To use a light microscope to examine animal or plant cells. To make observations and draw scale diagrams of cells. Turn the coarse focus so that the stage is as close to the objective lens as ...

Plant cells without walls, known as protoplasts, are very fragile, and it has been difficult to keep them alive under a ...

The way we study plant cells is expanding—literally—thanks to new research from Kevin Cox, an assistant professor of biology ...

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

With the invention of the microscope at the beginning of the seventeenth century, it became possible to take a first glimpse at the previously invisible world of microscopic life. A bewildering ...

Plants don't just grow, they build. From towering trees to delicate flowers, complex plant shapes are sculpted with remarkable precision. Now a study by biologists and biophysicists at Université ...

To use a light microscope to examine animal or plant cells. To make observations and draw scale diagrams of cells. Turn the coarse focus so that the stage is as close to the objective lens as ...