2012 Small World In Motion Competition

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Honorable Mention

2012 Small World In Motion Competition

Imaging of the formation of the anterior hindbrain from a flat sheet of neural plate cells in a zebrafish embryo

Fengzhu Xiong

Affiliation
Harvard Medical School
Department of Systems Biology
Megason Lab
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Technique

Confocal Time-lapse

Magnifaction
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The video demonstrates the formation of the anterior hindbrain from a flat sheet of neural plate cells in a zebrafish embryo. In particular, we view the patterns of the nervous system, which are important for understanding human disease.  Membrane and nuclear fluorescent proteins were used to label the cells.