„Circle of life“
Text written by Jana Culej and Jelena Ban, Faculty of Biotechnology and Drug Development, University of Rijeka
Fibroblasts are cells of the connective tissue and are one of the most commonly used cell models for investigating migration, proliferation and adhesion. They can also be successfully reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) with potential application in regenerative medicine. The picture shows a meningeal fibroblast with fluorescently labeled vimentin, intermediate filament protein of the cell cytoskeleton (red), actin microfilaments (green), while the DNA in the cell nucleus is marked in blue.
Jana Culej is a Master’s student of the graduate university study program “Biotechnology in Medicine” of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Drug Development (FABRI), and her supervisor, Assoc. Prof. Jelena Ban at the Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology (FABRI) is investigating development and regeneration of the nervous system using neural stem cells.