cell biology

During development, neurons trim hundreds of excess axons in an intricately coordinated destructive process.

As a group leader at the Broad Institute, Shantanu Singh develops tools to tackle high-dimensional biological data.

Advanced microscope systems enable researchers to perform high-resolution live-cell imaging, while maintaining cellular health.

A scientific image can conceal even more than it reveals. Scientists can now share their untold behind-the-image stories in our new Science Snapshot column.

In the developing zebrafish, a noisy and asynchronous activity jumpstarts the heart’s journey to coordinated beating.

Brain-like tissue grown in a dish mimics critical periods for development and reveals how it can go wrong.

Researchers unravel the mystery of epithelial to mesenchymal transition in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with co-culture techniques, CRISPR-screening, and RNA sequencing.

This year's Lasker~Koshland Award for Special Achievement was awarded to Piet Borst for his stellar work on cell organelles, trypanosomes, and cancer drug resistance.

Rice University researchers claimed the Ig Nobel Prize for upleveling biorobotics by transforming deceased spiders into robotic grippers.

Knighted in 2008, Sir Ian Wilmut revolutionized the field of cloning, stem cell research, and regenerative medicine.

Hair-coloring stem cells must swing back and forth between their maturity states to give hair its color.

Microscopes were inaccessible to most of the world until Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski put their engineering prowess to the test.

The sea slug has helped scientists in their quest to understand how neurons encode memories.

By coloring different organelles simultaneously, cell painting allows scientists to pick up subtle changes in cell function in response to drugs and other perturbations.