Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is ...

Cancer cells are subjected to high mechanical pressure that leads to a rupture of the nuclear envelope when migrating through ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

The award will allow researchers to investigate how physical forces influence the way cells move, grow, divide and respond to their surroundings, particularly in the context of diseases like cancer.