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Developmental geneticist Liliana Solnica-Krezel speaks with visitors touring Washington University’s zebrafish facility on Friday. The large tanks on the left hold algae and small freshwater organisms called rotifers – food for the young zebrafish.

The tall metal units at the rear of this photo are robotic feeders. The 20 robotic feeding units in the new facility roll along tracks between the shelves of fish tanks, scanning barcodes that tell them how much food to dispense into each tank.

Liliana Solnica-Krezel, who spearheaded the building of the new Washington University facility, looks through a microscope at some two-hour-old zebrafish eggs, whose image is projected on the screen behind her.

A close-up view of the magnified, two-hour-old zebrafish eggs.

The Washington University zebrafish research facility can hold 7,000 tanks of fish, allowing researchers to conduct large, collaborative experiments and complete their research projects more quickly.