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  • Archaea

    Haloferax volcanii motility mutants stab-inoculated on a 0.3% agar motility plate. The “halos” and “rings” likely reflect the motility of this archaeon following gradients of attractant or repellent chemicals. 

  • Sensation

    The sensations of pain, itch, and touch using genetics and neurobiology.

  • Malaria parasites

    Malaria parasites (and their kin) can be viewed as minimal eukaryotes, harboring a nucleus (yellow), a secretory pathway the Golgi (purple) and specialized ‘rhotpry’ organelle (black), and two endosymbiotic organelles, the mitochondrion (red) and apicoplast (green).

  • Porphyrogenes peterwegii

     Pupa of the butterfly Porphyrogenes peterwegii "peering" out of its leafy nest with false eyes, which in turn mimic the eyes of a snake, thereby protecting the pupa from small feather-brained  birds.

  • Escherichia coli

    Escherichia coli cells with fluorescently labeled chromosomal loci. 

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Neuroimmune Interactions Shaping Social Behavior

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Viral infection during pregnancy has been correlated with increased frequency of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), in offspring. This phenomenon has been…



Control of membrane-bound tethered signaling reactions

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Many membrane-bound T cell receptors have long, unstructured cytoplasmic tails that contain tyrosine sites. These sites…



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