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Bembenek Lab @BembenekLab

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

Joined October 2012
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Bembenek Lab@BembenekLab
May 12
Our new paper is now online: doi.org/10.1242/jcs.264478. 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!
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kuba sędziński@ksedzinski
May 19
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)
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J Cell Science@J_Cell_Sci
May 20
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 journals.biologists.com/jcs/…
JCS poster – The Balbiani body at a glance

ALT JCS poster – The Balbiani body at a glance
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Takashi Akera@TakashiAkeraLab
Mar 22
🚨Please repost!! 🧬We are hiring POSTDOC now!! Fully-funded 5-year position 👩🏻‍🔬👨‍🔬
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bioRxiv Cell Biology@biorxiv_cellbio
Mar 19
Mitotically Driven Cytoskeletal Reorganization Governs Zebrafish Left-Right Organizer Detachment from EVL and Lumen Morphogenesis biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… #biorxiv_cellbio
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FoxLabNC@FoxLabNC
Mar 20
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.
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Journal of Cell Biology@JCellBiol
Jan 22
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 hubs.la/Q03_WFhj0
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Journal of Cell Biology@JCellBiol
Jan 22
Spotlight: Moghareh, Bojorquez, and Lara-Gonzalez @ucirvine highlight work from Yang et al. (hubs.la/Q03_WPfB0) showing that CKS-1 plays key roles in both #anaphase B during #oocyte #meiosis I and the #metaphase II–to–anaphase II transition. hubs.la/Q03_WP970
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Cell Biology J-Club@cell_club
4 Dec 2025
Membrane rupture and independent extension of sister membranes drive cytokinesis in C. elegans embryos biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Membrane rupture and independent extension of sister membranes drive cytokinesis in C. elegans...

Cell division, the physical separation of a cell into two daughter cells, is classically thought to require continuous plasma membrane invagination driven by equatorial contractile forces. Here, we...

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Andreas Boland@BolandLab_GE
12 Nov 2025
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: lnkd.in/eHCYuyhc comment: lnkd.in/ezyw2dxi
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Emma Koory@EmmaKoory
10 Nov 2025
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
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Tim Stearns@StearnsLab
8 Nov 2025
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Nuria Ferrandiz (@nuriaferrandiz.bsky.social)@Nufediaz
31 Oct 2025
Happy Halloween 👻🎃!
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Happy Halloween!
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We won best group outfit!
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Interesting! micropublication.org/journal…
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bioRxiv Cell Biology@biorxiv_cellbio
4 Sep 2025
The nuclear localization of Ect2 is required for cytokinesis biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… #biorxiv_cellbio

The nuclear localization of Ect2 is required for cytokinesis

In cytokinesis, a contractile ring constricts the cell to form two daughters. After ingression, the ring matures into the midbody, and an intercellular bridge connects the daughter cells until it is...

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bioRxiv Cell Biology@biorxiv_cellbio
18 Aug 2025
The centriculum, a membrane that surrounds C. elegans centrosomes, acts as a microtubule filter biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… #biorxiv_cellbio

The centriculum, a membrane that surrounds C. elegans centrosomes, acts as a microtubule filter

Centrosomes are the main microtubule-nucleating structures in dividing cells. They are considered membrane-less organelles, but in several cell types they are surrounded by ER-derived membrane. In C....

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Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)@MBLScience
23 Jul 2025
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. bit.ly/4eZWxfU
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You can always tell when the high school summer interns start working in the lab!
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