COVID IN UTERO: Research shows that SARSCoV-2 can infect the cells of the placenta (shown in red), potentially risking adverse pregnancy outcomes.
COVID IN UTERO: Research shows that SARS-CoV-2 can infect the cells of the placenta (shown in red), potentially risking adverse pregnancy outcomes. Posted: August 16, 2022
DRUCILLA ROBER
     REPRODUCTIVE ASSISTANT: This young crustacean (Idotea balthica) carries the stained spermatia (blue) of the red algae Gracilaria gracilis on its body, marking the first known example of an animal facilitating fertilization in this ancient photosynthetic lineage. Posted: July 28, 2022
REPRODUCTIVE ASSISTANT: This young crustacean (Idotea balthica) carries the stained spermatia (blue) of the red algae Gracilaria gracilis on its body, marking the first known example of an animal facilitating fertilization in this ancient photosynthetic lineage. Posted: July 28, 2022
SEBASTIEN COLIN; MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY, TÜBINGEN, GERMANY; STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF, CNRS, SU, ROSCOFF, FRANCE
     EMBRYONIC ORGANIZATION: Researchers imaged cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) embryos, and when they constricted them with human hairs, the multiplying cells (illuminated) rapidly moved to fill the empty space in the insect’s egg. Posted: July 29, 2022
EMBRYONIC ORGANIZATION: Researchers imaged cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) embryos, and when they constricted them with human hairs, the multiplying cells (illuminated) rapidly moved to fill the empty space in the insect’s egg. Posted: July 29, 2022
SETH DONOUGHE
     A SURPRISING CATCH: Devanshi Kasana, a graduate student at Florida International University, reeled in a sleeper shark off the coast of Belize in May, marking the first time that a sleeper shark has ever been found in the western Caribbean. Posted: July 26, 2022
A SURPRISING CATCH: Devanshi Kasana, a graduate student at Florida International University, reeled in a sleeper shark off the coast of Belize in May, marking the first time that a sleeper shark has ever been found in the western Caribbean. Posted: July 26, 2022
DEVANSHI KASANA
     FRANKENPIGS: Immunostainings for albumin in a pig liver (top) and actin in the kidney (bottom) show the difference between organs from deceased animals subjected to a control perfusion (left) and an experimental perfusion (right) of artificial blood containing an oxygenating cocktail that may inspire methods to preserve organs in deceased people. Posted: August 3, 2022
FRANKENPIGS: Immunostainings for albumin in a pig liver (top) and actin in the kidney (bottom) show the difference between organs from deceased animals subjected to a control perfusion (left) and an experimental perfusion (right) of artificial blood containing an oxygenating cocktail that may inspire methods to preserve organs in deceased people. Posted: August 3, 2022
DAVID ANDRIJEVIC, ZVONIMIR VRSELJA, TARAS LYSYY, SHUPEI ZHANG; SESTAN LABORATORY; YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE