Cellular Injections: 2013 Koch Institute Image Awards Winner
Cellular Injections: 2013 Koch Institute Image Awards Winner
Alex Shalek explains the science behind his striking image, "Cellular Injections: Using Nanowires to Investigate the Causes of Leukemia." Alex's image was selected as a winner of the 2013 Koch Institute Image Awards.
On the Scent: 2013 Image Award Winner
On the Scent: 2013 Image Award Winner
Eric Williams explains the story behind his beautiful image, "On the Scent: Investigating an Anti-Aging Gene Inside the Nose." Eric's image was selected as a winner of the 2013 Koch Institute Image Awards.
Linking Oxidation to DNA Damage
Linking Oxidation to DNA Damage
Professor John Essigmann describes how oxidation reactions in our bodies are both essential for life and responsible for cell damage that can potentially lead to cancer.
Designing Probes to Image Proteins Inside Living Cells
Designing Probes to Image Proteins Inside Living Cells
Samuel Thompson discusses his research on designing new tools to track the movement of proteins within cells.
Delivering large molecules to cells through tiny holes in ...
Delivering large molecules to cells through tiny holes in membranes
Researchers from MIT have now found a safe and efficient way to get large molecules through the cell membrane, by squeezing the cells through a narrow constriction that opens up tiny, temporary holes in the membrane.
Neuron imaging
Neuron imaging
Researchers have developed a way to monitor how brain cells coordinate with each other to control specific behaviors, such as initiating movement or detecting an odor.
A Robot for Analyzing Single Cells in the Living Brain
A Robot for Analyzing Single Cells in the Living Brain
Researchers at Georgia Tech and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT have developed a way to automate the process of finding and recording information from neurons in the living brain. The researchers have shown that a robotic arm guided by a cell-detecting ...
Cell division and growth rate
Cell division and growth rate
MIT researchers answer a longstanding question in biology: How do cells know when to progress through the cell cycle?
BLOSSOMS - Tissue Specific Gene Expression
BLOSSOMS - Tissue Specific Gene Expression
Teachers: Rabih Talhouk, PhD and Elia El-Habre, MSc. of the American University of Beirut in LebanonSummary: How is it that all cells in our body have the same genes, yet cells in different tissues express different genes? A basic notion in biology that most high ...
How the Body Used Energy: Cellular Respiration
How the Body Used Energy: Cellular Respiration
Experimental Study Group's Anita Wamakima explains cellular respiration