The AmScope M150C-I resembles many other microscopes but comes in at $100, within a serious student’s budget, and affordable enough multiples can be purchased for a group of learners.

A new PNAS study examined primary cilia in human islet cells using a multi-scale surface scanning electron microscope approach to obtain a three-dimensional (3D) image of their architecture.

Cilia's secrets revealed using connectome data Date: January 15, 2025 Source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summary: By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells ...

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Revealing new biology. Cilia are notoriously difficult to study. In brain cells, a single cilium, only tens of microns long, extends from a cell's surface into a jumble of other cells.Using ...

Cilia depend on their highly differentiated structure, a 9 + 2 arrangement, ... The harvested ciliated cells were observed under the microscope with cilia still stroking in rhythm.

The cilia of the lower respiratory tract are ... When the apparatus is properly made the cilia can be seen through the microscope to be beating furiously and will continue beating for two weeks or ...

However, a synapse between an axon and a cilium has not been observed until now. Interestingly, cilia are present on almost every type of cell, which makes sense during development as cilia are ...