Transport across membranes All cells are enclosed by a cell membrane, which is selectively permeable. Molecules can move into or out of cells by diffusion and active transport. Cells can gain or ...

As researchers working in both cell biology and systems biology ... and processes involved in subcellular compartmentalization, membrane trafficking and cytoskeletal regulation.

Membrane-bound organelles were the textbook ... What I finally saw in those blobs opened my eyes to a whole new world of cell ...

Breakthrough study in Nature Materials reveals DNA nanorafts reshape synthetic cells for controlled membrane dynamics and ...

Cell membrane - a flexible outer layer that surrounds ... I cut and sell meat over the counter to the public. Biology was probably my favourite subject funnily enough. I've always been fascinated ...

Zwitterions sound likes a distant cousin of Twitter (X), but in fact they are a common macromolecule found in human cells. Scientists at the University of Sydney are also now using Zwitterions to ...

The Brandeis Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) Program offers a uniquely collaborative, nurturing, supportive and close-knit community conducting internationally recognized research at the frontiers of ...

The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

The findings, published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ... encased in long membrane tubes to form filopodia, which must be strong enough to protrude beyond the cell and yet malleable ...

These membrane contacts regulate processes ... "I'm of the mind that if you want to learn new biology, just look at cells," Acevedo-Sánchez says. "Manipulating the organelle that establishes ...