Fluorescence microscopy has become a critical tool for researchers to understand biological
processes at the cellular level. Micrographs from fixed and live-cell imaging procedures …

There is a large gap between the deep understanding of mechanisms driving tumour growth
and the reasons why patients ultimately die of cancer. It is now appreciated that interactions …

Reproduction induces increased food intake across females of many animal species,,–,
providing a physiologically relevant paradigm for the exploration of appetite regulation …

Animal feeding is controlled by external sensory cues and internal metabolic states. Does it
also depend on enteric neurons that sense mechanical cues to signal fullness of the …

Tissue regeneration after injury requires coordinated regulation of stem cell activation,
division, and daughter cell differentiation, processes that are increasingly well understood in …

Stem cells have essential functions in the development and maintenance of our organs.
Improper regulation of adult stem cells and tissue homeostasis can result in cancers and …

The biogenic monoamine octopamine (OA) is a crucial regulator of invertebrate physiology
and behavior. Since its discovery in the 1950s in octopus salivary glands, OA has been …

The critical role of the intestinal microbiota in human health and disease is well recognized.
Nevertheless, there are still large gaps in our understanding of the functions and …

Stem cells typically reside in a specialized physical and biochemical environment that
facilitates regulation of their behavior. For this reason, stem cells are ideally studied in …

Aging or injury in Drosophila intestine promotes intestinal stem cell (ISC) proliferation and
enteroblast (EB) differentiation. However, the manner the local physiology couples with …