Prior to using this narrative, have learners create their own model of a cell in their notebooks using whatever background information or experience they might have. While exploring the narrative, ...

HHMI's Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, brings together teams of scientists to unlock the fundamentals of biology. By nurturing careers, influencing environments, and collaborating ...

What am I looking at? Here we see the face and head of a Solygia sulcatifrons mantis (1) with a tiny Bolbe pigmea (2) mantis perched on its head.. Biology in the Background. These two mantises are a ...

What am I looking at? This is an image of several pollen grains infected with parasitic fungi sitting on the stigma of a mallow flower. The larger grains are from the mallow (1) and the smaller grains ...

Measure and monitor HHMI’s institutional greenhouse gas emissions at the two campuses we operate and look for strategies on greenhouse gas reduction at both campuses. Harness the tremendous community ...

What am I looking at? This is the head and upper thorax of a thistle mantis (Blepharopsis mendica).You can see its characteristic striped eyes (1), its antennae (2), its large claw-like front legs (3) ...

What am I looking at? This is a colored scanning electron microscopy image of Streptococcus pyogenese bacteria being engulfed by a human neutrophil. The bacteria are yellow (1) and the neutrophil is ...

Imagine going to the dentist with this set of teeth! These are teeth located on a snail’s “tongue,” or radula, also called a rasper, which is constantly licking the ground to scrape up and transport ...

Beauty is all around us. It is everywhere our eyes can see – in the breathtaking majesty of snowcapped mountains, in the tranquil shores of tropical beaches, and in the faces of those we love. But ...

This narrative could be used in conjunction with the HHMI BioInteractive activity module “The Immune System,” to supplement the animations and illustrations here.; Consider using the images in this ...

Igor Siwanowicz is a research scientist at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus. He earned his PhD at the Max Planck Institute in Germany in structural biochemistry, but his love for animals and nature, as ...

Cell division is the process of a single cell turning into two nearly identical copies of itself. To do this, the original cell needs to make copies of all its cellular components, including its DNA.