present members
Cross lab

RobRob Cross mail
motors & microtubules

We are interested in mechanochemical coupling in motors, and in the principles and possibilities of... more here

 

DougDoug Drummond mail
the kinesin binding site

The binding site of kinesin-1 on microtubules is not well defined. Tubulin mutants have been created in S. pombe...more here

 

MihoMiho Katsuki mail
microtubule dynamics

+TIP proteins form a complex at the plus end of microtubules and regulate the microtubule dynamics. To unravel...more here

 

MariaMaria Alonso mail
Moving parts of kinesin

Kinesin is a motor protein that walks processively along a tubulin polymer using one molecule of ATP every 8 nm step...more here

 

FraukeFrauke Hussmann mail
Alp14 & Dis1

There are two XMAP215 family microtubule binding proteins, in S. pombe, Alp14 and Dis1. I want to find out how they...more here

 

MishanMishan Britto mail
K14 & K5

I want to explore how kinesin-5 and kinesin-14, motors that move in opposite directions along crosslinked microtubules, may .. more here

 

McAinsh lab

AndrewAndrew McAinsh mail
kinetochore/self-organization

My lab aims to understand how the mitotic spindle is self-organized and the role of kinetochores in powering chromosome movement...more here

 

CatarinaCatarina Samora mail
Spindle dynamics

I aim to understand how the mitotic spindle is self-organized and the role of kinetochores in this process...more here

 

CatarinaElina Vladimirou mail
chromosome dynamics

I am interested in understanding the mechanisms of chromosome directional instability during metaphase and...more here

 

edEd Harry mail
kinetochore mechanics

I am building a mathematical model of chromosome oscillations during metaphase in human cells. To do this we are ...more here

 

edJames Bancroft mail
P & Q

The Centromeric nucleosome associated complex is critical for controlling kinetochore-MT dynamics...more here

 

edMuriel Erent mail
kMT dynamics-nucleation

I am trying to understand how kinetochore nucleate MTs and the role of DIMP, a new component of the kinetochore...more here

haukeHauke Drechsler mail
Eg5

I am trying to understand how...more here

Straube lab

AnneAnne Straube mail
cytoskeletal dynamics

We want to understand the mechanochemical processes underlying directional cell migration and...more here

 

DanielDaniel Roth mail
mammalian EB proteins

EB proteins are the master integrators of the plus tip network. I study functional differences between EB1, EB2 and EB3...more here

 

UlrikeUlrike Theisen mail
kinesins and polarity

Kinesin motors perform the long-distance transport towards the plus end of microtubules. Thus kinesins are likely to be...more here

 

SarahSarah Cosgriff mail
EB migration

I study the role of EB proteins in cell migration directionality and try to understand...more here

 

BenBen Fitton mail
EB dynamics

I study the role of EB proteins in microtubule assembly and try to understand how EBs track growing MT ends...more here

 

SamSamuel Jefferyes mail
cell shapes

I model cell shapes and migration behaviour to understand the principles underlying persistent runs and cell turns...more here

 

HGemma Wild mail
Divisional Secretary

Here to help!

 


HLaura Clarkemail
Secretary

Here to help!

 

NickNick Carter mail
microscope development

Microscope projects include laser tweezers, TIRF, darkfield, DIC and SIM. Also designing the Warwick Open Source Microscope (WOSM).details soon....

 

 

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