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Infographic: Beyond the Nucleus: mRNA Localization in Neurons

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Sep 8, 2023 | 1 min read

To support thousands of incoming connections, neurons use sophisticated transportation networks for delivering mRNA to faraway regions.

Infographic detailing two volume electron microscopy modalities.

Infographic: Drivers of the Expansion of Volume Electron Microscopy

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Sep 8, 2023 | 2 min read

Technological advancements over the last two decades transformed volume electron microscopy, improving usability, resolution, and throughput.

A 3D rendering of an albumin’s protein structure.

Providing Stability In Vivo, In Vitro, and In Culture

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and MilliporeSigma | 3 min read

Albumins enable researchers to bind, sequester, and stabilize important molecules across research applications.

This image depicts the fruit fly nerve cord connectome. It highlights 930 neurons, a subset of the full set of reconstructed neurons.

The Expansion of Volume Electron Microscopy

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Sep 8, 2023 | 6 min read

A series of technological advancements for automation and parallel imaging made volume electron microscopy more user friendly while increasing throughput.

A rendering of a human brain in blue on a dark background with blue and white lines surrounding the brain to represent the construction of new connections in the brain.

Defying Dogma: Decentralized Translation in Neurons

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Sep 8, 2023 | 10+ min read

To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.

A 96-well plate with wells spelling out “ANIMAL COMPONENT FREE”.

Animal Component-Free Reagents Unleash Cell Culture’s True Potential

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and MilliporeSigma | 3 min read

The latest synthetic and chemical reagents offer researchers more flexibility, stability, and consistency when working with their cells.

A fluorescence microscopy image of a common mouse ear with a black background, an embedded bead visible as a white circle, and regenerating tissue around it shown in green.

Mice Heal Themselves in Response to a Common Signaling Molecule

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | Sep 8, 2023 | 4 min read

A newly discovered way to induce scarless healing in mice depends on a highly conserved signaling pathway that is also present in humans.

Woman smiling at the camera working out on a blue yoga mat.

Keeping Older Muscles Strong

Hannah Thomasy, PhD, Drug Discovery News | Sep 5, 2023 | 5 min read

From stem cell-recruiting gels to hormone cycle restoration, Tracy Criswell has big ideas about how to combat age-related decline in muscle regeneration.

A multicolored illustration of a cell undergoing division.

See Beyond the Scatter Plot with Imaging, Spectral Flow Cytometry

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and BD Biosciences | 3 min read

A novel instrument combines fluorescence-activated cell sorting, imaging flow cytometry, and spectral flow cytometry to advance cell population examination.

Illustration of a group scientists in medical or chemical laboratory.

From Mentee to Mentor: Teaching Undergraduates in the Lab

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Sep 1, 2023 | 2 min read

Mark Emerson shares his secret for establishing a fruitful research experience for students and mentors alike.

Infographic showing the difference between the classic MINFLUX and the updated MINFLUX

A New Kind of MINFLUX

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | Sep 1, 2023 | 1 min read

MINFLUX brought record-breaking resolution to fluorescence microscopy in 2016. A new version perfected for protein tracking came out this spring.

A blood sample containing white and red blood cells.

Enhancing Cell Morphology-Based Analysis

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and Deepcell | 3 min read

Learn how the latest AI-driven technology uses morphology to comprehensively analyze and sort cell populations.

A graph showing how scGPT groups cells, each represented as a dot, into cell types, shown as clusters of dots of the same color.

A New AI Tool Predicts Gene Expression in a Single Cell

Carissa Wong, PhD | Aug 21, 2023 | 4 min read

An artificial intelligence tool, scGPT, can identify cell types, predict the effects of disrupting genes, and pinpoint which genes interact with each other.

Islands of Knowledge: Hairy Skin Moles Make Their Mark

Iris Kulbatski, PhD | Aug 7, 2023 | 3 min read

Skin moles that sprout thick, long hairs produce signaling molecules that stimulate hair follicle stem cells to initiate new hair growth. This discovery may make baldness a thing of the past.

A Novel Stem-Cell Derived In Vitro Model of Intestinal Inflammation

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team | 1 min read

In this webinar, Bryan McQueen will discuss how a novel in vitro model of inflammatory bowel disease paves the way toward scientific discovery and developing cost-effective therapies.

Human finger touching a conceptual image of a brain, triggering an electrical spark.

Shaping Brain Recovery Using Bioelectricity

Iris Kulbatski, PhD | Aug 4, 2023 | 3 min read

Scientists are decoding how electrically stimulating transplanted stem cells helps heal the injured brain.

Medical illustration of brain cancer with a microscopic magnification of malignant cells dividing in the tumor microenvironment.

Capturing the Brain Tumor Microenvironment with Tissue Engineering

Deanna MacNeil, PhD | Aug 4, 2023 | 3 min read

Researchers built a 3D glioblastoma model to study therapeutic resistance and improve drug screening systems.

An Introduction to Glycoproteins

Rebecca Roberts, PhD | 5 min read

Making up the majority of all eukaryotic proteins, glycoproteins have a wide range of important physiological roles, from cell-cell signaling to disease pathogenesis.

Dive into Cryo-EM’s History, Milestones, and Insights.

Cryo-EM: Building on a History of Invention and Innovation

Thermo Fisher Scientific | Aug 2, 2023 | 1 min read

From humble yet ingenious beginnings to Nobel recognition, cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) provides insights into scientific questions that other technologies are unable to answer.

Inducing Cardiomyocyte Maturation

Jennifer Zieba, PhD | Aug 1, 2023 | 2 min read

By combining calcium and electrical pacing, researchers designed a scalable protocol for culturing mature cardiac tissues from induced pluripotent stem cells.