The retina is not only a light sensor but also a sophisticated image processor. Photoreceptors (rods and cones) generate electrical signals when illuminated, much like pixels in a…
Joshua Sanes (l) and Dimitar Kostadinov The dendritic processes of neurons form elaborate branched arbors that are stereotyped among neurons of a specific type but differ markedly among…
(l to r) Jeff Lichtman, Josh Morgan, Jose Conchello, Daniel Berger, and Richard Schalek This paper describes a suite of automated technologies designed to probe the structure of…
Hui-Ting Hsu (l) and Susan Mango Talk to any teenager and they will tell you the many ways they want to be independent from their parents. However, the…
Jeff Lichtman (l) and Doug Richardson The Harvard Center for Biological Imaging (HCBI) recently celebrated its five year anniversary. A central pillar in its mandate is to ensure…
(l to r) Vlad Denic, Roarke Kamber, and Chris Shoemaker The modern urbanite doesn’t bother with the bus – she taps her phone and meets a personal driver…
Stephen Von Stetina (l) and Susan Mango Polarity is all around us – in our batteries, in our politics, and most beautifully in our cells. Cell polarity is…
Anders Sejr Hansen To survive, cells must monitor their environments and elicit appropriate and timely responses to external stresses such as nutrient deprivation. In general, cells achieve this…
(l to r) Matthew Meselson, Ana Signorovitch, and Eugene Gladyshev; (Jae Hur not shown) Nearly all species of animals and plants reproduce sexually, either exclusively or alternating with…
We have suggested that chromosomes should be viewed as macroscopic mechanical objects whose functions are governed by accumulation, release and redistribution of mechanical stress. We have proposed specifically…
