Jaan Männik

This study investigates how mRNA-ribosome dynamics and division septum mechanics contribute to daughter chromosome separation in E. coli, finding that while ribosome aggregation aids separation, other forces also play a role.

This study uses simulations to show that transcription and translation processes expand bacterial nucleoids and aid in chromosome segregation.

This study investigates the role of FtsN and FtsA in E. coli cell division and finds that FtsZ protofilaments, not FtsN, are rate-limiting for division onset.

This study shows FtsZ concentration in E. coli varies during the cell cycle in slow growth, with synthesis upregulation followed by ClpXP-mediated degradation, controlling Z-ring formation.