New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening ...

Plastids are core components of photosynthesis in plants and algae. Scientists are currently debating the events leading to the appearance of plastids in eukaryotic cells. Where did plastids ...

In addition to the nucleus, eukaryotic cells may contain several other types of organelles, which may include mitochondria, chloroplasts, the endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi apparatus ...

Eukaryotes on the other hand are often multicellular and have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, which help to organize and compartmentalize cellular functions. They include animals, plants, ...

As the famed British naturalist David Attenborough noted, “In our hands now lies not only our own future but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the Earth.” 4 In the 2000s and early ...

Eukaryotes on the other hand are often multicellular and have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, which help to organize and compartmentalize cellular functions. They include animals, plants, ...

The Algological Research Group, located in Viikki as well as Lahti campuses, focuses on eukaryotic photosynthetic and mixotrophic algae. The algae are both of marine (brackish) and freshwater origin, ...

Phylogenomics data place the enigmatic plankton in the middle of the algal family tree, despite their apparent lack of plastids—an organelle characteristic of all other algae. Christie is a seasoned ...

An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions for the first time in a recent publication in the journal Environmental ...