Hybrid Monday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller community)
Monday, February 23, 2026
Michael Rout, Ph.D.
George and Ruby deStevens Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University
A Tour of the Pore: Structural and Functional Mapping of the Nuclear Pore Complex
Recommended Readings:
Singh, Digvijay, et al. “The molecular architecture of the nuclear basket.” Cell 187.19 (2024): 5267-5281.
Cowburn, David, and Michael Rout. “Improving the hole picture: towards a consensus on the mechanism of nuclear transport.” Biochemical Society Transactions 51.2 (2023): 871-886.
Akey, Christopher W., et al. “Implications of a multiscale structure of the yeast nuclear pore complex.” Molecular cell 83.18 (2023): 3283-3302.
Singh, Digvijay, et al. “Structural heterogeneity of nuclear pores in yeast.” Biophysical Journal 122.3 (2023): 55a.
Strambio-De-Castillia, Caterina, Mario Niepel, and Michael P. Rout. “The nuclear pore complex: bridging nuclear transport and gene regulation.” Nature reviews Molecular cell biology 11.7 (2010): 490-501.
