Recent research has pointed to bone marrow found in the skull as an important site of communication between the brain and the immune system.

MUSC startup OncoBLAZE is developing a new imaging system that could help cancer researchers see experiments unfold in real time. Created by Hollings researcher Dieter Haemmerich, Ph.D., SphynxVision uses fluorescence imaging to track cancer cells, drugs and other biological processes under normal room lighting. Unlike conventional systems that require samples to be placed inside dark, closed chambers, its open design allows researchers to perform procedures while continuously capturing high-resolution images. The technology grew out of Haemmerich’s own need to track chemotherapy as it was delivered to tumors and could ultimately help scientists uncover biological changes that current imaging systems miss. OncoBLAZE is now preparing to place early versions of SphynxVision in research laboratories for testing ahead of a broader commercial launch.

Texas A&M University researchers discover how meal timing triggers a nutrient-signaling pathway that drives rhythmic gene activity in the liver, independently of its circadian clock. The findings suggest that when we eat may be just as important as what we eat, raising new questions about what happens when our feeding schedule is out of sync with our body’s circadian clock.

By rigorously mapping how cells in the electrosensory lobe of an electric fish are wired together, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute and their colleagues reveal how this brain area continually learns to filter out interference that would otherwise blind the fish’s electric sense.