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Microtubule and mitosis dynamics

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Daniel Tylawsky
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2
Jan Otto Wolff
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
3
Yael Cohen‐Sharir
Tel Aviv University
4
Aleksi Isomursu
Åbo Akademi University
5
Sigrid Uxa
University Hospital Leipzig
6
Andrew Weems
The University of Texas at Austin
7
Jaba Tkemaladze
Kutaisi International University
8
Jingkun Zeng
QB3
9
Adam Shellard
University College London
10
Devon A. Lukow
Yale University

Papers

1
Frictiotaxis underlies focal adhesion-independent durotaxis
Nature Communications|2025
9 cit.
2
In vivo evidence for bleb-induced survival signaling in metastatic melanoma
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2026
1 cit.
3
Publication in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026) [W7160707009]
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2026
0 cit.
4
Publication in Nature (2026) [W7163892708]
Nature|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Pablo J. Sáez
Universität Hamburg
2
Zahraa Alraies
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
3
Damien Cuvelier
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
4
Cédric J. Cattin
ETH Zurich
5
Sabrina L. Spencer
University of Colorado Boulder
6
Neil R. Stokes
South College
7
Jason M. Sheltzer
Yale University
8
Verena Ruprecht
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
9
Logan J. Blaine
Harvard University
10
Luke D. Lynch
Harvard University

Papers

1
Rapid adaptation to CDK2 inhibition exposes intrinsic cell-cycle plasticity
Cell|2023
175 cit.
2
Oncogene-like addiction to aneuploidy in human cancers
Science|2023
161 cit.
3
Genome-wide identification and analysis of prognostic features in human cancers
Cell Reports|2022
129 cit.
4
Extensive protein dosage compensation in aneuploid human cancers
Genome Research|2022
88 cit.
5
Cell shape sensing licenses dendritic cells for homeostatic migration to lymph nodes
Nature Immunology|2024
87 cit.
6
The intensities of canonical senescence biomarkers integrate the duration of cell-cycle withdrawal
Nature Communications|2023
73 cit.
7
Cyclin E/CDK2 and feedback from soluble histone protein regulate the S phase burst of histone biosynthesis
Cell Reports|2023
37 cit.
8
Multiple cancers escape from multiple MAPK pathway inhibitors and use DNA replication stress signaling to tolerate aberrant cell cycles
Science Signaling|2023
24 cit.
9
Inhibition of a lower potency target drives the anticancer activity of a clinical p38 inhibitor
Cell chemical biology|2023
24 cit.
10
Cells use multiple mechanisms for cell-cycle arrest upon withdrawal of individual amino acids
Cell Reports|2023
23 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Marc W. Kirschner
Harvard University
2
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Juntendo University
3
Kim Nasmyth
University of Oxford
4
Ronald D. Vale
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
5
Paul Nurse
The Francis Crick Institute
6
Timothy J. Mitchison
Harvard University
7
Don W. Cleveland
University of California San Diego
8
Stephen J. Elledge
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
9
Andrew W. Murray
Harvard University
10
Mitsuhiro Yanagida
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Papers

1
Peptide mapping by limited proteolysis in sodium dodecyl sulfate and analysis by gel electrophoresis.
Journal of Biological Chemistry|1977
5.6k cit.
2
[56] Molecular genetic analysis of fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology|1991
3.8k cit.
3
From molecular to modular cell biology
Nature|1999
3.7k cit.
4
Droplet Barcoding for Single-Cell Transcriptomics Applied to Embryonic Stem Cells
Cell|2015
3.7k cit.
5
Dynamic instability of microtubule growth
Nature|1984
3.4k cit.
6
ATM and ATR Substrate Analysis Reveals Extensive Protein Networks Responsive to DNA Damage
Science|2007
3.1k cit.
7
A protein factor essential for microtubule assembly.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1975
3.1k cit.
8
Sensing DNA Damage Through ATRIP Recognition of RPA-ssDNA Complexes
Science|2003
2.7k cit.
9
Cyclin is degraded by the ubiquitin pathway
Nature|1991
2.4k cit.
10
Identification of a novel force-generating protein, kinesin, involved in microtubule-based motility
Cell|1985
2k cit.

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