Archives for zebrafish
Zebrafish xenotransplant cancer model – Fishy tales
“Every single student wants to work on cancer …”, exhales and quickly adds, ”There are already 1000 mutations being found and a 100 genes’ role in cancer is published every single day. Until and unless there is a ground-breaking technology,…
Episodic like memory in Zebrafish
I remember the very first day I met her. Wavy hair, jean-fit shirt, cool sneakers and lots of smile in her face. I liked her the moment we met. Those words we exchanged are still fresh in mine. I would…
Fly Fish Worm! Who’s my model ?
Thomas Hunt Morgan in his FLy Lab It all began a century ago, when genetics was not even a defined field of study, T H Morgan was busy with fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) in a 16 X 23 ft room…
Brainbow : The color coded Brain
The understanding of neuronal circuits and interactions has long been a difficult process involving identifying single cells, their synapses and points of convergence and divergence of synaptic information. Cajal had revolutionalized this process by identifying singular elements in a neuronal…
Zebra Fish – It’s not just a fish, It is a HOPE
A sudden passion and love towards something that I hated upon as a kid just because it is tinier than the others and unattractful. But today it has proved me Wrong. As a little kid, I too loved growing fishes…