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Valentina Štimac

German Center for Neurodegenerative DiseasesORCID 0000-0003-0398-5493Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Cell BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedMar 17, 2026

Polar chromosomes are rescued from missegregation by spindle elongation-driven microtubule pivoting

Isabella Koprivec, Valentina Štimac, Mario Đura…·Iva M. Tolić

The paper shows that spindle elongation rescues polar chromosomes from missegregation by pivoting astral microtubules toward the spindle surface, with implications for chromosomal instability in cancer.

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