Professor Bo Liu, Department of Plant Biology, holds an Arabidopsis plant while Professor Jawdat Al-Bassam, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, holds a model of the augmin protein complex.

Vacuoles are far from empty—they are vital organelles that manage storage, detoxification, and structural integrity in cells.

Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose microfibrils intertwined with polysaccharides like hemicellulose or pectin. We ...

From plant stems to bacterial shells, cell walls are far more than rigid barriers—they’re living, adapting structures.