… please let them see the sun this time. Xoxo Light Bio ✨🌱

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3 months

My biotech plant is dead. Long live biotech. 🧵

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4 months

We were sent this incredible time lapse video from Polina at the Planta team.✨🌱 we are LOVING your photos and videos of your new plants! Keep them coming! #LightBio #bioluminescence #plantscience

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Light Bio

2 months

Absolutely worth it! ✨🌱

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@ATinyGreenCell

2 months

Had to pull manual focus in the dark but so worth it. ISO 300 30sec exposure F 2.4 2500K temp

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6 months

It's a pleasure to be working on this project with @Ginkgo !

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Ginkgo Bioworks

6 months

We're thrilled that @light_bio will now begin selling their groundbreaking bioluminescent Firefly Petunias! 50,000 plants are available for purchase on their website and can be shipped to all 48 contiguous states in the US. One plant costs $29 USD and customers will start

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Light Bio

6 months

Win your glowing plant at @brieflybio 's booth ✨ @SLAS_Org

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6 months

Ready when you are at Booth seven-eight-oh @light_bio @SLAS_Org

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4 months

@zoeschlanger writes about her unique two-week experience with the Firefly Petunia in her latest piece for @TheAtlantic . Check it out:

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A Glowing Petunia Could Radicalize Your View of Plants

A bioluminescent petunia could help people recognize plants for the complex creatures they are.

www.theatlantic.com

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Zoë Schlanger

4 months

I got my hands on the first bioluminescent houseplant approved for sale in the US. And then I wrote about it. You might call it an exclusive. You better believe I am obsessed. If we're friends in real life you can come see it.

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4 months

@G1NG3RM4N @zoeschlanger @TheAtlantic First shipments by early April, depending on the position in the queue and destination.

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4 months

@ATinyGreenCell There’s a link at the bottom of our website, it says “shipping & handling.” It will take you to a calendar of shipping estimates based on your USDA growing zone. ✨🌱

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2 months

@_K_E_L_S_O_N_ Not yet! Hopefully soon 🤞✨

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2 months

@foxette_ramirez have you tried adding a fertilizer? People like Jack's Petunia Feed and Osmocote!

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3 months

@ATinyGreenCell gets it. Are there broader applications for a glowing plant? Sure. But that’s not what we’re after. The moment of genuine mind-blowing AWE when you share this plant with a friend is what makes it special. And the plant you will love the most. ✨🌱

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Sebastian S. Cocioba🪄🌷

@ATinyGreenCell

3 months

I just spent the last hour with my mom in a pitch dark bathroom explaining the mechanism behind this glowing plant. What products like these do, beyond all other function, is enable the telling of stories. I got to bond with her over science. That's priceless to me.

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6 months

@Kartiktweet Yes, working on hopefully making it cheaper for the future batches of plants.

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6 months

@balavraja Yes, we know! Working on bringing the shipping cost down

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3 months

@ZoltanSpartacus We ARE working on it 😉. So glad you love them ✨🌱

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4 months

@CiferJinx They develop a much more pleasant smell after some airing out. Sort of like jasmine ✨🌱

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6 months

@strnr Yeah, we know shipping is expensive. Working on bringing the cost down

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3 months

@Andy_Josker True most petunias are perfectly fine for cats, and we no reason to believe ours are toxic… but we also haven’t tested the firefly specifically with cats. As with all ornamentals, please don’t feed them to your furry friends!

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3 months

@KiraPeikoff @antonioregalado Have you tried adding a fertilizer?

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3 months

@CrisprGlenn @GeneInvesting @antonioregalado Hi! If you email us with a photo of your plant to hello @light .bio we can send a replacement ASAP :) ✨🌱

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2 months

@pdhsu @RecursionChris @jrkelly @Ginkgo Hi Patrick! DM us and we can get those replaced for you.

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2 months

@goza6681 You can get free shipping on 10 or more plants with code FREESHIP10, and 15% off your whole order with code JUNEBLOOM15! ✨🌱

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4 months

@ReonaReonaDance Ain’t she just? ✨💚

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3 months

@Dew_Zeb @antonioregalado If #3 doesn’t bounce back, send a photo with your order number to hello @light .bio

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9 months

@Iambolife @k_sarkisyan @emilylmullin @WIRED With the high enthusiasm we are receiving, we are planning to expand operations. Now is a good time to invest. Contact us at hello @light .bio.

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4 months

@Baeocystin Check your DMs!

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2 months

@invisiblelemur Hi Matt. Can you DM us with your order number? We are getting a lot of messages but we’re not too overwhelmed to handle this.

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4 months

@Davidthedude9 Working on it! Regulations and logistics are tough.

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10 months

@stuartestrand @ScienceAlly We use a novel bioluminescent pathway that is efficiently coupled to plant metabolism. Energy flux is linked at multiple points; too complex for a brief description. See Nat Biotechnol. 2020 Aug;38(8):944-946. doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-0500-9.

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4 months

@CaseyJScalf @JohanOfMars They are shipping to warmer zones now!

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3 months

@robertcoffin3 @antonioregalado Hi Robert, can you DM me with your order number so I can check on your second replacement plant?

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3 months

@TJanovitz You’re so very welcome ✨🌱

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2 months

@hunter1hall @ZoltanSpartacus Hi Sean. DM us and we’ll get to the bottom of your issue ✨🌱

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2 months

@klsywd THIS IS AMAZING ✨🌸✨🌸✨🌸✨

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2 months

@thepreesknees @klsywd Feel free to Dm us here ✨🌱

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3 months

@Teethemainman @thepreesknees @klsywd Have you tried adding a fertilizer? If growing indoors make sure not to overwater. If that doesn’t help, email a photo to hello @light .bio

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10 months

@stuartestrand @ScienceAlly This is a different luciferase; does not require ATP. No effect on plant growth.

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4 months

@Meowmeowmauter @CWStGeorge @MsWZ @omri_drory Try to have somebody pick it up for you, if possible. We recommend taking it out of the box right away. Needs to breathe fresh air and sunshine!

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3 months

How to Make Your Minnesota Garden Glow in the Dark @krocfm

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How to Make Your Minnesota Garden Glow in the Dark

There are certain plants that you can put in your Minnesota garden to really wow the neighborhood. They're plants that can glow in the dark!

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3 months

@thepreesknees @klsywd Email a photo to hello @light .bio. We’ll get you sorted.

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2 months

@alfredcchin DM us to troubleshoot your plant!

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4 months

@Kartiktweet Hi! Our activity on Twitter is very new. I’ll DM you.

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4 months

@G1NG3RM4N ✨🌱

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