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Shweta Nandakumar

Saarland UniversityPrimary ORCID profile (0000-0002-4717-7853 · 1 paper)Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Shweta NandakumariD1 paper · Saarland University

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

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Kinesin-induced buckling reveals the limits of microtubule self-repair

Shweta Nandakumar, Jonas Bosche, Mirko Wieczorek, Constantin Matteo Albrecht, Belinda König, Mona Grünewald, Ludger Santen, Stefan Diez, M. Reza Shaebani, Laura Schaedel

This study shows that kinesin-driven microtubule buckling causes severe lattice damage that often exceeds microtubule self-repair capacity, leading to breakage, but survival is enhanced with intracellular factors.

Advanced Science · Mar 12, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics

Revisiting the role of microtubules in cytotoxic T cell function: efficient search and killing without microtubule network

Galia Montalvo, M. Reza Shaebani, Lukas Schuster, Shweta Nandakumar, Natasha Cowley, Sijia Zhang, Renping Zhao, Anna Burgstaller, Shulagna Sharma, Oskar Staufer, Rhoda Hawkins, Markus Hoth, Marcel A. Lauterbach, Laura Schaedel, Bin Qu, Franziska Lautenschläger

This study shows that disrupting microtubules in cytotoxic T cells enhances their migration and target cell elimination in 3D environments.

bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2025 · PreprintCell Biology