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Electron Micrograph

What value is this image? It doesn't even say what part of the cell it is... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.189.251.90 (talk) 23:44, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Where

Where can I get information regarding cell sensitivity, pressure tolerance, atmospheric changes, clumping, and shearing issues? Particularly regarding using mesenchymal cells in angiogenesis.

What is the relationship between cell abd qi?

Are there any objections to moving this to cellular biology; "cell biology" is grammatically incorrect -- both terms are used in academia. Lirath Q. Pynnor

Yes, please don't change it. Perhaps it is grammatically incorrect, but cell biology is the most widely used terminology. Most journals and reference works use cell biology in their title (The Journal of Cell Biology, Nature Cell Biology, Dictionary of Cell Biology), and most depts and academic organizations use cell biology (International Federation for Cell Biology, American Society of Cell Biology), and amongst other biologists, cell biology is the most widely used term in everyday conversation, when referring to the discipline. Finally it wins on the Wikipedia:Google Test, hands-down: 2,200,000 ("cell biology") to 323,000 ("cellular biology"). --Lexor 10:30, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Is there a difference between Cytology and Cell biology? These are two separate articles. --romanm (talk) 22:33, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I have same question. Let's redirect cytology to cell biology! --Metju12 18:34, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I look in my schools science textbook and it says "Cell Biology". Most common day papers will use 'Cell Biology' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.155.137.83 (talk) 00:49, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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This needs some serious fleshing out. Let's try to integrate some of those "see also" terms. Isopropyl 15:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Movement of Items within/outside of cell

It might be helpful to include some kind of flowchart for the "movement" section. It really helps us intro to biology students. 24.251.84.221 19:50, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Embryology

would sympathtic editors consider a positive vote here? [1]Slrubenstein | Talk 15:26, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cell physiology

We have a fairly worthless article at Cell physiology. Should that be a redir here, somewhere else, or should it be filed in the appropriate wikiproject's "things to fix" list? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 12:20, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

External Link

The following link is to a site with interactive blogs on Harvard undergrad class lectures. This particular one is essentially the main intro class to science classes at Harvard, and covers topics ranging from chemistry to molecular and cellular biology. I found this page extremely helpful when I was taking the class and I think that the posted lecture notes are pretty interesting for anyone remotely interested in the topic.

http://www.thefinalclub.org/blogs/fall2006/LifeSciences1a/public/

Anyone can read and contribute to the commentary of the texts on the site. If you read through a lecture or two and agree, I'd encourage someone with more Wikipedia clout than myself to post on the actual chemistry and/or mcb pages. Let me know what you all think. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Bbrasky100 (talk) 17:36, 19 June 2008 (UTC)Bill[reply]

This article is unsalvageable

Many of the statements made in this entry are factually inaccurate, vague, or over generalized. "Most proteins are synthesized by ribosomes in the rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER)" is not only factually inaccurate, it uses most which is not a quantifiable value. Organization of the article is very poor. Topics are mentioned at random with no clear structure; many aren't related other than that they take place within a cell. If this is supposed to be an article on the study of Cell Biology, why is there a discussion of protein synthesis? Studying proteins synthesis is a topic covered within the study of cell biology, but so is cellular signaling, cell cycle, etc.

There is far too much opinion in this article as well. For example, the second paragraph, which starts "Knowing the components of cells and how cells work is fundamental to all biological sciences..." whether or not it is a true statement is opinion. An ethologist studying primate behavior may not need to fundamentally understand the workings of cells. It would obviously be hoped that they have a good degree of understanding as the cell is the basic unit of life, but in their day to day work, it is unlikely that it would come into play.

This article is beyond needing only referencing to improve it. It needs to be more carefully thought out and written with a sense for what it is supposed to be conveying and why. If it is to be an article on the scientific study of the cell, then it should explain that discipline and only reference other topics, such as protein synthesis, linking to a separate article that carefully covers that topic.

