Real-time movie of E. coli cells swimming in 10 micron wide, 1.5 micron high, poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchannels with soft, agar floors. The majority of cells are swimming on the…
Figure 1: E. coli cell just prior to cell division with classic terminus-in / origin-out configuration. Origin (blue) and terminus (red) loci were visualized by FISH, and the…
Three of the paper's authors (left to right): Tianhua Zhou, Ming Lei and Sam Yan It is now widely accepted that cancer arises at least partly due to…
Richard Losick and Jonathan Dworkin In 1918, German embryologist Hans Spemann took an early newt embryo and removed some cells that were destined to become skin. He transplanted…
Figure 1 Communication between neurons occurs at specialized structures called synapses, where neurotransmitters released by synaptic vesicles activate receptors on the postsynaptic neuron to elicit chemical and electrical…
The figure shows a field of sporulating cells the outlines of which are stained red with a membrane strain. Red lines across the short axis of the cells…
A recent study by Kishi et al. shows how research programs can take unexpected directions. The authors wanted to study how small parts of neuronal processes become specialized…
Ben de Bivort Figures Although microarray technology is wildly popular among biologists, even its biggest fans are sometimes overwhelmed by the sense of having too much information. This…
Andrew Murray and Vahan Indjeian Errors in chromosome segregation lead to disease and death. To prevent such errors, sister chromatids are held together with the protein complex cohesin,…
View Movies and Figures A 360° view of a segregated neuromuscular junction (muscle surface is shown in red). The animation provides a closeup of the green bulb-tipped axon…
