Cilia are evolutionarily conserved, microtubule-based organelles that project from the surface of most eukaryotic cells and play a central role in sensing ...

Researchers at Leipzig University and TU Dresden have succeeded in developing biological switches that can selectively turn ion channels on and off using light pulses. Initial applications show that ...

Cancer scientist Professor Stephen Tait has been awarded the Hooke Medal by the British Society of Cell Biology (BSCB) for his contribution to the field ...

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer ...

The Ocean Science Lecture Series is a free series that provides a forum for the community to learn about the important research at the FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and around the world.

Cells actively help to capture and incorporate influenza viruses. Here, a cell is shown, with a virus in the center of the image. Credit: Emma Hyde / ETH Zurich Scientists have captured an ...

A research team has found that specific immune cells can connect with muscle fibers in a lightning-fast, neuron-like way to promote healing. These cells deliver quick pulses of calcium, triggering ...

Many winners of the annual Lasker Awards have gone on to win a Nobel Prize in medicine or other fields. Lucy Shapiro of Stanford University was honored for her 55-year career investigating how ...

At first glance, biology and quantum technology seem incompatible. Living systems operate in warm, noisy environments full of constant motion—while quantum technology often requires extreme isolation ...

How do you currently identify and select cells for further growth, characterization and processing? Many available cell-selection technologies lack the sensitivity necessary to preserve cell health ...

Center for Molecular Medicine, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States Departments of ...