Left: A blue light pulse of 0.1 seconds triggers a calcium signal (red) in guard cells, which is followed by an anion current (black). Right: The influx of calcium into the cell promotes the release ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new computational pipeline for analyzing three-dimensional imaging data can help biologists more accurately and quickly see how the cells in a plant’s leaves respond to the ...

Using optogenetics, researchers have detected a new acid sensor in plant cells that is addressing a cell-internal calcium store. When plants are infected by pathogens, suffer from a lack of water or ...

Cells in the gut send secret messages to the immune system. Thanks to new research, we can finally get a look at what they're saying. Cells in the gut send secret messages to the immune system. Thanks ...

Researchers have identified a 'guard mechanism' for a protein which attacks microbes in infected cells, opening the possibility of new treatments for Toxoplasma, Chlamydia, Tuberculosis and even ...

Tim Brodribb receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Plant behaviour may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, who ...

Director of the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester Three scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for discovering how ...