Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell’s ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves.

Plants don't just grow, they build. From towering trees to delicate flowers, complex plant shapes are sculpted with ...

These tiny shape shifts allow cells to divide, move ... drives critical biological processes, including wound healing and embryo development. However, scientists face challenges in fully ...

MIT scientists used light to control how a starfish egg cell jiggles and moves during its earliest stage of development.

Engineered starfish oocytes shape-shift in response to light, may enable the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for ...

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...

Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.

As the cell proceeds through the ... of condensin protein complexes enable this process. To understand how this looping eventually gives rise to rod-shaped chromosomes, the researchers built ...

Life takes shape with the motion of a single cell ... She is particularly interested in symmetry, and the processes that govern how cells follow or break symmetry as they grow and divide.