This discovery could help engineer living materials into different forms, such as the custom of growing bridges from roots in India, and breeding kale so it’s smooth instead of crinkly.

Cell biologists have long known that mechanical forces, such as tension and compression, influence tissue differentiation. Now, advanced methods are letting them observe and manipulate these forces in...

How cells clean house across the eukaryotic tree of life. Autophagy & cellular quality control at Heidelberg University.

Highlighted Article: In Arabidopsis stomatal cells, SPEECHLESS persists into maturing guard cells where its balance with FAMA is essential for guard cell development. Transcriptomic and genetic analys...

Doctoral Researchers (30 positions) in various disciplines at the University of Helsinki, Finland

In native environments, organisms are faced with an array of acute or chronic stresses. These stresses include toxins, pathogens, and physical inju...

Noboru Mizushima is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Tokyo, Japan, where he runs a laboratory studying the mechanisms and physiological functions of autophagy and o...

Lanna and colleagues discover extracellular vesicle-mediated transfer of telomeres from antigen-presenting cells to T cells, which enables elongation of chromosomes, protection against replicative sen...

Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality rates expected to rise

Plant biologist Jill Farrant hopes “desiccation-tolerant” species can teach her how to make crops more resilient

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow to join the University of Nottingham at the Sutton Bonington Campus working as part of a team to deliver a project awarded by Leverhulme Trust to understand plant performance and climate feedback...

理研らの共同研究グループは、植物が傷付いたときなどに組織を再生させる能力のスイッチとして働くWIND1という転写因子が、将来どのような細胞や組織になるかという発生運命を転換する制御原理を発見しました。