Chemical Eng. PhD candidate (@zaniclab.bsky.social) interested in the mechanics of the microtubule cytoskeleton and all things #biophysics 🔧🔬
Laura B. Richardson
Mix two motors of opposite polarity with microtubules and they will partition space !
Microtubules will get organized in polar and active barriers, sorting the two motors in separated domains, leading to the emergence of a new type of patterns.
#morphogenesis
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Creepy crawlies! But not worms or snakes—microtubules! @zaniclab.bsky.social #FluorescenceFriday #microtubules #cytoskeleton
A pair of COS cells, one in interphase and one in mitosis for
#FluorescenceFriday. Tricky 4-channel overlay made possible by @kwolbachia.bsky.social LUTs! Microtubules 🟣 vimentin 🟢 mitochondria 🟠clathrin 🔵, deconvolved Apotome.