Hybrid Monday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller community)
Monday, November 2, 2026
Hironori Funabiki, Ph.D.
Tri-Institutional Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Chromosome and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University
RNA on Mitotic Chromosomes: Peculiar Regulation of Centromeres for Faithful Chromosome Segregation
Recommended Readings:
Shih, Rochelle M., et al. “Impacts of DNA methylation on H2A. Z deposition and nucleosome stability.” Elife 15 (2026): RP109762.
Niu, Yiming, et al. “Molecular basis of cooperative assembly of the Ndc80-Ska kinetochore complex on microtubules.” bioRxiv (2026).
Niu, Yiming, et al. “Microtubules guide Aurora B substrate geometries for accurate chromosome segregation.” Science Advances 12.13 (2026): eaea2112.
Arimura, Yasuhiro, Hide A. Konishi, and Hironori Funabiki. “MagIC-Cryo-EM, structural determination on magnetic beads for scarce macromolecules in heterogeneous samples.” Elife 13 (2025): RP103486.
Konishi, Hide A., and Hironori Funabiki. “How condensed are mitotic chromosomes?.” Journal of Cell Biology 223.11 (2024): e202409044.
