techniques, cell & molecular biology

Quantum dots, typically used in imaging, also relay temperature changes within a cell.

A new, genetically encoded tag for electron microscopy may revolutionize studies of specific proteins in cells and tissues.

Editor’s Choice in Plant Biology

Using the strongest molecular binding partnership in biology to separate different cell types.

Isolating specific cell types from a mass of plant or animal tissue is laborious and tricky. 

A UK panel puts forth guidelines for research that use experimental animals harboring human cells and tissues.

A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in genomics, genetics, and related areas, from Faculty of 1000

A method for precise gene editing is able to change disease-causing point mutations in human stem cell DNA.

Editor’s Choice in Structural Biology

New compounds are showing promise in targeting subpopulations of cancer stem cells.

The challenges of crystallizing membrane proteins—and how they’re being overcome.

Institut Curie researchers Bruno Goud, a biologist, and Patricia Bassereau, a physicist, talk about their fruitful, decade-long collaboration exploring the physics of membrane trafficking in a Skype interview conducted by Associate Editor Richard P. Grant.

Tricks for probing a cell’s moving parts

The researchers who aided in the development of the ubiquitous green florescent protein as a tool for cell and molecular biology have taken home this year's chemistry prize.