green fluorescent protein

The G-baToN prototype transfers GFP between cells, illuminating cell-cell contacts.

The 90-year-old marine biologist won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his isolation of green fluorescent protein.

Researchers uncover the central role of a protein linked to Fragile X Syndrome in mice, one of the leading causes of autism and intellectual disability.

Researchers have used a modified rabies virus and fluorescent proteins to tag individual nerve cells in the mouse visual cortex. 

Roger Tsien R.I.P., predatory publishing, and diversity in science

Four independent research groups develop techniques for visualizing peptide production in living cells.

From confocal fluorescence microscopy to super-resolution and live 3-D imaging, microscopes have changed rapidly since 1986.

Newly developed techniques from four different groups rely on the same basic steps to track translation in live cells.

One of the pioneers in developing fluorescent proteins for biological studies was 64 years old.

Whole-animal, light-based imaging of infected small mammals

A guide for doing in vivo microscopy on neurons in the mammalian brain

The Japanese freshwater eel is the first vertebrate found to produce a fluorescent protein, which may prove useful in the clinic.

How to track RNA in living cells

Now RNA can glow in the cell, as only proteins could in the past.

There is definitely no shortage of technological innovation in the life sciences.

Researchers design patterns of fluorescent protein expression to deliver secret messages.

Genetically engineered fish may one day help detect estrogen-like chemicals in consumer products and aquatic habitats.

The researchers who aided in the development of the ubiquitous green florescent protein as a tool for cell and molecular biology have taken home this year's chemistry prize.