Keyword: MIT Department of Biology

A Cellular Network Assembles Within the Heart 1

A Cellular Network Assembles Within the Heart 2

A Cellular Network Assembles Within the Heart 3

A Dangerous Meeting: Blood Vessels and a Tumor Come Together

A Dangerous Meeting, Version 2

A Fibroblast Reaches Out, Version #1

A Fibroblast Reaches Out, Version #2

A Journey Begins

A Large Artery and Vein Develop

A New Methodology for Protein Design

A Penetrating View: Seeing Fine Nerves in a Zebrafish Tail

A Primary Neuron Responds to Chemical Guidance Cues

A Zebrafish Model of Uveal Melanoma 1

A Zebrafish Model of Uveal Melanoma 2

A Zebrafish Model of Uveal Melanoma 3

Actin and Myosin Meshwork in a Gastrulating Fruit Fly Embryo

Actin Cytoskeleton in a Neuronal Filopodia,
Version #1

Actin Cytoskeleton in a Neuronal Filopodia,
Version #2

Actin Cytoskeleton in a Neuronal Growth Cone

Actin Cytoskeleton in an Axon Branch

Airway Awry

Airway Two Ways

Allelic Heterogeneity of DNA Methylation 1

Allelic Heterogeneity of DNA Methylation 2

An Engineered Virus Illuminates a Glioma 2

An Engineered Virus Illuminates a Glioma 3

An Epithelial Rose

An Expression of Proteins in Prostate Tissue

Antibody Staining in the Basement Membrane

Bacillus Subtilis in Orange

Bacillus Subtilis with Visible Flagella

Bacterial Mating Protein in Bacillus Subtilis

Bacterial Strain from the Charles River

Behind the Scenes of RNA Interference 1

Behind the Scenes of RNA Interference 2

Biofilm Formation by Cheese Bacteria

Black Hole Sunny Side Up

Brain Endothelial Cells Interact with Extracellular Matrix, Version #1

Brain Endothelial Cells Interact with Extracellular Matrix, Version #2

Brain Endothelial Cells Interact with Extracellular Matrix, Version #3

Brain Organoid

Breaking Out: Cancer Cells Cross the Barrier

Breaking Rank: How Identical Cells Take on Different Fates

Breaking Through: Cancer Cells at the Basement Membrane

Breast Cancer Cells Invade the Lung

Building a Bio-Highway: How Does a Lymphatic Vessel Develop?

Building New Models of Neurological Diseases

Cancer Cell Crosstalk

Cancer Cells Adapt to a New Environment 1

Cancer Cells Adapt to a New Environment 2

Cancer Cells Adapt to a New Environment 3

Cancer Cells Adapt to a New Environment 4

Cancer Cells Adapt to a New Environment 5

Cancer Cells Assemble a Network

Cancer Cells Create Invadopodia

Cancer Culture: Tumor Modeling

Cancer Deconstructed, Image #2

Cancer Deconstructed, Image #3

Cancer Deconstructed, Image #4

Cancer Deconstructed, Image #5

Cancer Deconstructed: Investigating the Role of Non-Cancerous Cells in a Lung Tumor

