Tomo Tanaka lab: we are the research group studying chromosome dynamics

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

News:

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.

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.

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.