When cells experience enough chronic stress, they can stop dividing permanently. In this state of cellular limbo, known as ...

A new imaging approach is shedding light on one of cell biology’s most elusive questions: how lipids are organized and sorted within membranes.

Biological membranes of cells and their subunits (organelles) are organized into tiny regions (nanodomains) made up of fats ...

A new imaging technique reveals lipids in cellular membranes and shows how they are organized at the nanoscale.

Plant lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) constitute a diverse family of small, basic proteins integral to plant survival and adaptation. Predominantly found across terrestrial species, nsLTPs facilitate ...

Edward Lyman, associate professor in the departments of physics and astronomy, as well as chemistry and biochemistry, was recently published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. The article, “When ...

Membrane proteins and membrane lipids are essential partners in various biological processes, and elucidating their structures in a natural membrane environment is crucial for enhancing our ...

We are what we eat. And in the ocean, most life-forms source their food from phytoplankton. These microscopic, plant-like ...

In A Nutshell Your sense of cold comes from a single protein, TRPM8, which opens in response to cool temperatures and menthol. New research shows this protein doesn’t just “switch on” but actually ...