Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

The team recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell walls ...

Chemical biology is beginning to enhance our understanding of diverse cellular processes in plants, including endomembrane trafficking, hormone transport and cell wall biosynthesis. To reach its ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...

“I thought plant cellulose would be made in a lot more of an organized fashion, as depicted in classical biology textbooks.” ...

Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from ...

In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls allow plants to have rigid structures as varied as wood trunks and ...

Reproductive Cell Biology, Cell Wall Biology, Cytoskeleton and Membrane Dynamics, Plant Pathogen Interactions, Hormone and Stress Physiology/Biology, Plant Metabolism, Biochemical Genetics, Regulation ...

The Brandeis Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) Program offers a uniquely collaborative, nurturing, supportive and close-knit community conducting internationally recognized research at the frontiers of ...