Bench Scientists

The role of spatial confinement on global nucleoid dynamics - exploration of a standing wave hypothesis.

Global E.coli nucleoid dynamics:  localization and roles of supercoiling linker protein H-NS (with M. White and M. Stouf)

3D timelapse analysis of mammalian chromosome dynamics by speckle microscopy.

Exploration of nanocrystal behaviors in mammalian nuclei (with M. Mukhina).

Single molecule analysis of meiotic chromosome pairing in budding yeast.

The physics of chromosomes.  Development of a nanoscale mechanoluminescent sensor for detection of in vivo mechanical stress  patterns in mammalian cells. The physical basis of global E.coli nucleoid expansion/compaction cycles (with M. Stouf and M.Men)...

E.coli chromosome segregation, nucleoid structure and the nature and roles of nucleoid/membrane interactions.

Mitotic chromosome formation in mammalian cells: new intermediates and mechanical mechanisms.

The nature and mechanism of meiotic crossover interference as analyzed by live cell imaging in C.elegans and by mathematical modeling in Arabidopsis.
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