Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is ...

Much of the phenotypic variation that is observed within and between species is the result of differences in gene regulation: specifically when, where and how much the genes are expressed. Given the ...

Hosted by the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, the event is held on a near-annual basis to ...

Causal inference is crucial in biological research, as it enables the understanding of complex relationships and dynamic processes that drive cellular behavior, development, and disease.

In biology classrooms, we often learn that genes are transcribed into mRNA, which is then translated into proteins—a tidy, linear process. But gene expression in living cells is far more intricate, ...

First commercially available NK (natural killer) cell-specific promoter library enables precise and controllable gene expressionPortfolio of synthetic promoters validates SynGenSys’ platform for ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

Epigenetics is the study of various heritable alterations that control gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. 1 The name epigenetics comes from the Greek prefix “epi”, which means on top ...

A new study shows that prenatal disruption of the endocannabinoid system can have long-lasting effects on brain structure and ...

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.