cell biology, cell & molecular biology

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A selection of notable quotes from the annual American Society for Cell Biology meeting

The push toward translational research was a much-discussed topic at the annual American Society for Cell Biology meeting.

Elaine Fuchs and Craig Venter touted the promise of stem cell research at the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting.

Membrane twists connect stacked endoplasmic reticulum sheets.

Scientists who dared to waste their time looking at the midbody, a remnant of cell division, have catapulted the organelle to new prominence.

The causes of a cell’s three-dimensional structure remain a fundamental mystery of cell biology.

Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology at the University of Texas at Austin, John Wallingford, makes his living using cutting-edge microscopic techniques to watch developmental events unfold in real time.