Caltech researchers demonstrated a new method to use light to control active matter—a kind of material made up of individual ...

However, most animal cells have complex morphologies because the membrane adheres strongly to the cytoskeleton. In animal cells, movement of membrane into an endocytic vesicle or lamellipodium ...

Myosin II plays the most important role in cellular force generation. Myosin II molecules self-assemble into filaments with different structures depending on myosin II isoforms and other conditions ...

Soneral's research interests include cell motility and the cytoskeleton and regulation of motor proteins in cilia/flagellar assembly. K.M. Cooper, P.A.G Soneral, and S.E. Brownell. 2017. Define your ...

and the long axons of nerves are all built with microtubules—basic building blocks of the cell’s cytoskeleton. These structures are a critical backbone for life. Tubulins, the stuff that makes up ...

The research focuses on cells’ “feet,” which are small bundles of molecules that help cells move. Scientists are exploring ...

Every cell in the body normally has its fixed place as part of a tissue structure. Except for a few cell types, such as blood ...

The forces at work Alushin’s lab specializes in understanding the cytoskeleton—the network of protein filaments, including actin, that form a cell’s infrastructure. Actin serves many ...

Filopodia help cells move but also aid cancer spread. Scientists have revealed how fascin proteins build these structures, ...

MHH research team disables tumour cells with synthetic Adhibin and prevents migration and attachment to other cells ...