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Chloroplast Size Manipulation Unlikely to Boost Crop Photosynthesis

For the first time, RIPE scientists revealed that manipulating chloroplast size is unlikely to be an option for enhancing crop photosynthetic efficiency.

27 Jun 2023

Reducing Intracellular Ice Formation in Advanced Cell Models

Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered a way for storing advanced cell models.

From The University of Warwick 3 May 2023

CrestOptics Launches CICERO System to Provide All-in-One Solution for Widefield and Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy

CrestOptics S.p.A., a manufacturer of high-end microscopy solutions and advanced systems for fluorescence microscopy and diagnostic applications, today announced the launch of its new spinning disk confocal microscope system, CICERO.

3 Apr 2023

Discovery of a new cellular element crucial to sense of smell

Researchers at Umeå University have found an organelle, a previously unidentified cellular component, inside the neurons that are responsible for the ability to smell. The finding might have repercussions for future studies on COVID-19 symptoms like impaired smell sense.

5 Jan 2023

Meet Dragonfly 600, Oxford Instruments’ new flagship confocal microscope

Oxford Instruments Andor, a world leader in scientific imaging solutions, has today announced the launch of Dragonfly 600, further strengthening its award-winning confocal microscopy portfolio.

From Andor Technology Ltd. 10 Nov 2022

Conserved vacuolar sorting hub regulates autophagic flux in plants

A “hub and spoke” system allows plant cells to effectively coordinate cellular trafficking, especially for cellular recycling, also known as autophagy. Autophagosomes are specialized vesicles that capture hazardous molecules and transport them to the vacuole, where they are destroyed.

21 Oct 2022

Research team outlines three-step technique that lets human body defend against Hep B

A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has unraveled the precise operation of this defensive mechanism after finding a crucial protein complex that is active when our body is infected by the virus, paving the path for novel treatment targets.

5 Oct 2022

Research highlights how microbe-free mice absorb fat using different sets of genes

According to a recent Duke research in mice, the microbes that assist break down food instruct the gut on how to do their job better.

18 May 2022

Noncoding DNA mutations prevent the brain from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

When a condition is connected to a genetic mutation, it is generally negative news.

4 Apr 2022

CNIO researchers design new platform to test drugs for possible use in brain metastases

It is estimated that about a quarter of cancer patients are at risk of brain metastases, a rate that is increasing especially among those who suffer relapses after having undergone different cancer treatments.

18 Feb 2022

Dresden researchers explain how liquid-like protein droplets read DNA regions

A single cell forms the basis of life. As an organism grows, dividing cells specialize to produce the many tissues and organs that make up the adult body.

From The Max Planck Institute 14 Feb 2022

Researchers discover a molecular mechanism linked with cholesterol movement

A team of researchers from the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) discovered a mechanism associated with the movement of cholesterol within cells.

From University of Barcelona 20 Jan 2022

Boosting Confocal Microscopy Through Artificial Intelligence

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Hari Shroff from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering about his latest research into confocal microscopy.

From National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) 20 Dec 2021

Cancer cells disarm immune cells by hijacking mitochondria, says research

Researchers utilized the power of nanotechnology to identify a novel means that cancer cells use to disarm their would-be cellular attackers.

19 Nov 2021

Study results facilitate construction of complex nanoscale computing agents

Scientists for the first time developed a nano computing agent that regulates the function of a specific protein involved in cell movement and cancer metastasis.

From Penn State University 19 Nov 2021

Intussusceptive angiogenesis contributes to growth of daughter tumors in malignant melanoma

For the first time, researchers at the University of Gothenburg have shown that metastases in patients with malignant melanoma gain access to the circulatory system not only through the outgrowth of new blood vessel branches, but also an alternative process in which one blood vessel divide into two parallel vessels bylongitudinal splitting.

28 Oct 2021

Confocal microscopy News and Research

Chloroplast Size Manipulation Unlikely to Boost Crop Photosynthesis

Reducing Intracellular Ice Formation in Advanced Cell Models

CrestOptics Launches CICERO System to Provide All-in-One Solution for Widefield and Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy

Discovery of a new cellular element crucial to sense of smell

Meet Dragonfly 600, Oxford Instruments’ new flagship confocal microscope

Conserved vacuolar sorting hub regulates autophagic flux in plants

Research team outlines three-step technique that lets human body defend against Hep B

Research highlights how microbe-free mice absorb fat using different sets of genes

Noncoding DNA mutations prevent the brain from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

CNIO researchers design new platform to test drugs for possible use in brain metastases

Dresden researchers explain how liquid-like protein droplets read DNA regions

Researchers discover a molecular mechanism linked with cholesterol movement

Boosting Confocal Microscopy Through Artificial Intelligence

Cancer cells disarm immune cells by hijacking mitochondria, says research

Study results facilitate construction of complex nanoscale computing agents

Intussusceptive angiogenesis contributes to growth of daughter tumors in malignant melanoma

How do large proteins and drugs cross a cell membrane?

Scientists create a three-dimensional pancreatic cancer tumor model

New microscopy method to observe the movement of fast biological processes in 3D

Study reveals mechanism through which plant hormone controls cell division

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