For over 25 years, Essential Cell Biology has set the standard for teaching introductory cell biology with cutting-edge research and signature visuals that deconstruct and scaffold concepts. In the Seventh Edition, its authoritative excellence is married with the most innovative and student-focused courseware in the market. By using new digital opportunities to bring cellular processes to life and promote active learning in both the Norton Illumine Ebook and Smartwork, the book’s deeply collaborative author team has again delivered the richest learning experience for cell biology students.

Noteworthy in the Seventh Edition:

• Exciting new additions to our author team:

o Gaël McGill (Harvard Medical School, Digizyme, Inc.) joins the author team as one of the world’s leading experts in biology digital visualization and pedagogy. Dr. McGill developed [TP1.1]31 new Explorations found within 12 chapters of the Norton Illumine Ebook and in Smartwork. These Explorations integrate real biological datasets into interactive modules to support students’ creation of accurate mental models of complex cellular concepts.

o Ramanujan Hegde (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology) brings his expertise and cutting-edge scholarship in protein targeting and degradation to revisions of the chapters on membrane structures, transport across membranes, and protein transport.

o Assessment author Shannon Stevenson (University of Minnesota–Duluth) has applied decades of classroom teaching experience to her review, revision, and creation of assessment questions within the Norton Illumine Ebook and Smartwork, ensuring a coherent, effective, and student-focused learning experience.

• A new NortonAI feature in the Norton Illumine Ebook boosts student engagement and is grounded in your textbook’s trusted content. NortonAI uses a powerful generative AI engine with strategic guardrails to support—not replace!—the process of learning. Features like Smart Highlight rephrase complex ideas or provide helpful examples, and on-demand questions allow students to work through important concepts in a private practice environment.
• A new section on “How Science is Done” in Chapter 1 ensures students understand the foundations for how credible scientific knowledge is developed and communicated, and how to distinguish science from pseudoscience in today’s fractured information landscape. • New and revised content and art in every chapter provides greater clarity and currency.
• A new NortonAI for Smartwork feature builds students’ problem-solving abilities with personalized support and strategic guardrails to guide students toward the answer and model the process of learning. For instructors, NortonAI provides valuable, time-saving performance summaries and other data-driven observations to reveal patterns and challenges in students’ progress.