Mary Williard Elting

This study shows that compressive force from the nuclear envelope in S. pombe affects spindle biochemistry by altering microtubule dynamics and protein distribution.

The paper develops a method to measure nucleoplasmic material properties in live fission yeast cells using photoactivatable molecules and FCS, finding no significant variation during the cell cycle.

This paper investigates ultrafast contraction in Spirostomum using myonemes, showing centrin-Sfi1 structures drive calcium-triggered contraction without actomyosin or ATP.

This study investigates cellularization in chytrid fungi, showing it uses distinct mechanisms from conventional cytokinesis and animal yeast cellularization, involving actomyosin-driven membrane invagination and microtubule-dependent patterning.