Researchers uncover the central role of a protein linked to Fragile X Syndrome in mice, one of the leading causes of autism and intellectual disability.

Researchers have used a modified rabies virus and fluorescent proteins to tag individual nerve cells in the mouse visual cortex. 

Four independent research groups develop techniques for visualizing peptide production in living cells.

Roger Tsien R.I.P., predatory publishing, and diversity in science

From confocal fluorescence microscopy to super-resolution and live 3-D imaging, microscopes have changed rapidly since 1986.

Newly developed techniques from four different groups rely on the same basic steps to track translation in live cells.

One of the pioneers in developing fluorescent proteins for biological studies was 64 years old.

Whole-animal, light-based imaging of infected small mammals

A guide for doing in vivo microscopy on neurons in the mammalian brain

The Japanese freshwater eel is the first vertebrate found to produce a fluorescent protein, which may prove useful in the clinic.