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Pyruvate Assay for Estimation of Pyruvate Levels in Cellular Fractions of Worms
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2025
This video describes a colorimetric assay for quantitatively measuring pyruvate in the cellular fractions of Caenorhabditis elegans. Utilizing the hydrogen peroxide produced from the enzymatic reaction of pyruvate oxidase with cellular pyruvate, a chromogenic dye is oxidized to produce a colored product, measured using colorimetry to determine the pyruvate concentration.
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Imaging Cleared Intact Biological Systems at a Cellular Level by 3DISCO
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2014
To obtain high-resolution images of fluorescently labeled cells within large tissues, ideally, the biological samples should be imaged without sectioning. 3DISCO is a straightforward tissue clearing procedure based on sequential incubation with organic solvents. Upon clearing, the organs become transparent allowing an end-to-end laser scan of the specimen.
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Intravital Imaging: A Method for Cellular Level Observation of the Mouse Pancreas Through a Stabilized Imaging Window
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2025
In this video, we describe the intravital imaging of a mouse pancreas through a stabilized window for long-term visualization of cellular dynamics.
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Using a Bacterial Pathogen to Probe for Cellular and Organismic-level Host Responses
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2019
We describe both in vitro and in vivo infection assays that can be used to analyze the activities of host-encoding factors.
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Microfluidic Tools for Probing Fungal-Microbial Interactions at the Cellular Level
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2022
Owing to the opacity of soil, interactions between its constituent microbes cannot easily be visualised with cellular resolution. Here, two microfluidic tools are presented, which offer new opportunities for investigating fungal-microbial interactions. The devices are versatile and simple to use, enabling high spatiotemporal control and high-resolution imaging at the cellular level.
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Membrane regulation helps a cell maintain stable internal conditions while exchanging materials with its environment. This controlled exchange supports the cell’s ongoing use of energy, production of proteins, growth, and reproduction. Examining membrane behavior therefore shows how individual cells preserve functional balance despite changes outside the cell.
Organelles perform specialized tasks that together support the cell’s broader activities. Their contributions can be related to protein production, energy use, growth, and reproduction rather than treated as isolated events. Studying these roles helps explain how internal cellular organization enables a cell to function as an integrated biological system.
Genetic information affects cellular activity by directing protein production, which contributes to energy use, growth, reproduction, and other cell functions. Because these processes influence how cells operate and respond, genetic control provides a link between information stored within a cell and the observable behavior of that cell.
Cellular-level analysis provides an intermediate view between molecular events and the functions of tissues, organs, and whole organisms. By examining what happens inside individual cells, researchers can relate processes such as communication, differentiation, and responses to stimuli to larger biological outcomes. This connection is central to interpreting biology across organizational scales.
Investigating cells can show how disease-related changes affect cellular processes and how drugs influence those processes. The approach helps connect alterations in communication, genetic control, membrane exchange, or other cell activities with broader biological effects. These findings support research that seeks to understand disease mechanisms and evaluate drug action.
Development depends on cellular processes such as communication and differentiation, so studying cells helps explain how specialized biological structures and functions arise. Cellular-level knowledge also supports biotechnology by linking genetic information, protein production, and cell behavior to practical research goals. Together, these applications show how cell biology informs both development and technological work.