Dr. Gautam Dey, EMBL Heidelberg
Dr. Gautam Dey, Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg will present: "Evolution and diversity in mitosis"
Hovedinnhold
Despite the fundamental role of cell division in the propagation of cellular life, eukaryotes have evolved a diverse range of strategies to remodel and partition organelles and cellular contents in mitosis. What drives the evolution of mitotic mechanisms? Bridging lab and field expeditions, we use a range of microbial model systems, comparative genomics, imaging and experimental evolution to probe mitotic diversity on short and long evolutionary timescales. I will present our recent work on karyotype evolution in budding yeast, on mitotic mechanisms in deep-branching holozoans and in green algae, and finally our initial efforts to generate a eukaryotic mitotic atlas.
The talk will be presented together with Dr. Omaya Dudin's EMBO Young Investigator Lecture.
