Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections ...

Professor On Shun Pak and his team of student researchers use microrobots to model the swimming motion of bacteria in the ...

Pest Integrated Management Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China ...

Cellular motility is the spontaneous movement of a cell from one location to another by consumption of energy. The term encompasses several types of motion, including swimming, crawling, gliding ...

Shanghai Xuhui Central Hospital, Zhongshan-Xuhui Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism (Ministry of Science and ...

This study identified key structural components of the sodium ion pathways in the stator of the bacterial flagellar motor. It also uncovered some of the structural changes that the stator undergoes as ...

Among these, many bacterial species have tail-like structures--called flagella--that spin around to propel themselves in fluids. These movements employ protein complexes known as the "flagellar motor.

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a major and progressive neurodegenerative disorder, yet the biological mechanisms involved in its aetiology are poorly understood. Evidence links this disorder with ...

Individual cell heterogeneity is commonly observed within populations, although its molecular basis is largely unknown. Previously, using FRET-based microscopy, we observed heterogeneity in cellular c ...