Cell division
From cell to mouse – how tissues differentiate
Shedding light on the mechanisms that control the fate of embryonic…
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…
Most popular articles of the year: 2018
A collection of the most read articles from the EMBL news website in…
First interactive model of human cell division
Real-time tracking of proteins during mitosis is now possible using a 4D computer…
Parental chromosomes kept apart during first division
Mammalian life begins differently than we…
Cycle of life
Paul Nurse’s failed experiment inspired a career that would uncover key mechanisms of cell…
Mothers and daughters
1st real-time video of starfish egg cell eliminating crucial structures, to ensure embryo…
A cohesive structure
Structural insights into how cohesin keeps DNA together during the cell…
First, catch your DNA
DNA-coralling protein complex in an unexpected…
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…
Keeping it together
As any rock-climber knows, trailing a long length of rope behind you is not easy. A dangling length of rope is unwieldy and hard to manoeuvre, and…
Constant overlap
During cell division, microtubules emanating from each of the spindle poles meet and overlap in the spindle’s midzone. Scientists at the European…
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