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Andrew Das
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Fascinated by stem cell plasticity, cell fate decisions, entropy and cancer | Senior Research Officer at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (Melbourne, Australia)
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“The collective diffraction of light produces an array of colors. When the fish contracts and relaxes its muscles to swim, the sarcomeres slightly change in length, causing a shifting rainbow effect.”

#scicomm
#animalcoloration
#iridescence
#fish

www.sciencenews.org/article/tran...
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These transparent fish turn rainbow with white light. Now, we know why
Repeated structures in the ghost catfish’s muscles separate white light that passes through their bodies into different wavelengths.
www.sciencenews.org
November 25, 2024 at 12:58 AM
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Ok, that's wild! Space grown human brain organoids! "The team co-cultured mature neurons and astrocytes on the ISS, and within 72 hours, the cells self-assembled into 3D brain organoids—a feat not possible on Earth"
issnationallab.org/press-releas...
Space-Grown Brain Organoids Help Advance New Neurological Treatment
Did you know some viruses don’t cause illness and can instead be used to treat disease?
issnationallab.org
November 22, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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This diagram was made by Christine Liu, PhD - creator of two photon art @christineliuart.bsky.social

I think you’ll love it :) @odedrechavi.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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Check out our new review paper published in
Trends in Cell Biology ! We discuss new models of enhancer functions, including emerging 'transcription hub' model in gene regulation.

"Regulatory Landscape of Enhancer-mediated Transcriptional Activation." www.cell.com/trends/cell-...
Regulatory landscape of enhancer-mediated transcriptional activation
Enhancers are noncoding regulatory elements that instruct spatial and temporal specificity of gene transcription in response to a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic signals during development. Althoug...
www.cell.com
November 11, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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Couldn’t find a dedicated stem cell biology starter pack, so started one here: go.bsky.app/UTW4d7b

Feel free to repost/share and let me know if you would like to be added. #stemcell #pluripotency
November 11, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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November 9, 2024 at 5:07 PM