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Cultured mammalian cells are used extensively in cell biology studies. This video describes the basic skills required to freeze and store cells and how to recover frozen stocks.
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Transport and Acclimatization of Rodents for Research
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All animal procedures described here must be conducted in accordance with institutional animal ethics guidelines and approved by IACUC. All procedures must follow the principles of the 3Rs—Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement—and must be performed by trained personnel. Transporting rodents for research requires procedures that minimize stress and maintain animal welfare during movement to minimize the influence on experimental outcomes. Transport cages should provide adequate ventilation,...
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Protein Networks
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2020
An organism can have thousands of different proteins, and these proteins must cooperate to ensure the health of an organism. Proteins bind to other proteins and form complexes to carry out their functions. Many proteins interact with multiple other proteins creating a complex network of protein interactions. These interactions can be represented through maps depicting protein-protein interaction networks, represented as nodes and edges. Nodes are circles that are representative of a protein,...
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Regulated mRNA Transport
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2020
In eukaryotes, transcription and translation are compartmentalized; an mRNA is first synthesized in the nucleus and then selectively transported to the cytoplasm for protein synthesis. Before transport, a pre-mRNA undergoes several steps of post-transcriptional modifications including splicing, 5' capping, and the addition of a poly-adenine tail. Various proteins bind to the pre-mRNA during these modifications. The mRNA transport takes place with the help of multiple proteins playing specific...
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Transport depends on differences between regions that supply materials, called sources, and regions that require or accumulate them, called sinks. These spatial roles help direct water, nutrients, minerals, and chemical signals through connected hyphae. As demands change during fungal growth, decomposition, or plant-root exchange, the network can redistribute resources between separated parts of the soil system.
Cytoplasmic streaming moves material within the living contents of tubular hyphae, while pressure-driven flow contributes to movement through the network, particularly along larger aggregated cords. Together, these mechanisms support transport between distant fungal regions rather than limiting movement to local diffusion. Their operation helps explain how interconnected fungi redistribute resources across heterogeneous soil environments.
Aggregated cords provide larger, organized pathways within the mycelium, complementing transport through individual tubular hyphae. Their structure supports movement between regions that may be physically separated in soil, allowing resources and signals to reach different parts of the fungal system. This organization is relevant to fungal growth, nutrient redistribution, and the connectivity of terrestrial environments.
In mycorrhizal associations, fungal transport connects soil regions with plant roots and supports exchanges between the partners. Movement through the hyphal network can contribute to the redistribution of nutrients and minerals toward areas associated with roots, while plant-root connections provide an important ecological context for studying transport. This helps explain how fungi influence plant nutrition beyond the immediate root surface.
Research on this process can show how resources move through soil, how fungi connect separated locations, and how biological activity influences soil structure. Because transport includes water, nutrients, minerals, and chemical signals, measurements or observations can help relate fungal network behavior to decomposition, nutrient redistribution, plant nutrition, and broader ecosystem connectivity in terrestrial environments.
Fungal growth and decomposition create changing demands for materials across the network. Transport allows nutrients and minerals to move between regions rather than remaining confined to their original locations, linking resource acquisition with areas of fungal activity. In environmental studies, this connection helps explain how fungi participate in nutrient redistribution and influence the movement of materials through soil ecosystems.