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How do immune cells enter tissues to protect the body?

Immune cells can move within our body, even between firmly attached cells. How do they overcome these impediments? Studying fruit fly embryos, we have...

Can robots teach us about animal flight?

Animal flight has fascinated people since eternity. Birds, bats, and insects all perform breath-taking aerobatic maneuvers when perching on a wind-swayed tree...

The Dark Side of Love

Lab-life: the afternoon siesta of the fruit fly