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Infographic showing how flow cytometry enables researchers to assess several cell parameters simultaneously at a single-cell level with the help of lasers.
Flow Cytometry: Scattering Light to Measure Cells
Scientists analyze and quantify characteristics of cells and other particles with the power of lasers.
Flow Cytometry: Scattering Light to Measure Cells
Flow Cytometry: Scattering Light to Measure Cells

Scientists analyze and quantify characteristics of cells and other particles with the power of lasers.

Scientists analyze and quantify characteristics of cells and other particles with the power of lasers.

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A cell with gold particles inside is hit with a red laser.
How Flow Cytometry Spurred Cell Biology
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Jun 14, 2024 | 10+ min read
The ability to rapidly count and measure features of cells opened the research flood gates.
Mouse organoid Actin phalloidin tumor suppressors colorectal cancer
Image of the Day: Colorful Colonoids
Chia-Yi Hou | Apr 18, 2019 | 1 min read
Organoids grown from a mouse’s colon will be used to screen drugs for colorectal cancer.
Extracellular vesicle cross-section showing internal and external components
Exploring Extracellular Vesicles: Biomarkers and Beyond
Biotium | 1 min read
Advances in molecular profiling tools and techniques help scientists detect and identify extracellular vesicle markers.
Image of the Day: Shoots Up
Ashley Yeager | Dec 14, 2018 | 1 min read
During plants’ cell division, mother cells give daughter cells a signal to show them which way is up.
Image of the Day: All Lit Up
Ashley Yeager | Nov 27, 2018 | 1 min read
A super-bright cell-labeling method reveals the intricate wiring that connects neurons in the brain.
In situ hybridization procedure being conducted in a laboratory.
Tips and Tricks for In Situ Hybridization
Priyom Bose, PhD | 8 min read
In situ hybridization is a powerful molecular technique for detecting and localizing specific nucleic acids in cytological samples. 
Infographic: Inner Glow
Ruth Williams | Jul 31, 2018 | 1 min read
How GFP-grabbing nanobodies enable instant tracking of protein dynamics in live cells.
Image of the Day: Lit Up
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jul 24, 2018 | 1 min read
Researchers have updated a method to look at biochemical activities inside living cells.
Image of the Day: Infrared Tumors
The Scientist and The Scientist Staff | Apr 18, 2018 | 1 min read
A camera inspired by butterfly eyes allows surgeons to see cancer cells during surgery.
Deep Learning Allows for Cell Analysis Without Labeling
Kerry Grens | Apr 12, 2018 | 2 min read
A new microscopy program requires no fluorescent markers to identify cell type, nuclei, and other characteristics.
Researchers Produce Alpaca Antibodies Using Yeast
Catherine Offord | Feb 13, 2018 | 2 min read
With multiple applications in biomedicine, the antibodies can now be made quickly, cheaply, and without the need for an alpaca or one of its relatives.
Dying Light Marks the Spot
Catherine Offord | Mar 28, 2016 | 2 min read
Drug-delivering nanoparticles designed to glow when their target cells die can report on the effectiveness of cancer therapies within just a few hours of treatment, a mouse study shows.
Illuminating a Cancer’s Origins
Catherine Offord | Jan 31, 2016 | 2 min read
Researchers have developed a technique to visualize the origin of melanoma in zebrafish, throwing light on a genetic switch for cancer.
Characterizing DNA Quadruplexes
Jef Akst | Sep 10, 2015 | 2 min read
Researchers are developing new techniques to better understand how and why knots of DNA are distributed throughout the genome.
Cellular Garbage Disposal Illuminated
Bob Grant | Apr 13, 2015 | 1 min read
A Harvard team shows how cells label and recognize proteins for degradation.
Picturing Infection
Kelly Rae Chi | Jan 1, 2015 | 7 min read
Whole-animal, light-based imaging of infected small mammals
Next Generation: Seeing Brain Tumors
Jef Akst | Feb 27, 2014 | 3 min read
A new camera system supports the visualization of gliomas stained with Tumor Paint, a chlorotoxin-based imaging agent that’s currently in clinical trials.
Mental Map
Abdul-Kareem Ahmed | Nov 13, 2013 | 5 min read
From determining structures to figuring out functions, brain-mapping scientists are applying new technologies to understand the hub of the central nervous system.
Precision Epigenetics
Ruth Williams | Sep 1, 2013 | 3 min read
Visualizing specific epigenetic marks at single gene loci is now possible in individual cells.
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