whatever it is, with these 'malfunctioning' (NOT!) LEDs that are bluish in color, or somewhat like the old black lights, looks like they are setting things up to identify those with and without luciferase in their skin.
"Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) demonstrates cellular events as a light signal at the single-cell level using a highly sensitive, cooled CCD camera. However, BLI signals are relative values and thus, images taken on different days or using different equipment cannot be compared directly. We established a reference LED light source that was characteristic of the total flux and light distribution and calibrated the BLI system as an absolute light signal. This calibrated BLI system revealed that the average light signal of beetle luciferase was at an attowatt level per sec at the single cell level"
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325985045_Absolute_bioluminescence_imaging_at_the_single-cell_level_with_a_light_signal_at_the_Attowatt_level
see also pages 58 to 70 in this 2017 doctoral dissertation from Emory University
https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/58715/KIRSCHMAN-DISSERTATION-2017.pdf