This #MicroscopyMonday is a case of spontaneous axis duplication of a two days post fertilization #zebrafish embryo. Two heads and bodies share the same heart and intricate neuronal connections (orange). (Piotrowski Lab)
This #MicroscopyMonday is an adult fly #brain, labeled in orange is the mushroom body, the memory center in flies, and the neurons on the sides are part of the medulla of the eye, essential for color vision. (Si Lab) 🧠
This week's beautiful #MicroscopyMonday is a juvenile Nematostella with stinging cells labeled with eGFP (green). (@mgstowers.bsky.social Lab)
When I bring starlet sea anemones to events, I ask kids what these animals look like under the microscope. Often I get told: sea monster!
Looking at the mouth of this reporter animal, I can see why.
🟢= stinging cells in adult Nematostella
#StunningStella @stowersinstitute.bsky.social
📸Image credit: @gelatinoussting.bsky.social
Postdoc in the @planaria1.bsky.social Lab, Jorge Moreno, investigates aging and regeneration in the so-called "immortal jellyfish," searching for clues about longevity, rejuvenation, and the diversity of life. 🪼
🔗 Read more in this #PostdocProfile: www.stowers.org/news/aging-a...
RegVelo, an #AI model developed by an international team including researchers in the @saukaspengler.bsky.social Lab, helps identify the genes that influence how cells develop and change over time – highlighted by the Chosun Daily as a promising advance for regenerative medicine: bit.ly/4e2o9kF
Scientists found sea cucumber tissues that survive, swim, & change shape in lab dishes for years. 🧫 In @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, Pres & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social highlighted the most remarkable takeaway is the sustained coordination of complex biological processes still happening: bit.ly/3RDd9ml
Summer at @mblscience.bsky.social 🌊 Stowers Fellow Nelson Hall and @stowersgrad.bsky.social student in the @planaria1.bsky.social Lab Dung Vuu are helping train the next generation of developmental biologists – from collecting specimens to exploring the earliest stages of life.
Could the secret to understanding #immortality be a sea cucumber? 🌊🥒
In a new feature via @sciam.bsky.social, President and CSO @planaria1.bsky.social, provides expert insight on a new marine #regeneration study and what it takes to truly define "biological immortality."
Read more: bit.ly/4f8M8kj
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Anna Klompen, PhD
Chunks removed from the marine creatures more than three years ago haven't degraded and show signs of biological activity, raising questions about what it means to be alive
