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3D illustration of dark, oval parasites invading translucent host cells with blue nuclei.
Live Imaging Intracellular Parasites Reveals Changes to Host Metabolism
Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii increased the host cell’s metabolic activity, offering insights into potential treatment strategies.
Live Imaging Intracellular Parasites Reveals Changes to Host Metabolism
Live Imaging Intracellular Parasites Reveals Changes to Host Metabolism

Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii increased the host cell’s metabolic activity, offering insights into potential treatment strategies.

Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii increased the host cell’s metabolic activity, offering insights into potential treatment strategies.

two-photon microscopy

A cross section of the pistil of <em >Arabidopsis thaliana&nbsp;</em>plant. Pollen grains are labeled with fluorescent markers and sit at the top of the structure. Fluorescently tagged pollen tubes penetrate the plant&rsquo;s ovary where the ovules (small, curved structures) are located.
The Hidden Dance of Plant Fertilization
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Oct 1, 2024 | 2 min read
A new method enables clear visualization of the dynamic changes during angiosperm reproduction.
Microscopic image of a live amoeba.
Illuminating Specimens Through Live Cell Imaging
Charlene Lancaster, PhD | Mar 14, 2024 | 8 min read
Live cell imaging is a powerful microscopy technique employed by scientists to monitor molecular processes and cellular behavior in real time.
Here Comes Single-Cell Optogenetics
Ruth Williams | Mar 1, 2018 | 3 min read
A new protein may allow researchers to home in on individual neurons, determining their activity minute by minute.
Two-Photon Microscopy’s Historic Influence on Neuroscience
Alison F. Takemura | Nov 1, 2016 | 3 min read
In the 1990s, the development of this gentler and more precise microscopy method improved scientists’ ability to probe neurons’ activity and anatomy.
Demystifying the Brain’s GPS
Tanya Lewis | Jul 12, 2016 | 4 min read
Studies in rodents are beginning to reveal how mammalian navigational sense works.
Neutrophils Lead, T Cells Follow
Anna Azvolinsky | Sep 3, 2015 | 3 min read
When influenza invades the mouse respiratory tract, neutrophils guide the subsequent T-cell attack on infected tissue, scientists show.  
Cutting the Wire
Jeffrey M. Perkel | Dec 1, 2014 | 8 min read
Optical techniques for monitoring action potentials
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