Research from the labs of Professors Gloria Brar and Elçin Ünal offers new insight into the mechanisms underlying gametogenic rejuvenation.
MCB postdoc Silvan Spiri is the lead author of a new paper published this week in Nature Communications that describes how he used a high-tech microfluidic microscope to develop a tool for measuring the lifespan of gametes—and what the new approach could reveal about the biology of aging. Read the full QB3 news article here.
Photo: Silvan Spiri preparing an experiment on “Buddy” the microscope, which is used in the Brar-Ünal lab to study gametogenic rejuvenation. Photo credit: Maia Reyes.