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This short video explores how a baby’s microbiome is established during birth.

This video describes how scientists silence different genes in regenerating planaria to study the process of regeneration at the molecular level.

This film tells the story of the ecologists who first documented the role of keystone species in ecosystem regulation.

This video shows a technique used to obtain detailed images of nerve cells by fluorescent microscopy.

This animation shows how a region of the brain called the cerebral cortex develops in a human fetus.

This animation shows how the cancer treatment Gleevec inhibits the cancer-causing protein BCR-ABL.

Dr. Jason Biggs of the University of Guam Marine Laboratory discusses the anatomy of cone snails and introduces us to a variety of cone snail species with different tactics to hunt and capture their prey.

This video provides a demonstration of bioluminescent bacteria glowing in the dark.

This animation explores the LUX operon, a set of five genes that are involved in bacterial bioluminescence.

This animation shows how the drug Prialt suppresses signals from the nervous system, which can paralyze certain organisms.

This animation shows how cone snail toxins cause paralysis by blocking signal transmission at the synapse between neuron and muscle.

Mice can be trained to use spatial cues to navigate a maze that tests their ability to remember specific locations.