calcium signaling

Streamlining and automating cell-based assays for measuring intracellular calcium.

Nimodipine, a drug used to treat brain hemorrhages, alleviates spasticity in mice after spinal cord injuries.

Researchers used light-sheet microscopy to form 3-D images of the process in primary cortical neurons from embryonic rats.

Researchers are looking at actin polymerization and calcium uptake in human cells to study mitochondrial division.

Researchers uncover one way capsaicin—the spicy compound found in chili peppers—provides pain relief.  

György Hajnóczky uncovers the chemical and physical strategies by which mitochondria communicate and function within a cell.