Through an electron microscope they may look like the giant sandworms from Dune, but C. elegans nematodes are only 1 millimeter long. The worms have a layer that covers their bodies called the apical ...

Definition: The extracellular matrix is the non-cellular network of proteins and polysaccharides that surrounds cells, gives tissues mechanical structure, and provides biochemical and mechanical ...

Before arriving at Janelia three years ago, Postdoctoral Scientist Antonio Fiore was designing and building optical instruments like microscopes and spectrometers. Fiore, a physicist by training, came ...