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Melissa Rinaldin

Center for Systems Biology DresdenORCID 0000-0002-8040-9468Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Biophysics· 1 Cell Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Alison KickuthiD· 2 shared Jan Brugués AiD· 2 shared Stefano Di TaliaiD· 2 shared Yitong XuiD· 2 shared Adam LamsoniD· 1 shared Anna T. Chao· 1 shared Benjamin A. DaltoniD· 1 shared Pavel Mejstřík· 1 shared

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BiophysicsNaturePeer-reviewedJan 28, 2026

Robust cytoplasmic partitioning by solving an intrinsic cytoskeletal instability

Melissa Rinaldin, Alison Kickuth, Adam Lamson…·Jan Brugués A

The paper demonstrates how embryos use microtubule dynamics and temporal control to achieve robust cytoplasmic partitioning through two distinct strategies in zebrafish and Drosophila.

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zebrafishDrosophila

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Cell BiologyCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewedJan 9, 2025

The cell cycle oscillator and spindle length set the speed of chromosome separation in Drosophila embryos

Yitong Xu, Anna T. Chao, Melissa Rinaldin…·Stefano Di Talia

The paper shows that spindle length and the cell cycle oscillator regulate the speed of chromosome separation during Drosophila blastoderm cleavage divisions.

6 citations

Drosophilaimaging

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