Current Highlights
2007
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May 2007 — NCMIR releases an upgraded version of the Cell Centered Database: http://ccdb.ucsd.edu. |
May 2007 — NCMIR collaborators reveal how new neurons, born in the hippocampus, wire into the brain’s circuitry. |
2006
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November 2006 — UCSD researchers reveal dynamic behavior of Golgi Complex |
November 2006 — NCMIR researchers help biologists reveal greater structural detail with TxBR reconstruction method. |
November 2006 — 4ICET Conference, La Jolla, California |
August 2006 — NCMIR's Telescience is featured in Science Grid This Week |
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NCMIR’s electron tomography reveals ultrastructural details about how a phytoplankton adapts to changes in light intensity |
Studies of mouse models of human disease helped by NCMIR’s large-scale imaging expertise |
2005
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October 2005 — NCMIR researcher wins second and eighth place in the Nikon International Small World Competition |
October 2005 — Quantum Dots allow NCMIR scientists image cellular and subcellular detail from a single preparation |
July 2005 — 3NCMIR and Salk Researchers “animate” synaptic transmission |
June 2005 — 3D Mouse Model Reveals Complex Structures of the Node of Ranvier |
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February 2005 — Tomography Method Improves Resolution in Thick Samples |
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2004
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September 2004 — Astrocytes Limit CNS Regeneration |
September 2004 — BioWall Displays Whole Brain Images |
February 2004 — Nitric Oxide and Zinc Demolish Overexcited Neurons |
November 2004 — Purkinje Cell's Microenvironment May Be Regulated by Cerebellar Structure |
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April 2004 — Astrocytes Change During Postnatal Brain Development |
2003
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September 2003 — NCMIR Scientist Places in Nikon's Small World competition |
July 2003 — EM Tomography Emerges as a Useful Tool for Studying the Nervous System |
July 2003 — Relationship of Astrocytes to Laminar Boundaries in the Adult Brain Examined |
2002
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September 2002 — NCMIR Scientist Wins First in Nikon's Small World Competition |
February 2002 — Connexin Trafficking Imaged Through Multicolor and Electron Microscopy |
February 2002 — Synaptic Carbohydrate Antigen Plays Key Role in Neuromuscular Synapse Development |
2001
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November 2001 — NCMIR Pioneers Use of Eosin for Fluorescence Photooxidation as a Staining Technique |
June 2001 — 3D Image of Dendritic Spines Provides New Information on the Actin Cytoskeleton |
