Meet some of the people featured in the February 2016 issue of The Scientist.

Plants can’t run away from attackers, so they’ve evolved unique immune defenses to protect themselves.

Nucleic acid aptamers and protein scaffolds could change the way researchers study biological processes and treat disease.

Facing problems of inconsistent, time-consuming, and costly antibody production, some researchers are turning to alternatives to target specific proteins of interest, in the lab and in the clinic.