Cell size is fundamental to cell physiology because it sets the scale of intracellular geometry,
organelles, and biosynthetic processes. In animal cells, size homeostasis is controlled …

One of the major challenges in modern biology is to understand how the molecular
components of a living cell operate in a highly noisy environment. What are the specific …

Growth of a cell and its subsequent division into daughters is a fundamental aspect of all
cellular living systems. During these processes, how do individual cells correct size …

Recent advances in single-cell technologies have enabled time-resolved measurements of
the cell size over several cell cycles. These data encode information on how cells correct …

How cells maintain their size has been extensively studied under constant conditions. In the
wild, however, cells rarely experience constant environments. Here, we examine how the 24 …

Under ideal conditions, Escherichia coli cells divide after adding a fixed cell size, a strategy
known as the adder. This concept applies to various microbes and is often explained as the …

The decision to divide is the most important one that any cell must make. Recent single cell
studies suggest that most bacteria follow an “adder” model of cell size control, incorporating …

The cell division rate, size and gene expression programmes change in response to
external conditions. These global changes impact on average concentrations of biomolecule …

Cell division is a process that involves many biochemical steps and complex biophysical
mechanisms. To simplify the understanding of what triggers cell division, three basic models …

Growth pervades all areas of life from single cells to cell populations to tissues. Cell size
often fluctuates significantly from cell to cell and from generation to generation. Here we …