A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the ...

Cells are enveloped by a lipid membrane that gives them structure and provides a barrier between the cell and its environment ...

Researchers shifted the focus to the internal properties of the membrane itself, specifically its viscosity, highlighting its critical role in controlling deformation and dynamics during essential ...

Temporarily disabling a protein complex that organizes DNA into loops inside the cell's nucleus drastically disrupted the ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

When oil is dropped in water, the oil droplets stay separate. Cells can also use a system like this to separate or gather ...

Even after decades of peering into cells, biologists are still finding surprises. In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, ...

Jasmine Plummer shares the spatial omics techniques she has developed to investigate the cellular processes underlying ...