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Eric Larson joined the group

March 3, 2017

IQ Bio/Physics PhD student Eric Larson has joined the group. Welcome!

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Kinetochore capture paper highlighted on Biophysical Journal website

Feb. 7, 2017

Our paper "Contributions of microtubule dynamic instability and rotational diffusion to kinetochore capture" was published in final form today by the Biophysical Journal and highlighted on the Biophysical Journal website.

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Robert Blackwell awarded APS biological physics thesis research prize

Jan. 23, 2017

Robert Blackwell has been awarded the 2016 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Biological Physics by the American Physical Society.

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Spindle assembly modeling paper published by Science Advances

Jan. 20, 2017

Robert Blackwell's paper "Physical determinants of bipolar mitotic spindle assembly and stability in fission yeast" was published by Science Advances .

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Zach Gergely's paper published by Molecular Biology of the Cell

Nov. 7, 2016

Zachary Gergely's paper "Kinesin-8 effects on mitotic microtubule dynamics contribute to spindle function in fission yeast" was published in final form by Molecular Biology of the Cell.

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Loren Hough receives NIH MIRA grant

Oct. 22, 2016

Congratulations to Loren Hough, who received an NIH MIRA grant for new investigators. This 5-year, $1.8 million award will support his lab's research on tubulin tails. News coverage of this award has been posted at the physics department website.

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Hui-Shun Kuan's paper published by Physical Review E

Aug. 29, 2016

Hui-Shun Kuan's paper "Phase-plane analysis of the totally asymmetric simple exclusion process with binding kinetics and switching between antiparallel lanes" was published by Physical Review E .

Kathryn Wall's paper accepted by ACS Chemical Biology

Aug. 16, 2016

The paper "Molecular determinants of tubulin’s C-terminal tail conformational ensemble" by Kathryn Wall, Maria Pagratis, Geoffrey Armstrong, Jeremy Balsbaugh, Eric Verbeke, Chad Pearson, and Loren Hough was accepted to ACS Chemical Biology .

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Hui-Shun Kuan's paper accepted by Physical Review E

July 20, 2016

Hui-Shun Kuan's paper "Phase-plane analysis of the totally asymmetric simple exclusion process with binding kinetics and switching between antiparallel lanes" was accepted for publication at Physical Review E .

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Kinetochore capture preprint posted on arXiv

June 24, 2016

Our paper "Contributions of microtubule dynamic instability and rotational diffusion to kinetochore capture" was posted on the arXiv preprint server today.

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