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

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

 

CatarinaCatarina Samora mail
MAP4 & CENP-Q

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

 

CatarinaElina Vladimirou mail
kinetochore mechanics

I am interested in understanding the mechanics of chromosome directional instability during metaphase and...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

 

BinyamBinyam Mogessie mail
the MAP4

Non-motor MAPs are thought to contribute to the organization and stabilization of microtubule arrays...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

 

NataliaNatalia Wasiluk
EBs in vitro

EB proteins recognise the nucleotide state of tubulin. I look into the differences between the microtubule tip and lattice binding...more here

 

amdu

NickNick Carter mail
kinesin mechanics

We showed using optical trapping microscopy that kinesin-1 can walk backwards under load. Current work is aimed at...more here