ASAP autophagosome optogenetics illustration (IMAGE)
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Salk scientists built a new tool, called ASAP, that uses light to rapidly, precisely, and reversibly turn on or off the cellular recycling process of autophagy. When light is shown on cells expressing ASAP, scientists can uncover exactly what autophagy is doing in that cell—illuminating key cellular processes involved in both health and disease. This illustration shows a beam of blue light shining on an autophagosome engulfing cellular debris, including nuclear pore complexes.
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Salk Senior Illustrator Amy Cao
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