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25 December 2025
Cell Baubles
These are cells from mouse pancreas epithelium, genetically altered to bear a mutant form of an enzyme called RAS. One of their characteristic features is prominent nucleoli – structures inside the cell's nucleus – that sometimes arrange to make little smiley faces.
These cells were captured using a Leica Microsystems high-resolution THUNDER imager at Micron Oxford, the Department of Biochemistry's bioimaging facility
- Video and description by Zeinab Rekad, in the Mardakheh Lab
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Video copyright held by Zeinab Rekad
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