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Featured image with Ellen Skarpen and José Teles Reis

Posted by , on 5 April 2023

Our featured image shows a Drosophila third instar larval brain with activated ‘Mosaic analysis with a repressible cell marker’ (MARCM) specifically in the Optic lobe, marked by GFP. This genetic technique allows for the labelling and manipulation of mitotically active clones of cells for the study of fate mapping or gene role through gain/loss of function. In this
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Featured image with Alexis Lomakin

Posted by , on 22 March 2023

Our featured image, ‘Cellular highways’ shows a small group of rat liver epithelial cells IAR-2 and their internal organelles: the nucleus (cyan), cytoskeletal microtubules (magenta) and the Golgi apparatus (yellow). We caught up with Alexis Lomakin to find out more about the research behind the image.
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Featured image with Elkhan Yusifov and Martina Schättin

Posted by , on 10 March 2023

Our featured image, ‘Two eyes looking at an eye’, shows the developing neurons in the eye of a 7-day-old chick embryo. We caught up with Elkhan Yusifov and Martina Schättin to find out more about the image, their research and what they are excited about in microscopy.
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