CCBScope Observatory: Forms and Motility of Non-Canonical Sperm

Sperm are among the most diverse cell types in nature, evolved to function—often—outside the body that produced them. Building on a rich literature of in vitro studies of sperm behavior, we aim to uncover how non-canonical sperm forms—such as the unusually large “giant” sperm of Drosophila and the corkscrew-shaped sperm of certain plants—are constructed and how they move, both individually and collectively, within their native environments.

See example in Nature Physics.