Tomo Tanaka Lab
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
School of Life Sciences
University of Dundee
Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK

News:

Sep 21, 2025
Our new preprint has been posted on BioRxiv. Sheidaei N*, Eykelenboom JK*, Yue Z, Ball G, Booth AJR & Tanaka TU (* equal contribution). Contractile peri-nuclear actomyosin network repositions peripheral and polar chromosomes to promote early kinetochore–microtubule interactions. Click here to access the preprint.
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July 2, 2025
Titan Arum, 'the tallest flower in the world', flowered at the Dundee University Botanic Garden. It flowers only once every 3 to 5 years, but the flower lasts only for 1 or 2 days. The university circulated Tomo's photo in the Staff Newsletter.
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Apr 1, 2025
We welcome Dr Laura Bel Borja, who has joined our group as a post-doc fellow. She previously worked in Pelisch and Labib groups in our School.
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Mar 18, 2025
Our new research paper has been published online in Current Biology. Eykelenboom JK, Gierlinski M, Yue Z and Tanaka TU. Nuclear exclusion of condensin I in prophase coordinates mitotic chromosome reorganization to ensure complete sister chromatid resolution. Click here for the journal website of our paper and click here for PDF download.

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