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  • 800800496953400400273972002006066PublicAssets/5887This fiery image doesn’t come from inside a bubbling volcano. Instead, it shows animal cells caught in the act of making bubbles, or blebbing. Some cells regularly pinch off parts of their membranes to produce bubbles filled with a mix of proteins and fats. The bubbles (red) are called plasma-derived membrane vesicles, or PMVs, and can travel to other parts of the body where they may aid in cell-cell communication. The University of Texas, Austin, researchers responsible for this photo are exploring ways to use PMVs to deliver medicines to precise locations in the body.<br></br> This image, entered in the Biophysical Society’s 2017 Art of Science Image contest, used two-channel spinning disk confocal fluorescence microscopy. It was also featured in the <a href="https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2017/05/11/snapshots-of-life-biological-bubble-machine/">NIH Director’s Blog</a> in May 2017. Jeanne Stachowiak, University of Texas at AustinChi Zhao, David Busch, Connor Vershel, Jeanne Stachowiak, University of Texas at AustinPhotograph

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    Plasma-Derived Membrane Vesicles

    This fiery image doesn’t come from inside a bubbling volcano. Instead, it shows animal cells caught in the act of making bubbles, or blebbing. Some cells regularly pinch off parts of their membranes to produce bubbles filled with a mix of proteins and fats. The bubbles (red) are called plasma-derived membrane vesicles, or PMVs, and can travel to other parts of the body where they may aid in cell-cell communication. The University of Texas, Austin, researchers responsible for this photo are exploring ways to use PMVs to deliver medicines to precise locations in the body.

    This image, entered in the Biophysical Society’s 2017 Art of Science Image contest, used two-channel spinning disk confocal fluorescence microscopy. It was also featured in the NIH Director’s Blog in May 2017.

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    Jeanne Stachowiak, University of Texas at Austin

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    Chi Zhao, David Busch, Connor Vershel, Jeanne Stachowiak, University of Texas at Austin

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    Photograph

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    5887

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