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Science uncovered

MARBiobanc stores the biological samples that volunteers donate for research.
29.05.2013

What is a biobank?

Signal transduction in the cell is still a topic of intense research (Image from Skeeze at Pixabay).
21.05.2012

Signal transduction: How the cellular communication network works

There are hundreds of scientific journals, where researchers try to publish their work to share it with the scientific community.
28.03.2012

The art of publishing a scientific article

The fruit fly was chosen to be the first multicellular organism to have its genome fully sequenced back in 2000 (Image by the Oregon State University at Flickr).
08.02.2011

Of flies and men

Sometimes DNA mutations cause subtle changes in how a protein works, but others lead to changes in the way a cell behaves (Image by Gerald, from Pixabay).
11.06.2010

SNPs: variation on a theme

The brain: the right hemisphere records visual and spatial memories, such as drawings, while the left hemisphere registers verbal memory, for example wors or numbers. Image from Pixabay.
16.03.2010

Studying memory

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. Photo by Alexandru Acea on Unsplash.
26.02.2010

The cardiovascular system

From egg to adult
18.07.2008

How an egg becomes a person

Drug development is a long and costly process. The clinical assays are the last part. Photo by freestocks.org on Unsplash
14.04.2008

Clinical trials: the long path to the development of new drugs

Ion channels play an essential role in the synapses. Without them, the nervous system would not be able to send or receive signals (Picture by ZEISS Microscopy at Wikipedia).
13.03.2008

Crossing the channels

Las células necesitan comunicarse para saber lo que sucede en su entorno y poder reaccionar. Foto de Pavan Trikutam en Unsplash.
29.11.2007

Molecular language: how cells communicate

Mature neurons (red) and glial cells (green) in a lab dish, derived from human embryonic stem cells. Taken from Zhang’s lab, UW-Madison.
15.07.2007

Stem cells: generation and regeneration

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