Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The centrosome is a structure in cells which is built every time the cell prepares to divide. In this video abstract, Jeff Woodruff explains how to build a centrosome in a test tube from purified proteins. He found that the centrosome acts like a sponge, which selectively soaks up the proteins needed to build microtubules.
Read more in the full paper, published in the journal Cell: cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)30589-5
See the full blog post at: sciencesketches.org/single-post/2017/07/29/Building-a-synthetic-centrosome
Jeff Woodruff is a postdoc in the lab of Tony Hyman (hymanlab.mpi-cbg.de) at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany.
The centrosome is a structure in cells which is built every time the cell prepares to divide. In this video abstract, Jeff Woodruff explains how to build a centrosome in a test tube from purified proteins. He found that the centrosome acts like a sponge, which selectively soaks up the proteins needed to build microtubules.
Read more in the full paper, published in the journal Cell: cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)30589-5
See the full blog post at: sciencesketches.org/single-post/2017/07/29/Building-a-synthetic-centrosome
Jeff Woodruff is a postdoc in the lab of Tony Hyman (hymanlab.mpi-cbg.de) at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany.
