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Zhou et al. design protein-based artificial kinetochore constructs as decoys to prevent premature chromosomal separation in aged oocytes. These constructs compete with chromosomal kinetochores, reduci...

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ERC-funded project on the mechanism of horizontal transfer of entire fungal chromosomes PhD PostDoc

Holliday junctions maintain chromosome synapsis to enable crossover assurance in budding yeast.

Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

Natural genetic transformation is a conserved mechanism of bacterial horizontal gene transfer, which is directed entirely by the recipient cell and facilitates the acquisition of new genetic traits su...

The synaptonemal complex (SC) is structurally conserved across eukaryotes and is essential for a proper progression of meiosis. Despite this conservat…

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The leading cause of human pregnancy loss is aneuploidy, often tracing to errors in chromosome segregation during female meiosis. While abnormal crossover recombination is known to confer risk for ane...