Cell division
From cell to mouse – how tissues differentiate
Shedding light on the mechanisms that control the fate of embryonic cells…
Cell duplication
What looks like a pair of scary alien eyes is actually the final stage in the duplication of a cell. Cell duplication is preceded by a process called mitosis, in which the replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei. Mitosis is the prerequisite for a cell to divide into two identical…
Most popular articles of the year: 2018
A collection of the most read articles from the EMBL news website in 2018…
First interactive model of human cell division
Real-time tracking of proteins during mitosis is now possible using a 4D computer model…
Parental chromosomes kept apart during first division
Mammalian life begins differently than we thought…
Cycle of life
Paul Nurse’s failed experiment inspired a career that would uncover key mechanisms of cell division…
Mothers and daughters
1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo viability…
A cohesive structure
Structural insights into how cohesin keeps DNA together during the cell cycle…
First, catch your DNA
DNA-coralling protein complex in an unexpected bind…
Fishing games gone wrong
When an egg cell is being formed, the cellular machinery which separates chromosomes is extremely imprecise at fishing them out of the cell’s interior, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have discovered. The unexpected degree of trial-and-error…
