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  • 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).

  • Escherichia coli

    Escherichia coli cells with fluorescently labeled chromosomal loci. 

  • Sensation

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

  • Sea Anemone

  • ERK1/2 signaling pathway

     ERK1/2 signaling pathway regulates exocytosis and tumor invasion through phosphorylation of the exocyst complex. 

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