Prof. Buzz Baum, from the Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology (University College London) will be giving a seminar entitled "Mitosis and the importance of being well-rounded" on 13 February, Wednesday, at 10.30 (IBMC INEB main Auditorium).

His research interests include how cytoskeleton organization controls normal and cancer cell shape, the mechanisms underlying cell rounding during mitosis, and the cellular and physical processes that organize cell shape during the development of epithelial tissue. Please see below some of his more recent publications, and for more information visit: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lmcb/research-group/buzz-baum-research-group

SOME REFERENCES:

Changes in Ect2 localization couple actomyosin-dependent cell shape changes to mitotic progression.
Matthews HK, Delabre U, Rohn JL, Guck J, Kunda P, Baum B.
Dev Cell. 2012 Aug 14;23(2):371-83. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.06.003.

Making waves: the rise and fall and rise of quantitative developmental biology.
Davidson LA, Baum B.
Development. 2012 Sep;139(17):3065-9. doi: 10.1242/dev.080093. Review.

Live-cell delamination counterbalances epithelial growth to limit tissue overcrowding.
Marinari E, Mehonic A, Curran S, Gale J, Duke T, Baum B.
Nature. 2012 Apr 15;484(7395):542-5. doi: 10.1038/nature10984.

PP1-mediated moesin dephosphorylation couples polar relaxation to mitotic exit.
Kunda P, Rodrigues NT, Moeendarbary E, Liu T, Ivetic A, Charras G, Baum B.
Curr Biol. 2012 Feb 7;22(3):231-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.12.016. Epub 2011 Dec 29.

Comparative RNAi screening identifies a conserved core metazoan actinome by phenotype.
Rohn JL, Sims D, Liu T, Fedorova M, Schöck F, Dopie J, Vartiainen MK, Kiger AA, Perrimon N, Baum B.
J Cell Biol. 2011 Sep 5;194(5):789-805. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201103168.

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