The story of the cell cycle is often told only through the perspective of the chromosomes as they replicate and then divide. This resource beautifully illustrates the role of the cytoskeleton in that ...

Chad Hobson, Application Scientist at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus.

Ellen Quarles, Imaging Application Specialist at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus.

Nirmala Iyer, Research Specialist at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus.

Derek Sung is a physician-scientist and pathology resident living in Philadelphia. He received his MD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. His research has spanned from heart valve disease and ...

Have you ever wondered how scientists and photographers create images and videos like those on our site? If so, you’ve come to the right place. These videos feature research experts from HHMI’s ...

Nope, this isn’t a small, prickly mammal with a flashy dye job, but a single intestinal epithelial cell. The colorful, hairlike structures are microvilli, which are designed to maximize the cell’s ...

This white sphere on a background of forest green is the eye of an embryonic zebrafish. The eye of an adult zebrafish is about 2.3 millimeters across, or roughly nine times smaller than your thumbnail ...

The nucleus is the organelle that contains and protects the cell’s DNA. However, it is much more complex than just a sac for DNA. It has its own membrane, which wraps around the DNA and has a variety ...

Teng-Leong Chew, Director of Advanced Imaging at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus.

Andy Moore is a postdoctoral scientist in the Lippincott-Schwartz lab on HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus. He completed his graduate training at the University of Pennsylvania, where he researched ...

These are known as HeLa cells because they were originally isolated from a woman named Henrietta Lacks. She went to Johns Hopkins Medical Center in 1951 and was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She ...