Four continents, twenty teams
Twenty teams from US, Europe, Asia, and Australia have signed up to compete in the Dicty World Race. Besides Dicty…
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NIGMS Biobeat: Interview With a Slime Mold: Racing for New Knowledge
The World Cell Race, history of Dictyostelium research and Dicty’s versatile behaviors were covered through an interview with the slime mold by NGIMS Biobeats published August 24, 2016. Read the full article here: https://biobeat.nigms.nih.gov/2016/08/interview-with-a-slime-mold-racing-for-new-knowledge/
Phys.org: In worldwide chemotaxis competition, researchers race cell lines to the finish line
Neutrophil-like cells must balance speed against chemotactic accuracy to win a chemotaxis maze race in the inaugural Dicty World Races, a worldwide competition, according to a study published June 22, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Monica Skoge from Princeton University, Daniel Irmia from the Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-06-worldwide-chemotaxis-competition-cell-lines.html#jCp
The Wire: A Sport That Races Amoeba Around a Maze – for Science
Racing amoeba across a microscopic maze is no doubt fun, but the reason scientists around the world are spending time and effort to breed the perfect contestants is because of its implications for disease and healing. Read the full article here: http://thewire.in/45049/a-sport-that-races-amoeba-around-a-maze-for-science/
Improbable Research: Insiders’ Tell-All About the Dicty World Races
Scientists are not above, nor are they below, indulging in the sport of racing. This new study tells how a bunch of scientists arranged for a bunch of cells to race. Read the full article here: http://www.improbable.com/2016/06/25/insiders-tell-all-about-the-dicty-world-races/
Video in Science: Scientists race cells in worldwide competition
In new study, published today in PLOS ONE, scientists from around the globe participated in the Dicty World Race, a competition that challenges researchers to design cells that can navigate across an artificial maze as quickly as possible. On race day, 14 teams injected specially modified version of two cell lines, Dictyostelium (or Dicty) and HL60, which are commonly used to study cell movement (known as chemotaxis), into a 1-millimeter-long silicone-based maze underneath a powerful microscope. Read the full article here: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/video-scientists-race-cells-worldwide-competition
ASCB: The Crowd Roars as World Dicty Cell Race Returns
ASBC covered the excitement about and concerns behind the second Dicty World Race. This race is expected to have more engineered cells to better understand cell taxis. Between the potential to learn more about cell motility and to translate strategies to therapeutics for sepsis, the cell race is a thrilling and educational opportunity.
The full article can be found here: http://www.ascb.org/crowd-roars-world-dicty-cell-race-returns-2/
Dicty video chosen for Scientist Image of the Day
Video of amoebae of the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum as they make their way through a maze as part of a worldwide chemotaxis race selected for the Scientist Image of the Day. Read the full article here: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/46347/title/Image-of-the-Day–Mold-Maze/
Cell Race Published in PLOS One
In worldwide chemotaxis competition, researchers race cell lines to the finish line
Neutrophil-like cells balance speed against accuracy to race through microfluidic mazes.
While much remains to be learned about chemotaxis and cell migration, the authors hope that future races will be a fun-spirited approach to continue investigating cell motility and chemotaxis on a large-scale, as well as to provide further insight into relevant areas of research.
Read the full article here: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/p-iwc061616.php
Read the publication here: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0154491