Many proteins are capable of spontaneously rearranging themselves within cells to form molecular condensates—membraneless ...

Martin Kampman, recipient of the Byers Award for outstanding research by faculty members in the middle of their careers, ...

Two new papers analyze fossils found in Canada and Kenya, respectively—vastly different environments for the preservation of ...

PopA protein breaks structural rules, revealing new bacterial membrane behaviors, protein folding twists, and potential ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have identified a previously overlooked protein, ...

Prof. Hening Lin brings expertise in enzymes to UChicago, bridging scientists, engineers and doctors to translate research to ...

Once dismissed as “junk,” a group of RNA molecules has been found to help regrow damaged nerves in mice in new research. The ...

A Rutgers -led team has uncovered a secret superpower of a brain protein called Cypin, which may hold the key to sharper ...

A team of researchers has discovered that a protein called cypin plays a powerful role in helping brain cells connect and ...

During his 36-year career at Cancer Center, Michael Emerman, PhD, made fundamental discoveries about HIV, the retrovirus that ...

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are ...

Leiden researchers have discovered an enzyme that helps bacteria feed on everyday plastics. This common enzyme could play a ...