cell biology

Hair-coloring stem cells must swing back and forth between their maturity states to give hair its color.

Microscopes were inaccessible to most of the world until Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski put their engineering prowess to the test.

The sea slug has helped scientists in their quest to understand how neurons encode memories.

By coloring different organelles simultaneously, cell painting allows scientists to pick up subtle changes in cell function in response to drugs and other perturbations.

To support thousands of incoming connections, neurons use sophisticated transportation networks for delivering mRNA to faraway regions.

Technological advancements over the last two decades transformed volume electron microscopy, improving usability, resolution, and throughput.

A series of technological advancements for automation and parallel imaging made volume electron microscopy more user friendly while increasing throughput.

To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.

A newly discovered way to induce scarless healing in mice depends on a highly conserved signaling pathway that is also present in humans.

From stem cell-recruiting gels to hormone cycle restoration, Tracy Criswell has big ideas about how to combat age-related decline in muscle regeneration.

Mark Emerson shares his secret for establishing a fruitful research experience for students and mentors alike.

MINFLUX brought record-breaking resolution to fluorescence microscopy in 2016. A new version perfected for protein tracking came out this spring.

An artificial intelligence tool, scGPT, can identify cell types, predict the effects of disrupting genes, and pinpoint which genes interact with each other.

Skin moles that sprout thick, long hairs produce signaling molecules that stimulate hair follicle stem cells to initiate new hair growth. This discovery may make baldness a thing of the past.