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Nikki Schuette

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Electrostatic control of chromatin compaction safeguards against apoptotic DNA release

Maximilian F.D. Spicer, Sanne Wijma, Nikki Schuette, Jan Huertas, Maria Julia Maristany, Jose Ignacio Perez Lopez, Lifeng Chen, Mustafa Alaabo, Michael K. Rosen, Rosana Collepardo‐Guevara, Daniel W. Gerlich

This study shows that electrostatic attraction compacts fragmented DNA during apoptosis, preventing its release, and demonstrates a synthetic approach to probe physical forces in genome organization.

bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology

An electrostatic repulsion model of centromere organisation

Caelan Bell, Lifeng Chen, Maria Julia Maristany, Claudia Blaukopf, Huabin Zhou, Jan Huertas, Jose Ignacio Perez Lopez, Christoph C. H. Langer, Thomas L. Steinacker, Nikki Schuette, Lynda K. Doolittle, Jorge R. Espinosa, Sy Redding, Rosana Collepardo‐Guevara, Michael K. Rosen, Daniel W. Gerlich

This study identifies electrostatic repulsion as the mechanism driving centromere positioning at the chromatin surface, independent of condensin or microtubules.

bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2025 · PreprintCell Biology