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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Helder Maiato is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal. Their research predominantly focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Plant Science, Oncology, and Condensed Matter Physics.

Maiato's work spans a range of topics, with a particular emphasis on:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny

The scientist has authored several papers published in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Microtubule poleward flux in human cells is driven by the coordinated action of four kinesins" (2020, The EMBO Journal)
  • "The Tubulin Code in Mitosis and Cancer" (2020, Cells)
  • "An anaphase surveillance mechanism prevents micronuclei formation from frequent chromosome segregation errors" (2021, Cell Reports)
  • "α-Tubulin detyrosination impairs mitotic error correction by suppressing MCAK centromeric activity" (2020, The Journal of Cell Biology)
  • "Micronuclei from misaligned chromosomes that satisfy the spindle assembly checkpoint in cancer cells" (2022, Current Biology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Maiato include António J. Pereira, Luísa T. Ferreira, Bernardo Orr, Paulo Aguiar, and Ana C. Almeida.

The scientist's research has been published repeatedly in several journals and repositories, among which the most common are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Current Biology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cell Reports

Helder Maiato has been recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Stuck in Division or Passing through: What Happens When Cells Cannot Satisfy the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint

    Conly L. Rieder;Helder Maiato

  • Essential roles of Drosophila inner centromere protein (INCENP) and aurora B in histone H3 phosphorylation, metaphase chromosome alignment, kinetochore disjunction, and chromosome segregation.

    Richard R. Adams;Helder Maiato;William C. Earnshaw;Mar Carmena

  • Asymmetric CLASP-Dependent Nucleation of Noncentrosomal Microtubules at the trans-Golgi Network

    Andrey Efimov;Alexey Kharitonov;Nadia Efimova;Jadranka Loncarek

  • The dynamic kinetochore-microtubule interface.

    Helder Maiato;Jennifer DeLuca;E. D. Salmon;William C. Earnshaw

  • Kinetochore-driven formation of kinetochore fibers contributes to spindle assembly during animal mitosis

    Helder Maiato;Conly L. Rieder;Conly L. Rieder;Conly L. Rieder;Alexey Khodjakov;Alexey Khodjakov;Alexey Khodjakov

  • Human CLASP1 Is an Outer Kinetochore Component that Regulates Spindle Microtubule Dynamics

    Helder Maiato;Helder Maiato;Elizabeth A.L. Fairley;Conly L. Rieder;Jason R. Swedlow

  • Microtubule detyrosination guides chromosomes during mitosis

    Marin Barisic;Ricardo Silva e Sousa;Suvranta K. Tripathy;Maria M. Magiera

  • Drosophila CLASP is required for the incorporation of microtubule subunits into fluxing kinetochore fibres

    Helder Maiato;Alexey Khodjakov;Alexey Khodjakov;Alexey Khodjakov;Conly L. Rieder;Conly L. Rieder;Conly L. Rieder

  • Mechanisms of Chromosome Congression during Mitosis

    Helder Maiato;Ana Margarida Gomes;Ana Margarida Gomes;Filipe Sousa;Filipe Sousa;Marin Barisic

  • Mitotic spindle multipolarity without centrosome amplification

    Helder Maiato;Elsa Logarinho

  • Kinetochore motors drive congression of peripheral polar chromosomes by overcoming random arm-ejection forces

    Marin Barisic;Paulo Aguiar;Stephan Geley;Helder Maiato

  • Human chromokinesins promote chromosome congression and spindle microtubule dynamics during mitosis

    Cornelia Wandke;Marin Barisic;Marin Barisic;Reinhard Sigl;Veronika Rauch

  • MAST/Orbit has a role in microtubule–kinetochore attachment and is essential for chromosome alignment and maintenance of spindle bipolarity

    Helder Maiato;Paula Sampaio;Catarina L. Lemos;John Findlay

  • CLASP1, astrin and Kif2b form a molecular switch that regulates kinetochore-microtubule dynamics to promote mitotic progression and fidelity

    Amity L Manning;Samuel F Bakhoum;Stefano Maffini;Clara Correia-Melo

  • Mast, a conserved microtubule-associated protein required for bipolar mitotic spindle organization

    Catarina L. Lemos;Paula Sampaio;Helder Maiato;Madalena Costa

  • Mammalian CLASP1 and CLASP2 cooperate to ensure mitotic fidelity by regulating spindle and kinetochore function.

    Ana L. Pereira;António J. Pereira;Ana R.R. Maia;Ksenija Drabek

  • Heterochromatin boundaries are hotspots for de novo kinetochore formation

    Agata M. Olszak;Dominic van Essen;António J. Pereira;Sarah Diehl

  • Motor-Independent Targeting of CLASPs to Kinetochores by CENP-E Promotes Microtubule Turnover and Poleward Flux

    Stefano Maffini;Ana R.R. Maia;Amity L. Manning;Amity L. Manning;Zoltan Maliga

  • Feedback control of chromosome separation by a midzone Aurora B gradient.

    Olga Afonso;Irina Matos;António J. Pereira;Paulo Aguiar;Paulo Aguiar

  • Spatiotemporal control of mitosis by the conserved spindle matrix protein Megator

    Mariana Lince-Faria;Stefano Maffini;Bernard Orr;Yun Ding

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio E. Sunkel
Claudio E. Sunkel University of Porto
Conly L. Rieder
Conly L. Rieder New York State Department of Health
William C. Earnshaw
William C. Earnshaw University of Edinburgh
Alexey Khodjakov
Alexey Khodjakov New York State Department of Health
Niels Galjart
Niels Galjart Erasmus University Rotterdam
Matthieu Piel
Matthieu Piel Institute Curie
Duane A. Compton
Duane A. Compton Dartmouth College
Denis M. Larkin
Denis M. Larkin Royal Veterinary College

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