Spectacular progress has been made in our understanding of the physical processes that underlie the functions and mechanisms of cytoskeletal proteins. For example, the atomic structures of actin ...

A research team at Kumamoto University has developed a groundbreaking deep learning-based method for analyzing the cytoskeleton—the structural framework inside cells—more accurately and efficiently ...

Nathan Blow looks at some of the technologies used by cell biologists to unlock the mysteries of cell migration. As people move from place to place to carry out daily activities, within their ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

In the study, Troyanovsky and members of his laboratory observed the formation of adherens junctions in cultured cells using specifically designed mutated cell lines that allowed them to detect early ...

New research sheds light on one of the biggest questions in biology: where did complex life come from? The answer may lie ...

In this interview Prof. Dr. Kristina Kusche-Vihrog speaks about the nanomechanics of living cells and their implications for ...

In 2015, researchers examining deep-sea sediments near the underwater volcano Loki discovered gene fragments indicating a new ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. “Focus has been on how cells become mechanosensitive, how cell adhesion became mechanosensitive through the recruitment of mechanosensitive ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

ETH researchers discovered related structures in Asgard archaea and describe their structure. These experiments show that ...

A recent study published in Nature Chemistry introduces an artificial cytoskeleton designed to provide mechanical support and regulate membrane dynamics in synthetic cell platforms. This system ...