Cell Biology

New research from Duke has found that some lung cancer cells with errors in transcription factors begin to resemble their nearest relatives – the cells of the stomach and gut. (Credit – Tata Lab, Duke University)

March 26, 2018

Scientists Find Stomach Cells In Lung Cancer

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A microscopy image with retinal cells stained bright blue, green, red and orange

March 6, 2018

Overlooked Cell Key Player In Preventing Age-Related Vision Loss

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Our spines begin as a flexible column called the notochord. Over time, cells on the notochord surface divide into alternating segments that go on to form cartilage and vertebrae.

February 21, 2018

How A Zebrafish’s Squiggly Cartilage Transforms into a Strong Spine

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Dengue virus infection in a cultured cell is revealed by the magenta color, showing that the virus has localized to the endoplasmic reticulum of the host cell. (Jessica Child - Nicchitta Lab)

January 11, 2018

Dengue Takes Low and Slow Approach to Replication

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A time-lapse video of an invading cell in the lab worm C. elegans shows a fleeting protrusion that may help explain how cancer spreads. Video by Kaleb Naegeli, Duke University.

November 27, 2017

Cells Bulge to Squeeze Through Barriers

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A microscope image of an bright blue, star-shaped cell in a dish

November 8, 2017

Star-Shaped Brain Cells Orchestrate Neural Connections

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The developing gut of a zebrafish, magnified.

August 7, 2017

Not Your Basic Bench: Zebrafish Reveal Secrets of the Developing Gut

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In this developing backbone of a zebrafish, collapsed inner cells (green) are replaced by newly fluid-filled sheath cells (red) from the outer layer. (Credit: Jennifer Bagwell, Duke University)

June 22, 2017

Cells In Fish’s Spinal Discs Repair Themselves

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Just over a decade ago, researchers at Duke University revolutionized the field of microfluidics by demonstrating a digital lab-on-a-chip for the first time.

March 27, 2017

The 'Citation Classic' That Redefined Microfluidics

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January 11, 2017

Totally Tubular! Fluid Forces That Affect the Development of Biological Tubes

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Adult zebrafish can regenerate their spinal cords after an injury. Supporting glial cells (shown in red) are first to bridge the gap between the severed ends. Neuronal cells (green) soon follow. Photo credit: Mayssa Mokalled and Kenneth Poss, Duke

November 3, 2016

Scientists Find Key Protein For Spinal Cord Repair

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C. elegans worms whose mothers didn’t get enough to eat during pregnancy cope better with famine. Photo by Richard Pell, Carnegie Mellon.

October 27, 2016

Underfed Worms Program Their Babies to Cope With Famine

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Purushothama Tata, assistant professor of cell biology, is the first faculty member hired as part of the Regeneration Next research initiative.

October 2, 2016

Purushothama Tata: So Many Ideas, So Little Time

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gastronauts image

September 14, 2016

“Gastronauts” Decode Gut-Brain Communication

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This colorful graph shows a peak of abnormal epileptic brain activity in a brain's hippocampus in which an inhibitory protein called InSyn1 has been depleted. Credit: Akiyoshi Uezu, Dan Kanak and Scott Soderling

September 8, 2016

Brain Connections More Sophisticated Than Thought

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