Structure of key growth regulator revealed
Researchers identify the molecular structure of the GATOR1 protein complex, which regulates growth signals in human cells, using cryo-electron microscopy.
Researchers identify the molecular structure of the GATOR1 protein complex, which regulates growth signals in human cells, using cryo-electron microscopy.
Study could shed light on how many other proteins bind with membrane cholesterol.
Professor of chemistry is the first woman to win the prestigious prize, awarded annually for creativity in organic chemistry or bioorganic and medicinal chemistry.
Assistant professors Joey Davis and Rebecca Lamason will spearhead research initiatives into fundamental cellular processes.
In study that may guide drug design, researchers find organelles encounter varying levels of resistance.
New approach to biological circuit design enables scientists to track cell histories.
Computer model finds slits in the spleen impose a “physical fitness test” on red blood cells.
Microfluidic device distinguishes cells based on how they respond to acoustic vibrations.
New data analysis technique distinguishes active from passive fluctuations inside cells.
Newly tenured biologist Iain Cheeseman explores the complex structures that control cell division.
Gold nanoparticles with special coatings can deliver drugs or biosensors to a cell’s interior without damaging it.
Using analog computation circuits, MIT engineers design cells that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots.
Findings may offer a new way to kill cancer cells by forcing them into an alternative programmed-death pathway.
New technique pinpoints protein locations, helping scientists figure out their functions.
Biologists find that long non-coding RNA molecules are necessary to regulate differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cardiac cells.