Cell biology

News

Diving Deep into the Dolphin Genome Could Benefit Human Health

February 22, 2017

In movies and TV shows, dolphins are often portrayed as heroes who save humans through remarkable feats of strength and...

‘Start Codons’ in DNA and RNA May Be More Numerous Than Previously Thought

February 21, 2017

For decades, scientists working with genetic material have labored with a few basic rules in mind. To start, DNA is...

Seeing Light’s Effect on Atoms -- Within Picoseconds

November 16, 2016

For the first time in a laboratory setting, NIST scientists have made stop-action x-ray measurements of the way visible...

NIST Researchers Use a Standardized Caenorhabditis elegans Toxicity Test to Assess Nanomaterial Toxicity

November 04, 2016

Toxicity assays are an important component in identifying potential health or environmental hazards associated with...

Publications

In Vitro Cytochrome P450 46A1 (CYP46A1) Activation by Neuroactive Compounds

June 22, 2017

Author(s):

Natalia Mast, Kyle W. Anderson, Kevin Johnson, Thanh Phan, F. Peter Guengerich, Irina A. Pikuleva

Cytochrome P450 46A1 (CYP46A1 or cholesterol 24-hydroxylase) is the central nervous system-specific enzyme responsible for the majority of cholesterol...

A novel measure and significance testing in data analysis of cell image segmentation

April 20, 2017

Author(s):

Jin Chu Wu, Michael W. Halter, Raghu N. Kacker, John T. Elliott, Anne L. Plant

Background: Cell image segmentation (CIS) is an essential part of quantitative imaging of biological cells. Designing a performance measure and conducting...

Quantitative Methods to Characterize Cell Lines: Comparison of Cells from Marine and Terrestrial Mammals.

July 28, 2012

Author(s):

Tighe Spurlin, John T. Elliott, Michael W. Halter, Kiran Bhadriraju, Alessandro Tona, Anne L. Plant, Annalaura Mancia, Bobby L. Middlebrooks, Gregory W. Warr

Descriptive terms are often used to characterize cells in culture, but the use of nonquantitative and poorly defined terms can lead to ambiguities when...

Cell biology

News

Diving Deep into the Dolphin Genome Could Benefit Human Health

‘Start Codons’ in DNA and RNA May Be More Numerous Than Previously Thought

Seeing Light’s Effect on Atoms -- Within Picoseconds

NIST Researchers Use a Standardized Caenorhabditis elegans Toxicity Test to Assess Nanomaterial Toxicity

Publications

In Vitro Cytochrome P450 46A1 (CYP46A1) Activation by Neuroactive Compounds

A novel measure and significance testing in data analysis of cell image segmentation

Quantitative Methods to Characterize Cell Lines: Comparison of Cells from Marine and Terrestrial Mammals.

Projects & Programs

Live Cell Imaging of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Populations

Regenerative Medicine Biomanufacturing

Label-free imaging of cells and their extracellular matrix by SPR imaging

Fluorescence Microscopy Benchmarking: Overview