Kat Toropova
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Kat Toropova
@kattoropova.bsky.social
Group leader & MRC CDA fellow at the Dunn School, Oxford. Cilia, motor proteins & intracellular organisation using cryo-EM/ET & cell biology. Run a co-lab with Anthony Roberts.
Thrilled to see our study on how kinesin-2 motors are switched on and off published in @natsmb.nature.com ⚛️

➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats to all authors from me and Anthony 🎉 @dunnschool.bsky.social Check out this animation made by talented PhD student @matthew-batisio.bsky.social 😆
July 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Postdoc position in my lab: investigating how the microtubule motor protein dynein-2 works in cilia.

Here's dynein-2 at work translocating microtubules - how is this activity regulated? How does dynein-2 malfunction in disease?

Find out more and apply:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
April 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Sign of the times, no more bluebird on the biorxiv engagement tab..
November 24, 2024 at 9:59 AM
This was an excellent meeting last year and wowee what a line up!
November 15, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Excited to share our latest work on how the intriguingly heterotrimeric kinesin-2s are controlled using a beta-hairpin motif!
tinyurl.com/biorxiv15Oct
Congrats to the 2 Stephs & Aakash from me and Anthony! - Stephanie Nofal was the 1st summer and Stephanie Webb 1st PhD student in the Roberts lab 💕
October 15, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Huge thanks to Oliver Blaque and the Cilia 2024 organising committee for a wonderful meeting at University College Dublin 🇮🇪❤️
September 13, 2024 at 8:10 PM
One week to go!🥳 #cilia2024
September 1, 2024 at 9:02 AM