Proteins in the sheath of cellular protrusions control how effectively cells can adhere to surfaces. Biological cells often ...

Cilia are sensory structures extending from the surface of some cells. These hair-like structures ... "HEXBUGS are abstracted as self-propelling rods, their mechanical interactions are captured ...

However, again to the scientists’ surprise, the cilia on pancreatic cells deviated from this expected arrangement and had eight outer microtubule doublets and a central microtubule doublet or singlet.

Prachee Avasthi took a winding path to specializing in studying cilia—the hairlike appendages that enable cells to move about and sense their environments. During her undergraduate days at the ...

but this requires that all cilia in a tissue orient the same way. Earlier studies indicated that both planar cell polarity (PCP) signalling and cilia-generated fluid flows could influence ciliary ...