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calcium indicator

Still image to accompany July 2019's Video of the Month (Hyser lab) Cells expressing a fluorescent calcium sensor (green) were infected with rotavirus, a virus that causes acute gastroenteritis. The rotavirus-infected cells (pink) trigger an intercellular calcium wave that increases calcium in surrounding uninfected cells. (Scale bar = 100 μm; courtesy of the Hyser lab).

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Video of the Month: A calcium storm

July 2, 2019 calcium indicator, gastroenteritis, Research, rotavirus, video

From the Labs opens July 2019 with a Video of the Month, showing the calcium ‘storm’ rotavirus triggers in infected cells. Calcium signaling in rotavirus

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Through the looking glass, fluorescent signals reveal the workings of a fly’s brain

August 19, 2016 ASAP, calcium indicator, electrodes, fluorescent voltage indicator, Neuroscience, two-photom microscopy

[listen to audio] Bain activity is fast. Millisecond fast. When a person, a mouse or a fly sees an object, neurons in their brains display

From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma