How does the body avoid multiple sperm fertilizing an egg?
You shall not pass: discover how the protein coating around an egg cell ‘zips up’ after fertilization to stop more sperm from entering.
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You shall not pass: discover how the protein coating around an egg cell ‘zips up’ after fertilization to stop more sperm from entering.
Take a virtual tour of The World of Molecular Biology to access awe-inspiring microscopy images and explore cutting-edge life science themes.
Explore the form and function of ‘nature’s tiny sculptures’ – proteins – with an engaging art competition from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.
Step inside a science-inspired art exhibition where students bring biological molecules to life.
Studies of radiocarbon are helping scientists to understand how neurons remain stable yet adaptable.
Theodore Alexandrov is taking what he learned from working on the economy and applying it to the chemicals on our skin.
Many of us have had our teeth straightened with braces. Few people know, however, that orthodontics involves a great deal of fundamental science and fast-moving technology.
We know that particular genetic sequences can help us to survive in our environment – this is the basis of evolution. But demonstrating which genetic sequences are beneficial and how they help us to survive is not easy – especially in wild populations. Jarek Bryk describes some relevant recent…
Anastasios Koutsos, Alexandra Manaia, and Julia Willingale-Theune bring a sophisticated molecular biology technique into the classroom.
Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names shows that chemists do have a sense of humour, even though it may be a little ‘schoolboyish’ at times. Based on a website of the same name (www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm), the book – as its name suggests – is a collection of the…
How does the body avoid multiple sperm fertilizing an egg?
Explore the world of molecular biology without leaving the classroom
Unfold Your World: using art to explore the story of life
Art meets molecular biology
The element of surprise
The mathematician who became a biologist
The changing face of orthodontics
Natural selection at the molecular level
Fishing for genes: DNA microarrays in the classroom
Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names, By Paul May