Special Lecture Series
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
4:00 p.m., Carson Family Auditorium (CRC)
Gregory Alushin, Ph.D.
Early Independent Scientist,
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Cytoskeletal Structural Plasticity in Force Generation and Mechanosensation
Recommended Reading
Alushin, G. M., Lander, G. C., Kellogg, E. H., Zhang, R., Baker, D., & Nogales, E. (2014). High-resolution microtubule structures reveal the structural transitions in αβ-tubulin upon GTP hydrolysis. Cell, 157(5), 1117-1129. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.03.053.
Kim, L. Y., Thompson, P. M., Lee, H. T., Pershad, M., Campbell, S. L., & Alushin, G. M. (2015). The structural basis of actin organization by vinculin and metavinculin. Journal of Molecular Biology. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.09.031.
Zhang, R., Alushin, G. M., Brown, A., & Nogales, E. (2015). Mechanistic origin of microtubule dynamic instability and its modulation by EB proteins. Cell, 162(4), 849-859. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.07.012.
