Definition of cell biology
: a branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, and life history of cells and their constituents : cytology 1a
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Pastor-Pareja, the geneticist who gave up Yale for Beijing, specializes in studies of cell biology using fruit flies – Drosophila melanogaster.
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Pastor-Pareja, the geneticist who gave up Yale for Beijing, specializes in studies of cell biology using fruit flies — Drosophila melanogaster.
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Ehrenreich, who has a Ph.D. in cell biology, isn’t opposed to scientific medicine.
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Greaves reviewed more than 30 years of research, including his own, on the genetics, cell biology, immunology, epidemiology and animal modeling of childhood leukemia and reached this conclusion.
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Benedikt Hallgrimson, the head of cell biology and anatomy at the University of Calgary, agreed with that assessment.
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No model on the designer’s runway exemplifies this better than Ninouk Akkerman, a 23-year-old stunner from Boekelo, Netherlands with a degree in neuroscience and cell biology from the prestigious Utrecht University.
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This includes individual advising and mentoring; funded research positions in Boise State labs for selected students; and funding for new CWI classes in ethics, cell biology and genetics, as well as a new cell/molecular biology lab component.
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Another risk, according to Dr. Stephen H. Tsang, an associate professor of ophthalmology and associate professor of pathology and cell biology at Columbia University's Institute for Genomic Medicine, is the vision improvements may not last.
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First Known Use of cell biology
1889
Medical Dictionary
cell biology
medical Definition of cell biology
: a branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, and life history of cells and their constituents : cytology 1a
- Cooperation among the cytoplasmic elements is an emerging area of study in cell biology.
- —Jean L. Marx, Science, 9 Dec. 1983
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cell biologist
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