• How FtsZ-rings get shov­eled to mid­cell in vitro

    Pic­tures Con­sid­ered #61 by Christoph — The last thirty years have been an "eye-open­ing" jour­ney for mi­cro­bial cell bio­logists, quite li­ter­al­ly. I am, of course, talk­ing about fluores­cent la­bel­ing of in­di­vi­dual cell com­ponents and the non‑invasive ob­ser­va­tion of their "be­havior" in liv­ing bac­ter­ial cells. Just re­cent­ly, I con­sider­ed a vi­deo clip about Vib­rio cho­lerae har­poon­ing DNA. Now again a video clip, about...