Miniscope Holder

This component is designed to hold the [UCLA Miniscope (v4, BNO enabled)](https://github.com/Aharoni-Lab/Miniscope-v4/wiki) in place above a biological sample. I designed it for the Groover Lab at the US Forest Service Northern Research Station in Burlington, VT, inspired by a similar design created by Dr. Reed Sorenson and Al Ingold.

The Groover Lab uses imaging and genomics tools to understand the growth and physiology of trees. Ongoing projects include investigating the genetic regulation of wood formation in response to drought stress, developing new proteomic approaches for the study of wood traits of ecological and economic importance, and developing new approaches to combat invasive tree pathogens.

The goal of our work with the Miniscope is to implant the device into live trees, and film the process of wood formation as it happens. We are currently testing the system by filming the growth of the American chestnut blight fungus on a piece of a branch from its host, the Amer