National Institute of Biological Sciences

2 articles published in JoVE

• Neuroscience

  
  In Vivo Monitoring of Circadian Clock Gene Expression in the Mouse Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Using Fluorescence Reporters Long Mei^1,2, Cheng Zhan², Eric Erquan Zhang^{2 1}PTN Joint Graduate Program, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, ²National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing This newly developed fluorescence-based technology enables long-term monitoring of the transcription of circadian clock genes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of freely moving mice in real-time and at a high temporal resolution.

• Developmental Biology

  
  A Standardized Method for Measuring Internal Lung Surface Area via Mouse Pneumonectomy and Prosthesis Implantation Zhe Liu^1,2, Siling Fu^2,3, Nan Tang^{2 1}Department of Life Sciences, Peking University, ²National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, ³Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College Internal lung surface area (ISA) is a critical criterion for assessing lung morphology and physiology in lung diseases and injury-induced alveolar regeneration. We describe here a standardized method that can minimize the measurement bias for ISA in both lung pneumonectomy and prosthesis implantation mouse models.