William M. Bement

This study investigates how RGA-3/4 regulates F-actin structure in vivo and in vitro, showing it directly binds and bundles F-actin, providing insights into its role in cortical excitability and cytokinesis.

The paper investigates how Rho and Cdc42 signaling zones form and polarize during cell repair in Xenopus oocytes, revealing a self-organized mechanism involving protein recruitment at signaling compartment overlaps.

The paper measures energy partitioning between chemical and mechanical subsystems in the cell cortex and finds that energy distribution changes with Rho GTPase pathway manipulation.

This study tests two theoretical models of Rho GTPase wave generation by simultaneously imaging total and active RhoA in cortical waves.