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Cover: GFP-CTPS and Flag-tagged CTPS form filaments together in Drosophila ovaries, from a study by Simonet and colleagues. This image shows confocal sections of two Drosophila ovarioles stained with an antibody to Flag and Dapi, which shows that the GFP tagged CTPS and the Flag-tagged CTPS form filaments together in Drosophila ovaries. Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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Interview – Savant Thakur
Savant Thakur was a Ph.D. student in Professor Gordon S. Lynch’s lab (The University of Melbourne) working towards understanding the mechanisms of defective muscle repair in muscle diseases and wasting disorders. Sadly, Savant passed away on June 16, 2019 and so one of his supervisors, Professor Lynch, spoke to BiO about Savant's work and character.
A day in the life of a returning spider lab
Back in 2016, two PhD students in Alistair McGregor’s lab at Oxford Brookes shared a day in the life of a spider lab on the Node. Four years and one pandemic later, we caught up with Alistair to find out how his lab has responded to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.