Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells, which form a barrier that defends the body from the outside ...

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 ...

Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN) is a rare, genetic neurodegenerative disorder in which large nerve fibers in the brain (axons) ...

Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This 'barrier' tissue performs its function thanks to specialized structures called 'junctions'. They ensure cell cohesion and regulate ...

Our skin and mucous membranes protect us like vigilant sentinels against the onslaught of harmful pathogens. This extraordinary defense owes its strength to epithelial cells—specialized tissues woven ...

ETH researchers have now conducted a detailed examination of one such microbe, Lokiarchaeum ossiferum, and discovered ...

Cytoskeletal active matter describes novel synthetic materials made up of mixtures of cytoskeletal filaments and molecular motors. By consuming chemical fuel, the molecular motors can bind to and ...

For cells expressing a GFP-tagged cytoskeletal protein, colonies (of varying brightness) can be located using an inverted epifluorescence microscope and their location on the dish marked ...

Erwin Schrödinger, a theoretical physicist steeped in the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the Upanishads, delivered a series ...