In past work, Parthasarathy's lab has shown that Vibrio cholerae bacteria amped up the strength of gut contractions in zebrafish. These fish, which are transparent as larvae, are a powerful tool for ...

Immune cells (magenta) and cells expressing a reporter of immune stimulation (cyan), imaged in 3D in a live zebrafish larva. The cells are dynamic, and in our experiments we found that their ...

PIEZO1 transcripts in human uterine muscle at term. Green indicates smooth muscle fibers in the uterus, red marks PIEZO1 mRNA, and blue shows cell nuclei. LA JOLLA, CA—When labor begins, the uterus ...