Cancerous Prostate Lobes

CAR-T Cells Attack Glioblastoma Cancer Cells 1

CAR-T Cells Attack Glioblastoma Cancer Cells 2

Categorizing Dysfunction in the Airway Epithelium 1

Categorizing Dysfunction in the Airway Epithelium 2

Categorizing Dysfunction in the Airway Epithelium 3

Cell Cycle Montage

Cell Differentiation in A Chimeric Heart

Cell Differentiation in A Chimeric Limb

Cell Differentiation in Chimeric Whiskers

Cells Begin to Fuse

Cellular Adhesion on a Microarray

Cellular Trash Bags

Cellularization in a Wild-Type and Mutant Fruit Fly Embryo

Characterizing Genetic Variants in Huntington's Disease

Characterizing Mutants in a Host-Pathogen Interaction

Chromosomes Align: Mitosis in Action

Cilia in the Nasal Epithelium

Circuitry of Olfactory Information Storage

Clarity in the Bronchial Tree

Clover Shaped Invasion 1

Clover Shaped Invasion 2

Co-Culture Club: Using Organoids to Study How Cancer Grows

Cogs in Cosmic Clockwork 

Collateral Damage: Investigating the Side Effects of Chemotherapeutics

Colony of Mutant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Bacteria

Combinations and Commonality: Studying Differentiation of Cells

Confirming How Worm Sperm Form

Cortical Axons in an Embryonic Mouse Brain

Cryptic Origins of Epithelial Cells 1

Cryptic Origins of Epithelial Cells 2

Cryptic Origins of Epithelial Cells 3

Crypts at Chemo

Crystal Morphology in an Iron-Sulfide-Containing Protein

Cytoskeletal Architecture of Cancer Cells

Cytoskeletal Remodeling in Skin Cells

Cytoskeleton Changes Within a Mammary Tumor

Deciphering Immune Responses to Aneuploidy 1

Deciphering Immune Responses to Aneuploidy 2

Deciphering Immune Responses to Aneuploidy 3

Deciphering Immune Responses to Aneuploidy 4

Deciphering Immune Responses to Aneuploidy 5

Dendritic Cell Motion Within a Tumor 1

Dendritic Cell Motion Within a Tumor 2

Dendritic Cell Motion Within a Tumor 3

Dendritic Cell Motion Within a Tumor 4

Dendron Bouquet: Optogenetics in the Striosome

Deposition of Fibronectin Around a Tumor

Detection of ECM Protein Tenascin-R 1

Detection of ECM Protein Tenascin-R 2

Developing a Nanoparticle Vaccine for Lung Cancer

Disorganized Cytoskeleton in an Ena/Vasp Null Neuron

Diversity of Cells in a Tumor

Dividing Together

DNA Repair by the Protein AAG

DNA-Depleted Mitochondria 1

DNA-Depleted Mitochondria 2

DNA-Depleted Mitochondria 3

Do Stem-Like Cancer Cells Have Epithelial or Non-Epithelial Characteristics?

Downstream Dreams 2: Investigating Melanoma in Zebrafish

Downstream Dreams: Investigating Melanoma in Zebrafish

Duct Duct Goose 2

Duct Duct Goose 3

Duct Duct Goose 4

Early-Stage Tumor Development in the Pancreas

Effect of Alternative Splicing on Blood Flow

Effect of Kras on Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Endothelial Cells Form a Network around Fibroblasts

