@sean_hami @mcammer1 Thanks! The little blue tips are the bacterial DNA (the bacteria are extracellular), and the pink is their receptor that they inject into the host cell. Pedestals help with cell to cell spread (full story here if you're interested: …
@ineslsdelgado These are probably* Caco-2 cells stained with a ZO-1 antibody to label tight junctions (red hot LUT) and phalloidin to stain F-actin (orange LUT). *this image is from ~2016; I Halloween-ified it a few years ago and didn’t save details. Fro…
RT @KatrinaVelle: 8/31 Here is an extracellular macrocolony of pathogenic E. coli (dark tic tac shapes), expanding over a cell junction. Li…
8/31 Here is an extracellular macrocolony of pathogenic E. coli (dark tic tac shapes), expanding over a cell junction. Literally, invasion of the microvilli snatchers. #microscreepy Want to know more? Original, non-purple movie here: https://t.co/5Pgkd…