Category: Fluorescence Microscopy

Small Bodies, Big Potential: Chemically Bonding Salps and their Environment 

Salps; Tunic; Biogeochemical cycling; Innate immunology; Sensory cells; Carbon cycling

Steven Lin, Stephanie Roy, Daniel Tang, Canyu Wu, Mollee Ye

The Chemistry of Longevity: How the Naked Mole Rat Defies Aging 

Naked mole rat, Longevity, Metabolism, Cartilage, DNA repair, Acidosis, Telomerase

Clayton Dame, David Bensemana, Lana Habhab, Min Seo Song

Propulsion Through the Life of Salps 

Salps; Jet propulsion; Filter feeding; Asynchronous swimming; Epithelial signalling; Carbon cycling; Vortex rings; Chain aggregation; Ocean carbon sequestration

Steven Lin, Stephanie Roy, Daniel Tang, Canyu Wu, Mollee Ye

The Fungal Kingdom: Mechanisms of Adaptation and Interaction with the Physical World 

Symbiosis, Turgor Pressure, Fungi, Growth, Cell Structure, Morphology, Spores

Edison Luke, Felix Gamper, Lea Bleibel, Vasily Ignatov

The Physical Adaptations Underlying the Tardigrade’s Resistance to Extreme Environmental Conditions 

Tardigrades, microorganism anatomy, mechanical strength, protein function, thermoresistance

Luccia Jabbour, Eden Karp-Foster, Jeremy Lachance, Wadi Zahka

The Physics of Coral Polyps

Coral polyps, hydrodynamics, sensing, feeding, anisotropy, photoreceptors

Michael Beyrouthy, Cris Izzi, Claudio Petroni, Alex Tsiskakis

Nature’s Nanomagnets: A Chemical Perspective on Magnetotactic Bacteria

Magnetotactic bacteria, biomineralization, polarity, biochemical pathways, horizontal gene transfer, sensing

Alex Gagnon, Catriona Kirk, Jason Li, Sofian Martinais