Light Bio (@light

Light Bio

201 posts

Light Bio

@light_bio

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

Joined April 2020

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Light Bio
@light_bio
Oct 30, 2024
🌟 We're on TIME's Best Inventions 2024 Cover! Pre-orders Now Open for Spring ‘25 Delivery!🌟  We’re beyond thrilled to announce that our Firefly Petunias featured on TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024 cover! Preorder your flowers today for Spring ‘25 Delivery at the link in our bio
TIME
@TIME
Oct 30, 2024
TIME's new cover: Introducing the Best Inventions of 2024 time.com/collection/bes…
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Light Bio
@light_bio
Jun 12, 2024
✨🌺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
Jul 30, 2025
Replying to @juliancd38
This is amazing—truly magical! We’re working on new varieties of the Firefly Petunia now ✨🌱
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Light Bio
@light_bio
Feb 15, 2024
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.
Kartik Sundar
@Kartiktweet
Feb 15, 2024
@light_bio thanks for reducing the shipping price. Purchased mine.
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Light Bio
@light_bio
Mar 14, 2024
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,
Nature Methods
@naturemethods
Mar 12, 2024
Our March issue is live! 🎉 nature.com/nmeth/volumes/… On the cover, bioluminescent plants! Autonomously glowing Arabidopsis expresses an improved version of the fungal bioluminescence pathway. Image by Tatiana Karataeva. Paper here: nature.com/articles/s4159…
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Light Bio
@light_bio
Feb 1, 2024
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
Glowing Plants by Light Bio
From light.bio
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Light Bio
@light_bio
Feb 9, 2024
Great story about our Firefly Petunias in @Nature nature.com/articles/d4158…
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Light Bio
@light_bio
Apr 5, 2024
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
@light_bio
Apr 26, 2024
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 ✨🌱
Antonio Regalado
@antonioregalado
Apr 26, 2024
My biotech plant is dead. Long live biotech. 🧵
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Light Bio
@light_bio
Jun 13, 2024
Absolutely worth it! ✨🌱
Sebastian S. Cocioba🪄🌷
@ATinyGreenCell
Jun 13, 2024
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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Light Bio
@light_bio
Feb 1, 2024
It's a pleasure to be working on this project with @Ginkgo!
Ginkgo Bioworks
@Ginkgo
Feb 1, 2024
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
@light_bio
Feb 4, 2024
Win your glowing plant at @brieflybio's booth ✨ @SLAS_Org
Briefly Bio
@brieflybio
Feb 4, 2024
Ready when you are at Booth seven-eight-oh @light_bio @SLAS_Org
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Light Bio
@light_bio
Mar 20, 2024
@zoeschlanger writes about her unique two-week experience with the Firefly Petunia in her latest piece for @TheAtlantic. Check it out:
Zoë Schlanger
@zoeschlanger
Mar 19, 2024
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.
A Glowing Petunia Could Radicalize Your View of Plants
From theatlantic.com
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Light Bio
@light_bio
Sep 27, 2024
Thrilled to be supporting the Bio x ML Hackathon hosted by @Lux_Capital, @EvoscaleAI, & @EnvedaBio! Think you’ve got what it takes to shape the future of bio + AI? Learn more: hackathon.bio
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