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    Sticky stem cells

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    Like a group of barnacles hanging onto a rock, these human cells hang onto a matrix coated glass slide. Actin stress fibers, stained magenta, and the protein vinculin, stained green, make this adhesion possible. The fibroblast nuclei are stained blue.
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    Internal NoteFrom: Andres J. Garcia [mailto:andres.garcia@me.gatech.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 12:43 PM To: Piergrossi, Joe (NIH/NIGMS) [C] Subject: RE: We'd like to feature your work on an NIH research news digest Importance: High Hi Joe, Attached is the high quality image and edits on the write-up. Best and thanks Andrés J. García, Ph.D. Woodruff Professor Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience Georgia Institute of Technology 2310 IBB Building 315 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0363 phone: 404-894-9384 fax: 404-385-1397 email: andres.garcia@me.gatech.edu url: http://www.garcialab.gatech.edu/ Admin. Assistant: Deidra Johnson, 404-894-7406 From: Piergrossi, Joe (NIH/NIGMS) [C] [mailto:joe.piergrossi@nih.gov] Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 10:37 AM To: andres.garcia@me.gatech.edu Subject: We'd like to feature your work on an NIH research news digest Dear Dr. García, We?d like to include a brief summary of your recent work in the May issue of the NIGMS monthly e-newsletter Biomedical Beat. Please review the attached summary and send me comments by Friday, May 10. Also, if available, please send me a high-resolution version of the attached image and let me know if it?s OK to feature this in our collection of research-related images at http://images.nigms.nih.gov/. When we post images in this gallery, we grant users permission to use them for educational, news media, or research purposes, provided that users credit the source of the image, i.e. you or whomever you indicate. We would very much like to add your striking image to this public repository, so please let me know if you give us permission to do so. The text below will accompany the image as an extended caption. We?d like to know as well, to what are the fibroblast cells in the image adhering? Thanks! Joe Piergrossi [C], Science Writing Intern National Institute of General Medical Sciences
    KeywordsStructure
    SourceAnkur Singh and Andrés García, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Date2013-05-20 00:00:00
    Credit LineAnkur Singh and Andrés García, Georgia Institute of Technology
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    Record TypePhotograph
    Topic Area(s);#Cells;#
    Previous UsesFeatured in the May 16, 2013 issue of Biomedical Beat.
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