Bembenek Lab

Investigating mechanisms of cell division, especially cytokinesis, during embryonic development.

[Bembenek Lab @BembenekLab]

Our new paper is now online: https://t.co/2JK4LocF1X. We describe how kinetochore proteins, essential for chromosome segregation, form linear elements in the cytoplasm and have a previously unrecognized role in vesicle transport! Check out our movies!

[kuba sędziński @ksedzinski]

Basal bodies (BBs) are what eventually become motile cilia. So, if they don't get positioned correctly on the apical surface, the whole tissue level function can go wrong → ciliopathies. We know actin is involved… but how does it actually control this process? 🤔 (3/17)

[J Cell Science @J_Cell_Sci]

Also in Issue 9:
- Research Highlights on plasmalogens, tricalbins, protein secretion and cell division
- Interview with Noboru Mizushima
- A century of cell death research
- The Balbiani body at a glance

https://t.co/fvSjO5tssu

[Takashi Akera @TakashiAkeraLab]

🚨Please repost!! 🧬We are hiring POSTDOC now!! Fully-funded 5-year position 👩🏻‍🔬👨‍🔬

[bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv_cellbio]

Mitotically Driven Cytoskeletal Reorganization Governs Zebrafish Left-Right Organizer Detachment from EVL and Lumen Morphogenesis https://t.co/AZT7j19vX2 #biorxiv_cellbio

[FoxLabNC @FoxLabNC]

My lab is accepting applications for a fully funded postdoctoral fellow position, beginning in 2027. Applicants must clearly articulate specific interests in our lab's research.

[Journal of Cell Biology @JCellBiol]

Yang et al show that #Celegans CKS-1 is required, w/ CDK-1, for #anaphase B during oocyte #meiosis I; promotes anaphase onset thru. securin & cyclin B1 destruction in meiosis I & II, respectively; & acts positively w/ both securin & cyclin B3 in meiosis II https://t.co/19jo6e9xFw

[Journal of Cell Biology @JCellBiol]

Spotlight: Moghareh, Bojorquez, and Lara-Gonzalez @ucirvine highlight work from Yang et al. (https://t.co/OQAGnZ1vRW) showing that CKS-1 plays key roles in both #anaphase B during #oocyte #meiosis I and the #metaphase II–to–anaphase II transition. https://t.co/2rFIFec9hE

[Cell Biology J-Club @cell_club]

Membrane rupture and independent extension of sister membranes drive cytokinesis in C. elegans embryos https://t.co/dBc8wFCstV

[Andreas Boland @BolandLab_GE]

How is timely and accurate sister chromatid separation achieved?

A process that is happening around 30-50 billion times per minute!!! in the human body needs tight regulation (to avoid cancer development...).

paper:
https://t.co/X0uF42A06a

comment:
https://t.co/8inOxfGlve

[Emma Koory @EmmaKoory]

Been doing a lot of time lapses of iPSC-derived cardiac muscle cells lately! Here's one of my favorites. This cell is expressing fluorescent alpha-actinin-2 and the colors represent depth. Movie length = 24h with frames taken every 20m. #microscopymonday #cellbiology @MAG2ART

[Tim Stearns @StearnsLab]

https://t.co/P7p1edcjjk

[Nuria Ferrandiz (@nuriaferrandiz.bsky.social) @Nufediaz]

Happy Halloween 👻🎃!

[Bembenek Lab @BembenekLab]

We won best group outfit!

[Bembenek Lab @BembenekLab]

Happy Halloween!

[Bembenek Lab @BembenekLab]

Interesting! https://t.co/IGV13bq5nu

[bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv_cellbio]

The nuclear localization of Ect2 is required for cytokinesis https://t.co/lsriOLSpvr #biorxiv_cellbio

[bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv_cellbio]

The centriculum, a membrane that surrounds C. elegans centrosomes, acts as a microtubule filter https://t.co/WwmQIhReq1 #biorxiv_cellbio

[Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) @MBLScience]

John Philip Trinkaus, a student in the 1939 Embryology course, left us with his drawings that show 'presumptive regions' in Trout, Fundulus, Dog fish, and Urodele; development of circulatory system of Teleost; and a squid spermatophore.

https://t.co/i4FGs3HWMy

[Bembenek Lab @BembenekLab]

You can always tell when the high school summer interns start working in the lab!