Work Experience Program for Unna Junior High School Students and Izumi Junior High School Students

Dr. Yuuri Yasuoka injects material into fertilized eggs of Xenopus tropicalis to inhibit functions of particular genes.  Eggs 0.7~0.8 mm in diameter were aligned and each egg was injected with 1~2 nl (nl equals with a millionth of ml) of a solution, under the microscope.

Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki delivers a lecture entitled “Linking Space, People, and Dreams” to OIST on Saturday, August 2 2014.

Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki answers questions from the audience after delivering a lecture at OIST.

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.