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Franz Meitinger
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Join us for the #CellDivision2026 meeting in Okinawa. Abstract Submission Deadline: Nov 3. www.oist.jp/conference/c...
October 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Join us for the Cell Division Meeting in the Pacific Island setting of Okinawa.
Hosted at OIST, this symposium brings together leading researchers to explore emerging roles of the cell cycle in development, cancer, and aging.

Registration now open: www.oist.jp/conference/c...
August 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The OIST Graduate School has opened a Special PhD Admissions Portal for students currently enrolled in, or accepted to, universities in the U.S. #PhDprogram

www.oist.jp/admissions/s...
Special Application Deadline for Students Accepted or Studying in the United States
www.oist.jp
June 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Excited to share our new preprint on @biorxivpreprint!
We show that USP28 mutations found in cancer block its interaction with 53BP1, disrupting p53 stabilization. Check out the full story... @Midori_RuruOta
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Check out our review on "PLK4: Master Regulator of Centriole Duplication and Its Therapeutic Potential".

Everything you need to know about centriole duplication, mitotic stopwatch and TRIM37-mediated cancer-specific vulnerabilities.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
PLK4: Master Regulator of Centriole Duplication and Its Therapeutic Potential
Centrosomes catalyze the assembly of a microtubule-based bipolar spindle, essential for the precise chromosome segregation during cell division. At the center of this process lies Polo-Like Kinase 4 ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
We wish you Happy Holidays from Okinawa!
December 26, 2024 at 8:19 AM
A prolonged mitosis is characteristic of defects that drive genome instability. What are the underlying causes and broader implications of prolonged mitosis? Check out our review...

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com
December 26, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Interested in Base Editing and Genetic Screening?
Check out our method chapter: link.springer.com/protocol/10....
Esther Ng did an excellent job developing these methods in our lab. The constructs will soon be available on @addgene.bsky.social
Many thanks to OIST for supporting open access!
Genetic Engineering and Screening Using Base Editing and Inducible Gene Knockout
Genetic engineering and screening in human cells are powerful techniques for the precise and comprehensive identification and analysis of gene and protein domain functions. Genome-wide knockout screen...
link.springer.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:03 AM
@MBSJ 2024 in Fukuoka
November 27, 2024 at 9:56 AM