A multi-institutional research collaboration has revealed that the microtubule network (*1), which plays a vital role in cell construction and polarization (*2), utilizes the phase separation (*3) ...

Assistant professor of physics Guillaume Duclos calls it the "swirl." It's made up of two types of cellular proteins -- kinesin and microtubules -- interacting to create a vortex under the microscope.

This image shows a Vero cell that was grown on a first surface mirror and fluorescently stained to show the microtubules, which are part of the cell cytoskeleton. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are ...

It's made up of two types of cellular proteins -- kinesin and microtubules -- interacting to create a vortex under the microscope. In the last year, researchers at Brandeis' Bioinspired Materials ...