Am0210 (talk) 01:08, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Am0210: Maybe you can salvage the unsalvageable. Start small but be bold. SchreiberBike talk 04:07, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@SchreiberBike: I have enough knowledge to know that there are many problems with this article, but not enough to do the topic justice with trying to rewrite it.

@Chip-Seek: It's pretty dire, isn't it. I mean what is the point of the list of possible careers? Perhaps needs someone to sit down with the introductory chapter to Alberts et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell / Lodish et al. and give a precy of those?

Article Content

I find that there is not enough sources cited to support the information provided in this article; the information seems to be more of opinion, and not necessarily factual data that is supported. Additionally I do not understand why the movement of proteins has been made the main topic of discussion, when the article should provide information about the study of molecular cell biology. It could be a sub-topic about process that occurs in the cell, but it should not be the first main thing to be discussed. Discussing the structures of cells such as eukaryotic or prokaryotic cells before diving into more specific information could possibly help to improve the site. Other topics that could also improve on the information given would be: elaborating on the types of cells, similarity, function, and metabolic pathways that the cell undergoes. I find the article a bit lacking with not enough about the cell being discussed, and the sub-topic of process in the cell can be filled with references to energy production, DNA synthesis, and so on that entails actual processes that the cell undergoes. I just believe that there is much more that can be added to the page as more is learnt about the cell everyday. SBlai005 (talk) 20:20, 27 October 2015 (UTC) SBlai005[reply]

Some of the facts in the article are missing sources and should be added. Also, within each section, the same source is used multiple times, so to avoid bias, it is better to gather information about that specific sub topic from multiple sources and then cite them all. Additional sources that are reliable and more closely related to the topic could be used. HudaN (talk) 02:19, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi All, I am working on improving the information provided on the Cell Biology page for my Cell Biology class. I do not want to make a wrong turn or post, so I would like your feedback and suggestions on what I may be able yo do during my edits. I am currently working on the first part of the introduction and before I post on the actual page I would like to copy my suggestion of what should be posted here. Below you can see what I have started with and please be free to tell me what else you think would be wise to add.

Cell Biology Cell biology (formerly cytology, from the Greek κυτος, kytos, which means "vessel"), and otherwise known as molecular or cellular biology, is a branch of biology that studies the different structures and functions of the cell, and focuses mainly on the idea that the cell is the basic unit of life. Cell biology explains the the structure, organization of organelles, physiological properties, metabolic processes, signaling pathways, life cycle, and interaction of the cell with the environment. This done both on the microscopic and molecular level as it encompasses prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Knowing the components of cells and how cells work is fundamental to all biological sciences. Therefore, research in cell biology is closely related to genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, and developmental biology. SBlai005 (talk) 04:41, 10 November 2015 (UTC)SBlai005[reply]

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Possible Edits

First paragraph of Chemical and Molecular Environment, author could add that prokaryotic cells lack a nucleus and that a eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus. This is one of the best identification tools to those who know very little about cell biology or those who are in introductory classes and are trying to find broad areas of difference between the two cell types. In the organelles category, could add Nucleolus to the category, creating a hyperlink to a Wikipedia page that details the role of the nucleolus. Removing the final statement of this category would not take anything away from the article as this statement has no citation and gives no additional information. EricaKessell (talk) 03:26, 1 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello! I am editing this Wiki page as an assignment for my class. As I was working on the paper I realized that there are a lot of inaccuracies and repetitive information. I think since "Cell Biology" is the study of cells, this article should mainly focus on the history of cell biology and the techniques used to study cells. All other information on cells could be found on the "cell" page of Wiki and should therefore just be linked rather than repeated. HudaN (talk) 15:21, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and welcome. Cell biology studies the functions of the cell. So limiting this article to "history and techniques" is not appropriate. Sure there will be some overlap with the Cell (biology) article, but while that one focuses on descriptions, this one should focus on functions. I think it is appropriate to reduce the two "structure" sections, link them to their parent article, and expand on the "processes" or physiology. Rowan Forest (talk) 15:26, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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