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What am I looking at? This is a 3D reconstruction of 50 different EPG neurons within the part of the fruit fly’s brain that controls navigation, called the ellipsoid body. The color gradient in the ...

This video lets you peek inside the human brain, highlighting the neuronal fibers that enable communication across the brain. This communication is vital to all brain functions, including learning, ...

What am I looking at? This is the embryo of a veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) that’s been stained to visualize its developing skeleton.Its bones are red (1), the cartilage is blue (2), and ...

What am I looking at? These images show a single cell in the middle dividing into two so-called daughter cells.The stage of the cell division process represented here is called anaphase. In these ...

What am I looking at? This is an image of a group of pain receptor neurons that was grown in culture from stem cells.The green marks the cell bodies and projections of the neurons (1). The blue ...

What am I looking at? This is the head and upper thorax of a thistle mantis (Blepharopsis mendica).You can see its characteristic striped eyes (1), its antennae (2), its large claw-like front legs (3) ...

Imagine going to the dentist with this set of teeth! These are teeth located on a snail’s “tongue,” or radula, also called a rasper, which is constantly licking the ground to scrape up and transport ...

This may look like a giant supernova in space, but it’s actually a microscopic image of cytoskeletal proteins and DNA in the metaphase stage of cell division. You can see two of the main proteins that ...

Beauty is all around us. It is everywhere our eyes can see – in the breathtaking majesty of snowcapped mountains, in the tranquil shores of tropical beaches, and in the faces of those we love. But ...

Cell division is the process of a single cell turning into two nearly identical copies of itself. To do this, the original cell needs to make copies of all its cellular components, including its DNA.

HHMI recognizes the transition to open science is a global endeavor that requires the actions of many organizations and individuals. For this reason, HHMI partners with several initiatives that are ...