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Journal - Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Three-dimensional functional gradients direct stem curling in the resurrection plant Selaginella lepidophylla

Oct 31, 2019 - Upon hydration and dehydration, the vegetative tissue of Selaginella lepidophylla can reversibly swell and shrink to generate complex morphological transformations. Here, we investigate how structural and compositional properties at tissue and cell

Véronique Brulé, Ahmad Rafsanjani, Meisam Asgari, Tamara L. Western, Damiano Pasini

Journal - Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Cellular senescence, rejuvenation and potential immortality

Mar 9, 2022 - Ageing, death, and potential immortality lie at the heart of biology, but two seemingly incompatible paradigms coexist in different research communities and have done since the nineteenth century. The universal senescence paradigm sees senescence as

A. Rupert Sheldrake

Sara Rankin - Scientists with disabilities

Sara Rankin. It wasn’t until her forties that Sara Rankin, Professor of Leukocyte and Stem Cell Biology at Imperial College London, realised she’d been living with learning differences. ... She has remained at NHLI ever since, rising to her current

Journal - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character

The composition of the cell-wall at the apical meristem of stem and root

Jul 2, 1923 - It is a striking feature of the growth of any highly organised plant body that the construction of new protoplasm and consequent formation of new cells is usually strictly localised to certain definite regions, known generally, as the meristematic