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The gut and the brain communicate with each other in order to adapt satiety and blood sugar levels during food consumption.
The way the human brain works remains, to a great extent, a topic of controversy. One reason is our limited ability to study neuronal processes at the level of single cells and capillaries across the entire living brain without employing highly invasive surgical methods. This limitation is now on the brink of change.
Image Credit: Likoper/Shutterstock.com L’occhio Della Mosca ( The Fly’s Eye) by Giambattista Odierna in 1644 CE. In that sensational book, the Italian naturalist provided the first detailed account of organic tissue – enabled by studying organic matter under the lens of newly invented microscopes. Now, the latest optical microscope technology is capable of imaging viruses that live in organisms. Conventional Light Microscopes: Widefield and Confocal Conventional light microscopes – widefield and confocal optical microscopes – can accurately depict image samples at resolutions of ar...
I earned a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Medical Biotechnology at University of Trieste in north-east of Italy, working firstly in a cancer research lab, and secondly, in a biophysics lab where my passion of nano-molecular objects started, along with my Atomic Force Microscopy experience. Then, I continued working on DNA origami technology to successfully create a Localized Surface Plasmon Resonant (LSPR) switching device triggered by DNA oligonucleotide molecules, obtaining, in this way, a PhD in Nanotechnology from University of Trieste in 2015. In January 2016 I started my international research expe...
Lumicks, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based life science tools company that develops innovative platforms for Dynamic Single-Molecule and Cell Avidity analysis, closed a $93m Series D funding. The round was led by new investors Farallon Capital Management and Lauxera Capital Partners, with participation from Softbank Vision 2, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Parian Global Management, Pura Vida Investments, and Irving Investors, as well as existing investor Gilde Healthcare and select members of the management team. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate...