Nope, this isn’t a small, prickly mammal with a flashy dye job, but a single intestinal epithelial cell. The colorful, hairlike structures are microvilli, which are designed to maximize the cell’s ...

Julien Resseguier is a group leader at the University of Oslo in Norway. He studies the spatial dynamics of immune responses and infections, with a particular interest in the branchial cavity lymphoid ...

Derek Sung is a physician-scientist and pathology resident living in Philadelphia. He received his MD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. His research has spanned from heart valve disease and ...

This white sphere on a background of forest green is the eye of an embryonic zebrafish. The eye of an adult zebrafish is about 2.3 millimeters across, or roughly nine times smaller than your thumbnail ...

I am currently a PhD student of plant cell biology, focusing on the actin cytoskeleton and plant cell growth and morphogenesis. My love for the microscopic world started in childhood when I got my ...

Andy Moore is a postdoctoral scientist in the Lippincott-Schwartz lab on HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus. He completed his graduate training at the University of Pennsylvania, where he researched ...

Dr. Siwanowicz began his career in biochemistry, but his love for animals and nature, and a desire to see the bigger picture, drove him to refocus his scientific discipline on neurobiology. This ...

Matt Tyska joined the cell and developmental biology department at Vanderbilt University as an assistant professor in 2004. He is currently the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Cell and Developmental ...

Karl Gaff is a senior technical officer at the School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin. Outside of his professional role, he channels his passion for science into photography at his studio in South ...

What criteria or characteristics would you use to group living things versus non-living things? Scientists have grappled with this question for years and the debate is still ongoing in the scientific ...

Take a visual journey through some of the major concepts in biology. These pathways to discovery were created by educators to help users explore various biological concepts. We would like to extend a ...

This image looks as if it could be the cover of a science fiction novel. It shows blood and lymphatic vessels in and around the eye of a zebrafish. Understanding how these systems develop in zebrafish ...