Plants adapt their water consumption to environmental conditions by counting and calculating environmental stimuli with their guard cells.

Plants control their water consumption via adjustable pores (stomata), which are formed from pairs of guard cells. They open ...

Ann Wehman, Ph.D., joins Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics to focus on cell biology research and teaching genetics.

Cells, the fundamental building blocks of life, are constantly subjected to a variety of mechanical forces within our bodies.