cell & molecular biology

The Nobel laureate was the first to identify an enzyme moving material across the cell membrane.

The finding confirms that a cluster of cells that directs the fate of other cells in the developing embryo is evolutionarily conserved across the animal kingdom.

Moderate ultraviolet light exposure boosts the brainpower of mice thanks to increased production of the neurotransmitter glutamate.  

With open-source software and Lego hardware, researchers have created a low-cost, automated method for cellular fluorescence microscopy.

3-D balls of cells can be used to screen for potential cancer drugs.

Injecting molecules from a sea slug that received tail shocks into one that didn’t made the recipient animal behave more cautiously. 

The microbiologist was known for his work on bacterial antibiotic resistance and infectious disease.

The young UT Southwestern professor studied cell fate in yeast and was about to publish the first results from his lab.

The parasitic plant manages to go without a component of mitochondria found in all other multicellular life forms.

The reproductive biologist uncovered hormones important for fertility cycles.

Unsuccessful attempts to reproduce the results of a 2015 study reporting that C. elegans orient themselves by Earth’s magnetic field spark debate among researchers.

A magnetically controlled device could have applications in studies of cell biology and biophysics.

Proteins and RNA aggregate into “membraneless organelles” due to liquid-liquid phase separation.

The neuronal coverings that mediate synaptic changes are involved in everything from memory to psychiatric disorders, affecting autism, Alzheimer’s, and addiction.

Researchers identify antibacterial functions of cell death in Arabidopsis when the plant is infected with Pseudomonas.  

The cells on one side of each wool fiber are longer than the cells on the other, researchers find. 

A new technique could allow researchers to better understand bacteria-host interactions over the course of an infection.

Researchers pinpoint a protein that can metabolize at least one of the insecticides, highlighting a route to identifying compounds that are friendlier to the critical pollinators.

The structure has a stress-resilient architecture reminiscent of suspension bridges.