Cells: why shape matters
New techniques are revealing how cells control their shape – and the changes that could give an early warning of disease.
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New techniques are revealing how cells control their shape – and the changes that could give an early warning of disease.
Our genetic information is encoded in our DNA, but that is only part of the story.
Giuseppe Zaccai from the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France, describes how he and his co-workers have uncovered a way to explore water dynamics in the cell interior using neutron scattering and isotope labelling.
Professor Tim Hunt, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, talks to Philipp Gebhardt about his passion for science, the importance of pure research, the influence of enthusiastic colleagues – and the role of serendipity in scientific discovery.
Alexandre Lewalle from King’s College, London, UK, pushes back the frontiers of our knowledge of motors – at the molecular level.
Russ Hodge from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, reports on the first complete survey of 'molecular machines' in yeast.
Cells: why shape matters
Unravelling epigenetics
The intracellular environment: not so muddy waters
Eyes on the horizon, feet on the ground: interview with Tim Hunt
How do muscles produce work? Using optical tweezers to study molecular machines
The yeast proteome: retooling the factory floor