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The Gould Lab studies the proteins and signaling pathways that regulate cytokinesis and couple cell division to chromosome segregation.  We use cutting edge approaches in proteomics/mass spectrometry and live cell imaging, in combination with genetics, biochemistry, and structural biology.

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Check out our model of the fully formed contractile ring, the actin- and myosin-based structure that is essential for cytokinesis in yeast and animal cells. The distance of individual proteins from the plasma membrane was determined at nanoscale resolution using super-resolution microscopy. To read more about this work, see eLife 2017;6:e28865

Figure from McDonald et al, 2017. Available at https://elifesciences.org/articles/28865 under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.