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Drosophila: The Fruit Fly Model

Introduction The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (D. melanogaster) has been widely used as a model organism

Asymmetric cell division in C. elegans Asymmetric cell division occurs when one cell gives rise to

Chemical gradients play a key role in many biological processes and regulate a number of cellular

Introduction The ultimate goal in microfluidics is to achieve the so-called laboratory-on-a-chip, i.e. integrate all those activities

Introduction The term “drug delivery” generally refers to the administration of a certain chemical compound to

Temperature control of vesicular trafficking Cells interact with their environment by secreting or importing proteins. These

Evaporation as a major issue for long-term imaging The majority of live-cell imaging experiments done by

Temperature control of mammalian cell cycle The endpoint of cell cycle is the division of one

Temperature control of mammalian cell metabolism In Human cells, regulation of body temperature and adaptation to temperature

Introduction Caenorhabditis elegans, commonly shortened as C. elegans, is a non-parasitic nematode which, for its peculiar proprieties, is