Epigenetics Express: Tracking DNA Methylation in Real Time

Epithelial Jewels 1

Epithelial Jewels 2

Epithelial Jewels 3

Epithelial Stain to Track Aneuploidy 1

Epithelial Stain to Track Aneuploidy 2

Erwin Lanslots, Image 1

Erwin Lanslots, Image 2

Every Rosette Has its Thorn: Maintaining Stability in a Mutable World

Examining Organoids, Image 1

Examining Organoids, Image 2

Examining Organoids, Image 3

Examining Organoids, Image 4

Exploring Autophagy with cryo-EM Reconstruction

Exploring Cellular Response in Neurons 1

Exploring Cellular Response in Neurons 2

Exposed Brick: Building a Case for Immune Clearance of Aneuploid Cells

Expression of Three mRNA Molecules in the
C. elegans Worm, Version #1

Expression of Three mRNA Molecules in the
C. elegans Worm, Version #2  

Extravasion of Tumor Cells 1

Eye of the Zebrafish 1

Eye of the Zebrafish 2

Eye of the Zebrafish 3

Fasting Remodels the Gut Epithelium

Feast or Famine: Stem Cell Regeneration in the Intestinal Crypt

Feel the Pulse: Smooth Muscle Cells Respond to Stretching Forces

Five Views of a Developing Nervous System

Flatwork Regeneration 1

Flatworm Regeneration 2

Flatworm Regeneration 3

Flatworm Regeneration 4

Fluorescent Barcoding of Cancer Cells

Fluorescent Proteins in a Sea Anemone Tentacle

Fold Play: A Fruit Fly Embryo’s Morphogenic Masterpiece

Folding of Cells During Mesoderm Development 1

Folding of Cells During Mesoderm Development 2

Folding of Cells During Mesoderm Development 3

Folding of Cells During Mesoderm Development 4

Forgotten Island 

Four Leaves

From Crypts to Cure

Frozen Views of Met18 Protein Particles

Gastrointestinal Organoids Grow in Culture 1

Gastrointestinal Organoids Grow in Culture 2

Getting "Ahead" of Zebrafish Development

Getting Into C. elegans' Head 1

Getting Into C. elegans' Head 2

Gland of Opportunity 2: Modeling the Mammary

Gland of Opportunity 3: Modeling the Mammary

Golgi Apparatus in IMR90 Cells

Gone Fishing 2: Searching for Clues to Metastasis

Gone Fishing 3: Searching for Clues to Metastasis

Gone Fishing: Searching for Clues About Metastasis

Gram Stain of the Intestinal Microbiome

Gut Instinct 2: Screening for Signs of Cancer

Gut Instinct: Screening for Signs of Cancer

Gut Reaction 2

Gut Reaction: Novel Transplants for Biological Understanding

Head in the Game: Using Cancer Cells to Study Neural Development

Heads or Tails: Measuring Changes in Metastatic Behavior

Heterogeneity in the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition

Hit the Ground Running: Cancer Cells Metastasize the Lungs Early Upon Dissemination

Host Derived Cells Contribute to the Tumor Microenvironment, Image #1

Host Derived Cells Contribute to the Tumor Microenvironment, Image #2

How Does a Worm Feed?

