Dean Dawson

The paper shows that yeast cells with elevated chromosome numbers are dependent on Mps1 for proper chromosome orientation during mitosis, revealing a mechanism for Mps1 addiction in aneuploid cells.

The paper shows that heterochromatin maintains centromere associations in mouse spermatocytes when crossovers are absent.

The paper uses budding yeast to assess the impact of CdLS-associated Smc1 mutations on cohesin function, identifying two classes of mutations with distinct effects on chromosome segregation and cohesion.