cell biology

noun

: a branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, and life history of cells and their constituents : cytology sense 1a
cell biologist noun

Examples of cell biology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The first hub, based in the Bay Area, has been investigating cell biology and infectious diseases, while this new one is homing in on inflammatory processes in tissues across the body. Elaine Chen, STAT, 6 Oct. 2023 His father, David Domingo Sabatini, now in his early 90s, is a renowned biologist who for some four decades chaired the cell biology department at what is now the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023 The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 33(3), 205–220. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1357-2725(00)00087-x Freeman, K. W., Bowman, B. R., & Zetter, B. R. (2011). The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023 Classes like genetics, cell biology, microbiology, calculus, organic and inorganic chemistry, physics, and biochemistry are daunting, to say the least. Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2023 Overall, the HeLa line has featured in more than 74,000 studies, producing insights on cell biology, vaccines, in vitro fertilization and cancer. Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023 Just five fields out of 114 different scientific disciplines account for more than half of Nobel Prizes awarded from 1995 to 2017, according to one recent analysis -- particle physics, atomic physics, cell biology, neuroscience and molecular chemistry. Katie Hunt, CNN, 2 Oct. 2020 Sulzer specializes in autism and Parkinson’s disease, and has done research on Alzheimer’s with his wife, Francesca Bartolini, an associate professor of cell biology at Columbia. Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023 In a study published in Developmental Cell last month, Maksim Plikus, professor of developmental and cell biology at the University of California, Irvine, and chief scientific officer of hair biotech company Amplifica, uncovered the role of a potent signaling molecule called SCUBE3. WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cell biology was in 1889

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“Cell biology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20biology. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.

Medical Definition

cell biology

noun
: a branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, and life history of cells and their constituents : cytology sense 1a
Cooperation among the cytoplasmic elements is an emerging area of study in cell biology.Jean L. Marx, Science
cell biologist noun
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