Human Mammary Ductal Carcinoma Tumor Acidifying and Invading 1

Human Mammary Ductal Carcinoma Tumor Acidifying and Invading 2

Human-Derived Colon Cancer Metastasis in Mouse Liver Tissue 1

Human-Derived Colon Cancer Metastasis in Mouse Liver Tissue 2

Human-Derived Colon Cancer Metastasis in Mouse Liver Tissue 3

Hungry Like the Macrophage: Empowering the Immune System to Eliminate Tumors

Hunting for Structural Abnormalities 1

Hunting for Structural Abnormalities 2

Hunting for Structural Abnormalities 3

Hunting for Structural Abnormalities 4

Hunting for Structural Abnormalities 5

Imaging A Zebrafish Brain

Imaging a Zebrafish Brain 2

Immune Cells and Tumor Cells Interact in 3D

Immune Cells and Tumor Cells Interact in 3D

Immune Cells and Tumor Cells Interact in 3D

Immune Cells Infiltrate a Lung Tumor 1

Immune Cells Infiltrate a Lung Tumor 2

Immune Cells Infiltrate a Tumor 1

Immune Cells Infiltrate a Tumor 2

Immune-Tumor Interactions in the Lung Microenvironment

Immunogenic Drugs Infiltrate Lung Tumors 1

Immunogenic Drugs Infiltrate Lung Tumors 2

Immunogenic Drugs Infiltrate Lung Tumors 3

Immunogenic Drugs Infiltrate Lung Tumors 4

Immunogenic Drugs Infiltrate Lung Tumors 5

Impressive Plasticity of A. pullulans in Cell Volume 1

Impressive Plasticity of A. pullulans in Cell Volume 3

...In Them Thar Hills 1

...In Them Thar Hills 2

...In Them Thar Hills 3

Increased Blood Flow in Cancerous Prostate Tissue

Integrin Expression in a Pancreatic Tumor

Interactions in the Pancreatic Cancer Tumor Microenvironment 

Interphase Blues: Stained Nucleoli

Intranuclear Inclusion

Invasive Front Within a Mammary Tumor

Invasive Lung Cancer Cells Degrade Extracellular Matrix

Investigating Lung Cancer Progression

Investigating the Neuroscience of Parkinson's Disease 1

Investigating the Neuroscience of Parkinson's Disease 2

Isolating Proteins to Help Grow Stem Cells

Junctions Between Human Breast Cancer Cells

Keeping Abreast of Stem Cell Differentiation

Ketone Bodies in the Intestine 1

Ketone Bodies in the Intestine 2

Lamellipodia Protrusion and Cell Migration 1

Lamellipodia Protrusion and Cell Migration 2

Late-Stage Tumor Development in the Pancreas

Listeria Swimming in a Host Fibroblast

Liver Organoid

Localization of Brd4-Nut Fusion in a Cell, Version #1

Localization of Brd4-Nut Fusion in a Cell, Version #2

Localization of PARP-16 Protein in HeLa Cells, Version #1

Localization of PARP-16 Protein in HeLa Cells, Version #2

Looking for Patterns in Fruit Fly Cell Development

Love is in the (H)air

Lung Adenocarcinoma with Stromal Infiltration, Version #1

Lung Adenocarcinoma with Stromal Infiltration, Version #2

Lung Adenocarcinoma with Stromal Infiltration, Version #3

Lung Adenocarcinoma with Stromal Infiltration, Version #4

Lung Tumors Respond to PRMT5 Inhibition 3

Lung Tumors Respond to PRMT5 Inhibition 4

Lysosomal Biology in the Mouse Brain 1

Lysosomal Biology in the Mouse Brain 2

Lysosomes to the Rescue

Macrophages Engulf Tumors 1

Macrophages Engulf Tumors 2

Macrophages Engulf Tumors 3

Macrophages Interact with Mesenchymal Cells

Making Heads of Tails of Breast Cancer 1

Making Heads of Tails of Breast Cancer 2

Making Heads of Tails of Breast Cancer 3

Making Heads of Tails of Breast Cancer 4

Mammary Gland Development in 3D

Mammary Gland Development in 3D

Mammary Gland Development in 3D

Mapping Immune Cell Infiltration in a Tumor

Mapping Mesenchymal Cells with Vimentin

Maturation of Fragile X Neurons

Melanoma, Metabolism, and Hair 1

Melanoma, Metabolism, and Hair 2

Melanoma, Metabolism, and Hair 3

Melanoma Metastasis in a Zebrafish 1

Melanoma Metastasis in a Zebrafish 2

Melanoma Metastasis in a Zebrafish 3

Membranes and Nucleoid DNA in Bacillus Subtilis

Mena in the Colon

Mena Isoforms and Cancer Complexity

Mena Means Metastasis

Mena Protein in Mouse Skin Cells

Metastatic Breast Cancer Bursts a Blood Vessel

Metastatic Breast Cancer Invades a Liver, Version #1

Metastatic Breast Cancer Invades a Liver, Version #2

