Professor Bo Liu, Department of Plant Biology, holds an Arabidopsis plant while Professor Jawdat Al-Bassam, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, holds a model of the augmin protein complex.

Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose microfibrils intertwined with polysaccharides like hemicellulose or pectin. We ...

Light doesn’t just help plants grow, it also strengthens their internal structure by tightening the connection between tissues. This added rigidity can actually slow growth, revealing a hidden balance ...

Before seedlings can photosynthesize, they depend on fatty acids—and on peroxisomes to process them. Researchers discovered ...

From plant stems to bacterial shells, cell walls are far more than rigid barriers—they’re living, adapting structures.

Plants spend most of their lives using photosynthesis to make energy. However, in the earliest phase after a seed begins to grow, they cannot yet ...

It’s factually correct that light is crucial for photosynthesis, but research from Osaka Metropolitan University uncovers an ...

Fibroblasts are the quiet workers of the skin. They help build collagen and other support fibers in the dermis, the deeper layer that keeps skin firm, flexible, and able to recover from daily wear.