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For example, the first genetic knockout lines have been generated. In addition, with the recent development of the PrImR (Profiling by Image Registration) resource, Platynereis has become the first animal model for which gene expression profiling data can be obtained in cellular resolution for the whole organism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This image shows that life scientists often also have a sense for art: Paola coloured the same six-day-old <em>Platynereis dumerilii <\/em>she observed under the microscope in six different colours. The visible stains in the image correspond to a gene that is expressed specifically in muscles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit: Paola Bertucci\/EMBL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a stunning picture of your science, your lab or your site, you can submit it <a href=\"mailto:mathias.jaeger@embl.org\">here<\/a>.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paola Bertucci, from the Arendt Group at EMBL Heidelberg, studies the evolution of Platynereis dumerilii \u2013 a species of annelid polychaete worm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":22187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,17591],"tags":[417,926,11022,911],"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-22179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-picture-of-the-week","category-science-technology","tag-arendt","tag-platynereis-dumerilii","tag-spotlight","tag-worm"],"acf":{"article_intro":"","featured":false,"article_sources":false,"related_links":false,"color":"#193f90"},"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Artistic life sciences | EMBL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Platynereis dumerilii \u2013 a species of annelid polychaete worm \u2013 is ideal for many biological studies.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/picture-of-the-week\/potw2013\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Artistic life sciences | EMBL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Platynereis dumerilii \u2013 a species of annelid polychaete worm \u2013 is ideal for many biological studies.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/picture-of-the-week\/potw2013\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EMBL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/embl.org\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-31T07:00:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-22T10:24:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/potw2013_highres-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mathias J\u00e4ger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@embl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@embl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mathias J\u00e4ger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/picture-of-the-week\/potw2013\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/picture-of-the-week\/potw2013\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mathias J\u00e4ger\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/63a0ca26daa6707834de41dfddfc6a42\"},\"headline\":\"Artistic life sciences\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-31T07:00:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-22T10:24:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/picture-of-the-week\/potw2013\/\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/picture-of-the-week\/potw2013\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/potw2013_highres-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"arendt\",\"platynereis dumerilii\",\"spotlight\",\"worm\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Picture of the week\",\"Science &amp; 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