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Advanced light microscopy techniques have come into their own — and are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in disease ...
Under light microscope observation, Kirby (1944) ... Genome of an endosymbiont coupling N2 fixation to cellulolysis within protist cells in termite gut. Science 322: 1108–1109.
While necrotic cell death is attracting considerable interest, its molecular bases are still poorly understood. Investigations in simple biological models, taken for instance outside the animal ...
The Natural History Museum microbiology collection includes extant protozoan protists. The microbiology collection of extant protozoan protists comprises mainly microscope slides but also small ...
Mitochondria are very well known as the powerhouses of the cell. Generally speaking, all eukaryotes, including plants, fungi, and animals, are made of cells that contain mitochondria. These organelles ...
More information: Fabian Wittmers et al, Symbionts of predatory protists are widespread in the oceans and related to animal pathogens, Cell Host & Microbe (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2025.01.009 ...
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a new “self-driving” microscope that addresses two major challenges in microscopy: imaging living cells or organisms at radically ...
In their study, reported in Science, Flaum and Prakash investigated a particularly striking feature found in a protist named Lacrymaria olor. Measuring 40 µm in length, this shapeshifting organism ...
Glimpse into the nanoworld: Microscope reveals tiniest cell processes. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 23, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 08 / 240807225708.htm.
A microscope small enough to be mounted to the head of a freely moving mouse makes it possible to watch brain cell activity and whole animal behaviour simultaneously in mice. The device offers ...