Cell division is a highly regulated and carefully orchestrated process. Understanding the
mechanisms that promote proper cell division is an important step toward unraveling …

Depending on cell type, environmental inputs, and disease, the cells in the human body can
have widely different sizes. In recent years, it became clear that cell size is a major regulator …

Eukaryotic cells tightly control their size, but the relevant aspect of size is unknown in most
cases. Fission yeast divide at a threshold cell surface area (SA) due, in part, to the protein …

Cytokinesis nodes are assemblies of stoichiometric ratios of proteins associated with the
plasma membrane, which serve as precursors for the contractile ring during cytokinesis by …

Fission yeast cells divide at a similar cell length with little variation about the mean. This is
thought to be the result of a control mechanism that senses size and corrects for any …

In the context of animal or plant development, we tend to think of cells as small, simple,
building blocks, such that complex patterns or shapes can only be constructed from large …

To enter into mitosis, cells must shut off the cell cycle inhibitor Wee1. SAD family protein
kinases regulate Wee1 signaling in yeast and humans. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe …

The notion that graded distributions of signals underlie the spatial organization of biological
systems has long been a central pillar in the fields of cell and developmental biology. During …

Microfluidics concentration gradient generators have been widely applied in chemical and
biological fields. However, the current gradient generators still have some limitations. In this …

Fission yeast cells prevent mitotic entry until a threshold cell surface area is reached. The
protein kinase Cdr2 contributes to this size control system by forming multiprotein nodes that …