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Carolyn Bertozzi’s “Click Chemistry” for Mapping Cell Functions

2022 Nobel Prize Click Chemistry
Three days ago, the Nobel Prize Committee awarded one third of the 2022 Chemistry Prize to [MORE]

Cell Map of the Adult Human Heart

Single cell reconstruction of adult human heart
From fourteen healthy adult hearts that were rejected after transplantation, a research team headed [MORE]

Connectomics

Wiring diagram of fruit fly
“Connectomics is the process of attempting to create a three-dimensional map of every neuron in a [MORE]

DNA Microscopy

DNA microscopy determines molecule location
White blood cells produce antibodies and the antibodies produced can change by a single letter change [MORE]

Diagnosing Your Infection History

Influenza Virus
206 is the number of viruses known to cause infections in humans. Now, imagine a $25 blood test that [MORE]

Seeing Neurons as They Work

CaMPARI Fluorescence in a Larval Zebrafish
Calcium-sensitive fluorescent molecules have allowed researchers to see neuronal activity for some time, but mainly [MORE]

Digital Embryos

Digital Embryo

Using novel lighting means, embryologists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg, Germany) were able to take [MORE]