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A virus, pictured at upper center, attacks one species of microbe, called an ARMAN cell. The ARMAN cell is connected to another species of microbe, called a Thermoplasmatal cell, through a remarkable tubular appendage. This image is a slice from a 3D cryo-ET reconstruction of an acid mine drainage biofilm region produced by Dr. Luis R. Comolli, guest editor of Frontiers in Microbiology.

Figure 1. Control of serotonin neural activity by light (A) The picture on the left shows serotonin neurons in red. The middle picture shows neurons expressing light sensitive proteins in green. The picture on the right is an overlay of the previous two pictures, showing in orange light sensitive proteins selectively expressed in serotonin neurons. (B) Blue light illumination, 500 microsecond pulse, shown in blue line, induced spontaneous action potentials in the serotonin neuron for approximately 10 seconds. The yellow light illumination, 500 microsecond pulse, shown in yellow line, stopped spontaneous action potentials.

Provost Iwama urged the incoming class to push themselves to make OIST the best it can be.

Figure 1: The new superphylum arrangement is categorized by differences in larval development. Ambulacaria larvae move via cilia while Chordata larvae, through the use of structures like the notochord and backbones are capable of using more powerful muscles to swim through their environment like fish.

OIST Professor Noriyuki Satoh who heads the Marine Genomics Unit