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ICaMB Seminar - Dr Viji Draviam-Sastry
- Venue: Dental Lecture Theatre C
- Start: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 13:00:00 GMT
- End: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 14:00:00 GMT
Dr. Draviam’s research aims to understand how cytoskeletal forces are generated and controlled within human cells. Her group has reported novel microtubule-mediated events that operate during human cell division: (i) the end-on conversion process, through which human chromosomes captured along lateral walls of microtubules are brought to the ends of microtubules, without detachment, and (ii) previously unrecognized cortical Dynein-independent and microtubule-dependent mechanisms that maintain the position of spindle. Viji was until recently in the Department of Genetics at Cambridge University, and has just moved to Queen Mary University of London as a Senior Lecturer.