Publications from CCD Users and Staff

Our users have produced many high-quality articles in scientific journals, and several of our users have finished their doctoral studies and defended their Ph.D. thesis. Here most of those articles and theses are listed.

Scientific papers

Dang D, Efstathiou C, Sun D, Yue H, Sastry NR, Draviam VM. Deep learning techniques and mathematical modeling allow 3D analysis of mitotic spindle dynamics. J Cell Biol. 2023 May 1;222(5):e202111094. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202111094. Epub 2023 Mar 2. PMID: 36880744; PMCID: PMC9998659.

Song X, Conti D, Shrestha RL, Braun D, Draviam VM. Counteraction between Astrin-PP1 and Cyclin-B-CDK1 pathways protects chromosome-microtubule attachments independent of biorientation. Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 1;12(1):7010. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27131-9. PMID: 34853300; PMCID: PMC8636589.

Mahbub M, Mullineaux CW. Locations of membrane protein production in a cyanobacterium. J Bacteriol. 2023 Oct 26;205(10):e0020923. doi: 10.1128/jb.00209-23. Epub 2023 Oct 3. PMID: 37787518; PMCID: PMC10601611.

Wu C, Manjarrez-González JC, Choudhury M, Shamkhi N, Ding S, Nair VM, Draviam VM. Fluorescence recovery in the super-resolution regime reveals subcompartments of 53BP1 foci. Cell Rep Methods. 2025 Aug 18;5(8):101118. doi: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2025.101118. Epub 2025 Aug 4. PMID: 40763743; PMCID: PMC12461648.

 Efstathiou C, Ojkic N, Draviam VM. Dynein synergises with EB1 to facilitate cortex-microtubule encounter and proper spindle positioning in metaphase. Preprint at bioRxiv. 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.12.653564.

Doctoral theses

2023

Xinhong Song

Title: A molecular study of mechanisms that drive aneuploidy in cancers.

Supervisor: Prof. Viji Draviam