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Researchers use imaging to show how actin fibers tilt and then swirl to create left-right asymmetry in the cell.

In addition to isolating the first protein-coding gene from a eukaryote, Kedes furthered scientists’ understanding of actin genes and also laid the foundations for modern DNA databases such as GenBank.

The biologist’s undergraduate-centered lab allows students to play a meaningful role in research.

See the winners of the American Society for Cell Biology’s fluorescence imaging competition.

Microtubules need actin to disassemble focal adhesions, allowing for cell movement.

Zooming in on the ovarioles of Drosophila could reveal links between muscles, nutrition, and the development of eggs.

The University of Kansas professor is also known for her leadership among early-career researchers.

Researchers made a synthetic cell that can photosynthesize and make proteins crucial for cellular structure. 

Researchers are looking at actin polymerization and calcium uptake in human cells to study mitochondrial division.

Human embryonic kidney cells use actin cytoskeletal networks to organize proteins on the surfaces of cell membranes.

The dissection of how cells sense and propagate physical forces is leading to exciting new tools and discoveries in mechanobiology and mechanomedicine.

Physical forces propagate from the outside of cells inward and vice versa.

This collective migration, called durotaxis, depends on which cells get the best grip on a surface.

Applying a mechanical force that pulls on a cell stretches chromatin, facilitating transcription, scientists show.

Actin—the bones of the cell—has a preference for swirling into a counterclockwise pattern.

Cytoskeleton specialist Alan Hall was best known for unpacking the roles of Rho GTPases.   

Technique allows researchers to see the inner workings of cellular scaffolding molecules actin and tubulin.

Clathrin-mediated endocytosis shuts down during mitosis in eukaryotic cells because all of the required actin is hoarded by the cytoskeleton.

Researchers show that cells may have evolved to be small because of gravitational forces.