Imaging a living scaffold. Duke Today, July 7, 2020. Light-up proteins in the sheet-like matrix that encases tissues offer new toolkit for studying everything from kidney disease to aging.
Tag Archives: developmental biology
How a male fly knows when to make a move on a mate
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How a male fly knows when to make a move on a mate. Duke Today, May 22, 2020. Male fruit flies dial their scent sensitivity up or down to court when conditions are right for mating — research that could point to new ways to treat sensory processing disorders in humans.
The making of a root
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The making of a root. Duke Today, Dec. 4, 2019. How plants harness ‘bad’ molecules for good ends.
Infiltrating an ovary
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Infiltrating an ovary. 1,100 Words on Duke Research. April 2, 2019.
What might look like a green gumdrop or strands of red tinsel is actually a dense network of nerves forming within a developing mouse ovary.
Waterproof roots
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Waterproof roots. 1,100 Words on Duke Research. September 10, 2018. The glowing yellow rectangles in this Arabidopsis root mark a layer of tightly packed cells that form the root’s inner skin, controlling the flow of water and nutrients into the plant from the soil. In a new study, Duke PhD Colleen Drapek of the Benfey lab identified two interacting genes that can “reprogram” other types of root cells to produce similar waterproofing in outer regions of the Arabidopsis root where they are not normally found. The findings could help researchers understand how such protective barriers in developing plant roots come to be, and eventually improve crop productivity in drought-prone or nutrient-poor soils.