Tari Parmely is the head of the Tissue Culture Core Laboratory and of media prep, histology, and electron microscopy at the Stowers Institute.

Problem: Alterations in the proteome—including changes in protein expression, function, or localization—play a significant role in the development of cancer and other diseases.

Scientists can now grow 3-D models of various organs from stem cells, creating new ways to study disease

The first perovskite solar cells could go on the market next year, and some have been reported to capture 20 percent of the sun’s energy

The researchers found that the sedentary mice lost structures that are important in the auditory system—hair cells and strial capillaries—at a much higher rate than their exercising counterparts

Scientists have now for the first time identified a sub-region in the brain that works to form a particular kind of memory: fear-associated with a specific environmental cue or “contextual fear memory”

Findings could help to trigger new applications of drugs for diagnostics and develop new materials

“Our most important finding is that the Boron isotope ratios are highly variable, indicating that the source of carbon within the mantle changed with geological time on Earth” 

 The surprising relationship between ocean spray, bacteria, and the weather

Bacteria can convert mercury, which occurs naturally in the soil, to methylmercury when the land is flooded, such as when dams are built for hydroelectric power generation

The team led by Sami Nabhan of the Freie Universität Berlin studied ancient rock formations from South Africa's Barberton greenstone belt

NSF-funded project will allow people to test water, share results