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 ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered new insights into how intercellular "glue" functions to enable ...

New research uncovers new insights into preventing chronic inflammation caused by aging-related zombie-like cells. In humans ...

Chundawat is a bioengineer and expert on protein engineering and glycosciences, the study of complex carbohydrates such as cellulose. To make the cells fluorescent and detectable by the microscope, he ...

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.

Cell adhesion is the process by which cells ... expression of β-actin and nonmuscle myosin-2A, and modulate apical membrane cortex mechanics and cytoplasmic tight junction protein dynamics.

Membrane biophysics is the study of the physical ... and the effect they have on paracellular transport and phenomena relating to cell shape. Epithelial cells express two isoforms of cytoplasmic ...

1 Neuroimmunology Group, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, P/ Doctor Begiristain s/n, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain 2 Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Area of CIBER (CIBERNED), Carlos III ...

Microbiology is the study of bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa and viruses, and is of immense importance ... sub-cellular components and cell types. LO4: Develop problem solving skills and the ability ...

The embedded 46 work placement on this degree programme provides students with the opportunity to utilise the practical, transferable and professional skills gained during the teaching of their degree ...