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Igor Siwanowicz created these images of the underside of the front foot of a male diving beetle. You can see suction cups that are used during mating, as well as a broad plate and exterior spines that aid in swimming. The front foot of a male diving beetle evolved as a means of…

How do cells migrate? In this video, created by Andy Moore at @HHMIJanelia, you can see the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) shifting and reshaping as the cell migrates. The ER helps produce proteins and lipids and comes in two forms: rough (with ribosomes) and smooth (with lipid and…

💻 A new class of simplified ‘minimodels’ developed by @Du_Fengtong @NunezKant @marius10p @computingnature can predict the visual responses of individual neurons in the primary visual cortex, helping shed light on how we see. 👀 ➡️ janelia.org/news/new-compu…

Geoffrey Meissner and The Flylight Project Team at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus created this video to display the map of the fruit fly’s ventral nerve cord (VNC), which is like our spinal cord. The video shows neurons within the VNC of a fruit fly as they’re progressively…

🪰A new ‘Eyemap’ developed by a team led by Arthur Zhao & @MichaelBReiser reveals how visual information detected by the fly’s eye shows up in neurons deep in the brain. Remarkably, the eye’s shape determines how flies see motion. 👁️ 🔗hhmi.news/4kSZjou

How do plants fight off microbial invaders? HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow Kevin Cox Jr. (@K_Bioguy_Cox) is uncovering the cellular-level conversations that shape plant immunity. At the Washington University in St. Louis and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (@DanforthCenter),…

Today in @CellCellPress we report the use of prime editing to correct several mutations that cause alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), a rare and devastating neurodevelopmental disorder, in patient-derived cells and in two mouse models. drive.google.com/file/d/1ibC50t… 1/10

Partnership between @davidrliu, @jacksonlab, and rare disease group @RAREH0pe leads to first use of prime editing for a brain disease that reduced symptoms, extended lifespan in mice, offering hope for other rare genetic diseases. broad.io/Prime-AHC

Meet Kyndall Nicholas (@KyndallNicholas), an HHMI Gilliam Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania (@Penn). She studies how our everyday diet can build resilience against traumatic brain injury, asking what we can eat daily to help protect our brains.

Apply now for our #Neurotheory workshop @HHMIJanelia where we’ll dive into techniques in #TheoreticalNeuroscience and build community through peer-led talks & tutorials. ✈️ Travel, lodging & registration covered Apply by Aug. 5 @ janelia.news/THE25

Why do bacteria talk to each other? Julie Valastyan (Bassler Lab, @Princeton) studies cell-cell communication to understand how bacteria behave, in hopes that scientists can one day design new therapies to combat bacterial infections. 🧫🧠

Andy Moore at @HHMIJanelia created this image to visualize the organization of microtubules in several adjacent cells. Like a spider web, cells use a network of molecular “highways” called microtubules to move cellular and molecular components around. Images like this can…

How does your brain mature over time? 🧠 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar HaoSheng Sun (@mus_elegans) is exploring the genetic timing mechanisms that guide the maturation of the nervous system. At The University of Alabama at Birmingham (@UABHeersink), his lab is investigating…

The aphid in this image is cozying up in the so-called gall that it has forced a plant to grow around it, providing the insect with both protection and food. As aphids feed, they inject their saliva into the leaf, which contains a cocktail of molecular factors that alter the…

AT @Princeton, HHMI Investigator Bonnie Bassler’s lab (@PrincetonMolBio) is studying how quorum sensing might one day pave the way for a new class of antibiotics that could help combat antibiotic resistance.

Attention students and postdocs in #theoreticalneuroscience! 📢 Applications are now open for @janeliaconf's "by the students, for the students" #neurotheory workshop, which will take place November 9 - 14, 2025. 🔍 Participants will: • Present 20-minute research talks •…

🚶Aimlessly wandering around a city or exploring the new mall may seem unproductive, but new research led by @Lin_Zhong_ion @marius10p & @computingnature suggests it could play an important role in how our brains learn. 🧠 🔗janelia.org/news/zoning-ou…

Congrats to HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Chantell Evans, Josefina del Mármol (@MarmolJosefina), @yvetteefisher and Theanne Griffith—named 2025 McKnight Scholars for their demonstrated commitment to neuroscience and dedication to mentoring others! 🌟 Congratulations to all…