Visualization of filamentous actin (F-actin) in living cells is critical for the study of morphogenetic processes such as cell division, migration or polarization. We recently described in these ...

The actin cytoskeleton provides force for a large number of cellular processes ... He held a position of Academy Professor in 1.1.2019-31.12.2023, and is an elected EMBO member. At BI he is affiliated ...

The spatiotemporal balance of surface proteins such as receptors, transporters and adhesion molecules is essential for cellular and tissue homeostasis. One key process to maintain this ... Nonetheless ...

Normally actin lines the portion of the intestinal ... Invasive cells with these protrusions expand out in to the surrounding tissue stroma (arrows). The green structure on the top of the movie ...

Researchers at Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, demonstrate how morphogens combined with cell adhesion can generate tissue domains with a sharp boundary in an in ...

Implantation is the initial step in pregnancy, where the embryo attaches to and enters the endometrium, the inner tissue layer of ... for egg implantation, the actin in the cell's nucleus ...

That work showed that it does this by activating actin cytoskeleton ... "The immune system needs a road to get into infected ...