Metastatic Breast Cancer Invades a Liver, Version #3

Metastatic Breast Cancer Invades a Liver, Version #4

Metastatic Breast Cancer Invades a Lung

Metastatic Breast Cancer Invades a Spleen

Mind the Gap: Studying the Tumor Extracellular Matrix

Mitochondria in the Mouse Brain 1

Mitochondria in the Mouse Brain 2

Mitochondria in the Mouse Brain 3

Mitochondrial Membranes at Super Resolution

Mitochondrial Perspectives on Aging 1

Mitochondrial Perspectives on Aging 2

Mitotic Spirals: Five Hours of Cell Division

Molecular Functionalities of Protein Sectors 1

Molecular Functionalities of Protein Sectors 2

Molecular Functionalities of Protein Sectors 3

Molecular Functionalities of Protein Sectors 4

Molecular Functionalities of Protein Sectors 5

More to the Point: Precision Oncology Meets Discovery Science

Motion in the Ocean: Using Sea Urchins to Understand Cell Migration

Muscle Fibers Network in the Planarian

My Geode Must Be Acknowledged

Myosin Localization During Fruit Fly Development

Nanobodies for Targeted Therapeutic Strategies 1

Nanobodies for Targeted Therapeutic Strategies 2

Nanobodies for Targeted Therapeutic Strategies 3

Nanoparticles Induce Intestinal Growth

Nerve Cell Axons Avoid the Slit

Neural Control of Female Reproduction

Neuron Differentiation and Gene Regulation

Neuron Differentiation and Gene Regulation 1

Neuron Differentiation and Gene Regulation 2

Neuron Differentiation and Gene Regulation 3

Neuron Differentiation and Gene Regulation 5

Neurons Divide and Mature, Image #1

Neurons Divide and Mature, Image #2

Neurons Extend Axons 1

Neurons Extend Axons 2

Neurons Extend Processes into the Spinal Cord

Niche Cells: Stromal Cells Support Intestinal Regeneration

Novel Transplants for Modeling Tumor Heterogeneity

Nuclear Invaders

Oblong Cassidy 

On the Scent: Investigating an Anti-Aging Gene Inside the Nose

Organization of Microtubules in Tissue Morphogenesis 1

Organization of Microtubules in Tissue Morphogenesis 2

Organization of Microtubules in Tissue Morphogenesis 3

Organization of Microtubules in Tissue Morphogenesis 4

Organoid Oncology 2

Parasite Burst 1

Parasite Burst 2

Parasite Burst 3

Parasites Replicate Inside Human Cell Hosts 1

Parasites Replicate Inside Human Cell Hosts 2

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Disease 1

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Disease 2

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Disease 3

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Disease 4

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Disease 5

Peering Inside a Developing Brain

Physical and Genomic Abnormalities in Lung Cancer

Planarian Brain and Eyes

Planarian Muscle Fibers in Motion

Planarian Nervous System

Planarian Nervous System Flower

Planarian Tissues & Stem Cells

Poly(ADP-ribose) at Mitotic Spindle Poles

Poly(ADP-ribose) Localizes to Stress Granules

Portrait of a Cell Under Stress

PRMT5 Inhibitor Clears the Center of a Tumor

Probing the Interplay Between Transcription and Splicing 1

Probing the Interplay Between Transcription and Splicing 2

Probing the Interplay Between Transcription and Splicing 3

Protein Function in Male Reproduction 2

Protein Function in Male Reproduction 1

Protein Localization in a Cancer Cell, Image 1

Protein Localization in a Cancer Cell, Image 2

Protein Recycling in Action 2

Protein Recycling in Action 3

Protein Recycling in Action 4

Protein Recycling in Action 5

Protein Structure in Bacterial Metabolism

Proteins Control Gene Expression 1

Proteins Control Gene Expression 2

Pushing Boundaries 2 (Alternative Color Schemes)

Que Sera, Sera

Radical Oxygen Species in a Degrading Egg Cell

Reconstructions of Met18 Protein Structures

Remodel Organism: Tissue Origami in a Fruit Fly Embryo

Removal of miR-138 from Neurons (Image 1)

Removal of miR-138 from Neurons (Image 2)

Removal of miR-138 from Neurons (Image 3)

Removal of miR-138 from Neurons (Image 4)

Removal of miR-138 from Neurons (Image 5)

Removal of miR-138 from Neurons (Image 6)

