Biomolecular and subcellular processes constitute a research area focused on the molecular mechanisms and dynamic interactions that underlie cellular function, organization, and regulation at nanometer to micrometer scales. It encompasses studies of protein folding and trafficking, nucleic acid structure and metabolism, signal transduction, membrane transport, organelle biogenesis, cytoskeletal dynamics, and macromolecular complex assembly. This field integrates biochemical, biophysical, structural, imaging, and computational approaches to quantify reaction kinetics, spatial organization, and emergent behaviors within cells, aiming to relate molecular-level events to higher-order cellular phenotypes, robustness, and dysfunction in contexts such as development, stress responses, and disease.
Scientists often describe life as a series of chemical reactions. Pallav Kosuri, Ph.D., describes life as movement. Chemical reactions are how you drive the movement of atoms, proteins, cells and bodies—without movement, ...
Biotechnology
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It's common to see images of astronauts on the International Space Station exercising, running on special treadmills and pedaling cycles designed for tight quarters.
Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2026
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Modern biomedicine increasingly relies on enormous amounts of image data. Although computers can do part of the analysis work, biologists often still need to look through the images themselves. This takes time.
Biotechnology
Aug 12, 2026
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Scientists at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and the CECAD Cluster of Excellence on Aging Research have demonstrated in a biomedical study that ribosomes, the protein factories of our cells, face an unusually ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 12, 2026
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Mitochondria are often called the powerhouses of the cell. But their ancient origins may also make them drivers of inflammation. Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered that proteins released from ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 11, 2026
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In 1968, the American biochemist and geneticist Marshall Nirenberg and his colleagues won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work deciphering how an organism's proteins are directly linked to its genetic ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 11, 2026
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Heme, a bioactive form of iron, has numerous essential functions in the cell. As a key component of hemoglobin, it enables oxygen transport in the blood. In addition, it performs important functions in other proteins in processes ...
Evolution
Aug 6, 2026
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Fluorescent dyes have long been used in biological research to identify and visualize structures within living cells. Although effective, they have several drawbacks, including altering the cells under study, limiting the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 6, 2026
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Using simple artificial cells, a research group led by Makito Miyazaki of the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan has uncovered fundamental physical principles that govern how living cells change ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 5, 2026
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A diamond-based quantum sensor inserted into a living cell can provide previously unseen levels of detail about how life works and how diseases form. "Think of it as an EKG for a single cell—a way to capture everything happening ...
Cell & Microbiology
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