The September issue of featured research from Marija Zanic and colleagues on the cover. The image is a montage of dynamic microtubule extensions (teal) grown in vitro from stabilized microtubule seeds (red). https://t.co/1isJEC3Tqk

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Happy 4th of July - here are some cellular fireworks!

This oligodendrocyte is actively growing its microtubules. It's expressing fluorescent EB3, a protein that binds to the plus ends of microtubules and shows that most microtubules have directed growth away from the cell body.

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My next highlights findings of the cool from the Adam Martin's Lab showing how force transmits in folding tissue: the actomyosin network needs to party with microtubules.
https://t.co/gk8ZoU3zVg

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Kinesin-5 reversing out of microtubule traffic jams in - one of the 20 new maps in this week
https://t.co/Eh1gFXgddG

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