Mitochondria are ubiquitous intracellular organelles found in almost all eukaryotes and
involved in various aspects of cellular life, with a primary role in energy production. The …

Fluorescence microscopy is an invaluable tool in the biosciences, a genuine workhorse
technique offering exceptional contrast in conjunction with high specificity of labelling with …

Respiratory chain dysfunction plays an important role in human disease and aging. It is now
well established that the individual respiratory complexes can be organized into …

In the final steps of energy conservation in aerobic organisms, free energy from electron
transfer through the respiratory chain is transduced into a proton electrochemical gradient …

Lipid composition determines the physical properties of biological membranes and can vary
substantially between and within organisms. We describe a specific role for the viscosity of …

Single-molecule biophysics has transformed our understanding of biology, but also of the
physics of life. More exotic than simple soft matter, biomatter lives far from thermal …

Significance: Mitochondrial (mt) reticulum network in the cell possesses amazing
ultramorphology of parallel lamellar cristae, formed by the invaginated inner mitochondrial …

The Fourth Edition of the Handbook of Photosynthesis offers a unique and comprehensive
collection of topics in the field of photosynthesis, serving as an invaluable resource in this …

Although not laying claim to being the inventor of the light microscope, Antonj van
Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) was arguably the first person to bring this new technological …

Photosynthetic membranes are typically densely packed with proteins, and this is crucial for
their function in efficient trapping of light energy. Despite being crowded with protein, the …