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Elsy Buitrago-Delgado knows the importance of location in a spatial context. She wants to use new imaging technology to map the spatial distribution of thousands of RNA molecules in mouse embryos during their first few days of development. These molecules contain instructions for making proteins, which, in turn, guide cellular behavior. Buitrago-Delgado hopes to show how RNA quantity and spatial distribution – within and between cells – helps shape the magnificent choreography of embryonic development.