Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University With recent microscopy improvements, cell-size data sets may be generated by capturing cell activity. The Lattice Light Sheet Microscope (LLSM) pictures cells at fast speed and high 3D resolution, collecting data over hours at 100 frames/seconds. The LLSM imaging gave fresh insights into the complicated immune cell surface behaviour, including the […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University What is HJMD? HJMD or Hypotrichosis with macular dystrophy is an autosomal syndrome commonly found in young children. It is caused by a mutation in a gene CDH3, responsible for encoding a protein in hair follicles, and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). CDH3 encodes a glycoprotein known as P-cadherin, found at […]
Subhajit Nan, Amity University, Kolkata Scientists gain important insights into the formation of the solar system by studying meteorite fragments that hit the surface of the earth from space. Presently, in the latest study, they have found water in the liquid form, containing high levels of carbon dioxide, inside a meteorite from an asteroid that […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University As students of life sciences, we have always been told to first inspect carefully then ask questions. Inspecting at an early age takes a lot of patience, still, we held our specimen under the microscope, corrected the alignment of light, turned and tried to understand coarse and fine adjustment, then saw […]
Arka Acharyya, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara Researcher Jun Hee Lee and his team at the University of Michigan developed a new technique to visualize using high-throughput sequencing instead of a microscope. They named it technology Sequence-Scope technology or Seq-Scope. The development of light and electron microscopes has a profound role in the study […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata With researches going on in the field of technology, something most important would now be the availability of a device that is capable of making a process faster and simpler. Biological studies are the ones needing such a system most urgently. A lot of data has to be collected each […]
Avipsha Datta, Rajabazar Science College, University of Calcutta The Bcl-2 family of proteins are the prime players in the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Malfunctioning of 1 or more members can lead to cancers, neurodegenerative diseases and various other developmental disorders. The pro-apoptotic member BAX plays a central role in apoptosis with the assistance of mitochondrial […]
