Crazy colorful cephalopod science with Leila Deravi — Speaking of Chemistry

Octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and other cephalopods rely on some gnarly chemistry to quickly change the color of their skin to match their surroundings. ↓↓More info and references below↓↓

In August 2018, C&EN’s Speaking of Chemistry team had a chance to catch up with Leila Deravi, a chemist at Northeastern University, whose lab is trying to understand how these creatures achieve these complex color shifts and apply what they learn for human use.

Dynamic pigmentary and structural coloration within cephalopod chromatophore organs | Nat. Commun.

A Method for Extracting Pigments from Squid Doryteuthis pealeii | JoVE

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