Replicating Parasites 1

Replicating Parasites 2

Replicating Parasites 3

Replicating Parasites 5

Replication Machinery in Bacillus Subtilis

Resistance is Fertile: Studying Neuron Sensitivity in Culture

SARS CoV-2 Infects the Gut

Science Fiction (ooh-ooh-ooh) Double Feature 1

Science Fiction (ooh-ooh-ooh) Double Feature 2

Screening for Cancer Biomarkers

Seasons of Worms

Seeing the Signal: How Blood Vessels React to Change

Self-Organization of Stem Cells

Shape Shifters 2

Shape Shifters: Cancer Cells in Motion

Shaping the mould: lessons from a shapeshifting fungus 

Signaling for Cell-Matrix Adhesion

Smooth Muscle Cells Interact With Fibronectin

Snap ChAT: A Flatworm Creates a New Profile

Snapshot of Mitochondrial Inheritance 2

Spatial Dynamics of Immune Responses 

Spatial Expressions: Snapshot of a Growing Tumor

Specialized Blood Vessels Pass Near a Tumor

Spermatid Polarization

Stem Cells Grown on Microdot Plates, Version #1

Stem Cells Grown on Microdot Plates, Version #2

Stem Cells Grown on Microdot Plates, Version #3

Stem Cells Grown on Microdot Plates, Version #4

Stem Cells Grown on Microdot Plates, Version #5

Stem-Like Cancer Cells Interact with Immune Cells

Stream of Migrating Breast Cancer Cells

Stress, Starvation, and Survival: A Double Membrane View

Stress, Starvation, and Survival: Autophagy in Action

Structure Forms in a Fruit Fly Egg

Structure of RNR, a DNA Synthesis and Repair Protein

Structure of the Chaperonin Protein

Structure of the Chaperonin Protein, Simplified

Structures Assemble Within the Heart 1

Structures Assemble Within the Heart 2

Studying Patient Brain Cells in a Dish: Hope for Neurological Diseases 

Studying Patient Brain Cells in a Dish: Hope for Neurological Diseases 1

Subcellular Localization of RNAs Within Neurons

Tail as Old as Time: Germ Cell Development in the Fruit Fly

That's So Fly: Cell Development Pop Art

The Bad Seed: Modeling the Growth of a Tumor

The Case of the Missing Gene, Exhibit A

The Case of the Missing Gene, Exhibit B

The Case of the Missing Gene, Exhibit C

The Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Yin Yang

The More the Messier: Understanding Complicated Cell Division

The Portrait of Tumor Metabolism Captured

The Snozzberries Taste like Snozzberries 

The Twists and Turns of Vascularizing the Gut

The Whole Whorl in its Pharynx

Time Lapse Images of a Migrating Cell

Tissue Folding Origami

Tracing the Generation of Epithelial Cells 1

Tracing the Generation of Epithelial Cells 3

Tracking Metastasis in a Living Tumor 1

Tracking Metastasis in a Living Tumor 2

Trick Or Treat: Probing Cancer's Response to Chemotherapy

Tropicalia 1

Tropicalia 2

Tumor Cells Compete With Stem Cells 1

Tumor Cells Compete With Stem Cells 2

Tumor Cells Compete With Stem Cells 3

Tumor Cells Compete With Stem Cells 4

Tumor Cells Interact with Immune Cells

Tumor Cells Travel Through a Fish 1

Tumors Arise Within the Colon

Tumors Arise Within the Colon

Under Pressure: Mural Cells Wrap Tightly around Blood Vessels

Understanding Complicated Cell Division, Image 1

Understanding Complicated Cell Division, Image 2

Up Where We Oblong 

Using Neural Networks to Deconvolute Complex Immune Landscapes 1

Using Neural Networks to Deconvolute Complex Immune Landscapes 2

Using Sea Urchins to Understand Cell Migration 2

Using Sea Urchins to Understand Cell Migration 3

Using Sea Urchins to Understand Cell Migration 4

Using Sea Urchins to Understand Cell Migration 5

Virus Strain Isolated from the Charles River

Visuailizing Vasculature 3

Visualization of Anti-Tumor T Cells 1

Visualization of Anti-Tumor T Cells 2

Visualization of Anti-Tumor T Cells 3

Visualization of Anti-Tumor T Cells 4

Visualizing Tumor Heterogeneity 1

Visualizing Tumor Heterogeneity 2

Visualizing Tumor Heterogeneity 3

Visualizing Vasculature 2

Visualizing Vasculature 4

Visualizing Vasculature: Uncovering Essential Proteins

Vital Proteins: Mitosis in Action

We Are All Worms. But I Do Believe That I Am a Glow-Worm

We Heart Cancer Research (But Not Cancer)

What a Dump: Intercellular Flow for Egg Development

What's Wrong With This Picture 1?

What's Wrong With This Picture 2?

What's Wrong With This Picture 3?

Who Breaks a Butterfly Upon a Wheel?

Who Breaks a Butterfly Upon a Wheel? 2

Who Breaks a Butterfly Upon a Wheel? 3

Yearning to Connect: Nerve Cells Reach for One Another

Zebrafish Align for Imaging 1

Zebrafish Align for Imaging 2

Zebrafish Align for Imaging 3