Research Spotlight

Below are some images of research performed in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology.

Head region of a sea squirt tadpole stained to show the rudiment of the heart Photo courtesy of Professor Michael Levine Read More...	Image of the structure of the Mycobacterial sulfotransferase we call stf0 Photo courtesy of Professor Carolyn R. Bertozzi Read More...
The structure of ATP synthase, the universal protein that manufactures ATP Photo courtesy of Professor George Oster Read More...	Image of actin comet tails (red) formed by beads (blue) coated with the WASP protein Photo courtesy of Associate Professor Matthew Welch Read More...
Expression of the green fluorescent reporter protein gfp exclusively in a blue wavelength sensitive cone in monkey retina Photo courtesy of Professor John G. Flannery Read More...	The BMP antagonist Gremlin is required for proper patterning of the vertebrate limb Photo courtesy of Professor Richard Harland Read More...
Induction of postsynaptic assembly by synaptic adhesion molecules expressed in non-neuronal cells Photo courtesy of Assistant Professor Lu Chen. Read More...	Ribbon diagram of the crystal structure of XOL-1, the primary determinant of sexual fate in C. elegans Photo courtesy of Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor Barbara Meyer. Read More...
Oncogenically transformed fibroblasts can assemble actin into ring-like invasive structures called podosomes Photo courtesy of Professor G. Steven Martin. Read More...