Microglia cells producing engineered receptors. (IMAGE)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Microglia cells producing engineered receptors.

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Rouven Schulz made microglia cells – part of the immune system in the brain – produce a certain G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) by infecting it with a specially designed virus from ISTA’s Virus Services. By applying an immunofluorescence staining (magenta), he made the receptors on the cell surface visible. He also colored the cell nuclei blue with another dye.

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© Rouven Schulz / ISTA

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