cell & molecular biology, history

In 1992, advancements in microscopy zoomed in on the precise architecture of the complex, including unforeseen structural repetition in two halves of the ring.

A spring cleaning led to the rediscovery of Theodor Boveri’s microscope slides, presumed lost during World War II.

War and justice brought together two of the greatest minds of the 20th century, a scientist and a writer.

In Chapter 20, “On the Same Path,” author Sean Carroll describes the initial meeting between Nobel Laureates Jacques Monod and Albert Camus.

The first electron microscope to peer into an intact cell ushers in the new field of cell biology.

Take a tour through the revolutionary menthod's past, present, and future.

The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.

A guide to free software for constructing and assessing species relationships

When European explorers and fishermen began to frequent Canada’s shores in the 16th century, they brought with them a plethora of tools and trinkets, including knives, axes, kettles, and blankets. 

“This is my trophy,” says biologist Michael Edidin, walking across his office at Johns Hopkins University to pick up two oversized clock hands, once part of the stately clock tower that still stands on the Baltimore campus.