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What’s the Deal with Bacterial Nanotubes?
What’s the Deal with Bacterial Nanotubes?
Several labs have reported the formation of bacterial nanotubes under different, often contrasting conditions. What are these structures and why are they so hard to reproduce?
Several labs have reported the formation of bacterial nanotubes under different, often contrasting conditions. What are these structures and why are they so hard to reproduce?
fluorescence microscopy, cell & molecular biology
Peering into the Cell
The Scientist | Dec 16, 2020 | 1 min read
Researchers visualize the beautiful inner world of cells!
Infographic: Paraspeckle Form and Function
Archa Fox | Dec 1, 2019 | 2 min read
What do scientists know about this membraneless nuclear body discovered less than two decades ago?
Caught on Camera
The Scientist | Jul 15, 2019 | 1 min read
Selected Images of the Day from the-scientist.com
Deep Learning Algorithms Identify Structures in Living Cells
Diana Kwon | May 1, 2019 | 4 min read
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to pick out the features of brightfield microscopy images.
Image of the Day: Lego Microscopy
The Scientist Staff | May 16, 2018 | 1 min read
With open-source software and Lego hardware, researchers have created a low-cost, automated method for cellular fluorescence microscopy.
Next Generation: Super-Fast Tracking of Single Molecules
Ruth Williams | Nov 23, 2016 | 3 min read
A clever twist on a super-resolution microscopy technique improves the temporal resolution of single-molecule tracking.
Spotlight on the Cytoskeleton
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | May 27, 2014 | 1 min read
Technique allows researchers to see the inner workings of cellular scaffolding molecules actin and tubulin.
Top 10 Innovations 2013
The Scientist | Dec 1, 2013 | 10+ min read
The Scientist’s annual competition uncovered a bonanza of interesting technologies that made their way onto the market and into labs this year.
2012 Bio-Art Winners
Megan Scudellari | May 25, 2012 | 1 min read
Check out the 10 images that won FASEB's first annual Bio-Art competition.
News from Cell
Cristina Luiggi | Dec 9, 2011 | 4 min read
Some of the highlights from this year’s American Society for Cell Biology meeting, held earlier this week
Deep Tissue Treatment
Tia Ghose | Sep 1, 2011 | 2 min read
A new, genetically encoded tag for electron microscopy may revolutionize studies of specific proteins in cells and tissues.