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Year of the Fish<br />
More often than not, zebrafish are regarded as aquarium pets with exotically colored fins to decorate<br />
your home. But in the science community, zebrafish are considered a unique and highly regenerative<br />
animal model that can regenerate their own fins, skin, heart, bone, and even neurons. In Dr. Gage<br />
Crump’s lab, I study the zebrafish model to explore possible regenerative solutions to cranial synostosis<br />
and other birth defects. Part of our experimental procedures include fluorescent imaging, and here<br />
is an image of a zebrafish fluorescently tagged for a gene encoding bone formation. I formatted the<br />
fluorescent colors to USC colors to highlight all the amazing research our university is pioneering.<br />
- Camilla Teng
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