A cell is fundamentally a container—a vessel that encapsulates life at the most basic level. Many biologists believe encapsulation of chemicals may have been necessary for evolution to gain traction.

This article and associated images are based on a poster originally authored by Donato Tedesco, Tianbing Liu, Dongfang Hu, Nadya Isachenko, Debbie Deng, Paul Diehl and Alex Chenchik and presented at ...