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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

Isabelle Vernos is affiliated with the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work connected to medicine.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Reproductive biology and fertility
  • Sperm and testicular function
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Genomics and chromatin dynamics
  • Heat shock proteins research

Within these fields, the subfields of study they have contributed to are:

  • Molecular biology
  • Cell biology
  • Public health, environmental and occupational health
  • Genetics
  • Reproductive medicine

Vernos has published in a range of scientific venues. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Science Advances
  • Molecular Human Reproduction
  • Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Rita Vassena
  • Anna Ferrer-Vaquer
  • Jacopo Scrofani
  • Farners Amargant
  • Aïda Pujol

Some of the recent papers authored include:

  • The chaperonin CCT controls T cell receptor-driven 3D configuration of centrioles, 2020, Science Advances
  • The human sperm basal body is a complex centrosome important for embryo preimplantation development, 2021, Molecular Human Reproduction
  • Chromosome segregation fidelity requires microtubule polyglutamylation by the cancer downregulated enzyme TTLL11, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Autosomal recessive variants in TUBGCP2 alter the γ-tubulin ring complex leading to neurodevelopmental disease, 2020, iScience
  • The human sperm basal body is a complex centrosome important for embryo pre-implantation development, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

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

Best Publications

  • Ran Induces Spindle Assembly by Reversing the Inhibitory Effect of Importin α on TPX2 Activity

    Oliver J Gruss;Rafael E Carazo-Salas;Christoph A Schatz;Giulia Guarguaglini

  • Structural basis of Aurora-A activation by TPX2 at the mitotic spindle.

    Richard Bayliss;Teresa Sardon;Isabelle Vernos;Elena Conti

  • The Mitotic Spindle: A Self-Made Machine

    E. Karsenti;I. Vernos

  • Genetic organization of Drosophila bithorax complex

    E. Sánchez-Herrero;I. Vernós;R. Marco;G. Morata

  • A model for the proposed roles of different microtubule-based motor proteins in establishing spindle bipolarity

    Claire E. Walczak;Isabelle Vernos;Timothy J. Mitchison;Eric Karsenti

  • TPX2, A novel xenopus MAP involved in spindle pole organization.

    Torsten Wittmann;Matthias Wilm;Eric Karsenti;Isabelle Vernos

  • Dynactin is required for bidirectional organelle transport

    Sean W. Deacon;Anna S. Serpinskaya;Patricia S. Vaughan;Monica Lopez Fanarraga

  • Chromosome-induced microtubule assembly mediated by TPX2 is required for spindle formation in HeLa cells

    Oliver J Gruss;Malte Wittmann;Hideki Yokoyama;Rainer Pepperkok

  • Xklp1, a chromosomal Xenopus kinesin-like protein essential for spindle organization and chromosome positioning.

    Isabelle Vernos;Jos Raats;Tatsuya Hirano;Janet Heasman

  • Xkid, a Chromokinesin Required for Chromosome Alignment on the Metaphase Plate

    Celia Antonio;Ingvar Ferby;Heike Wilhelm;Margaret Jones

  • The mechanism of spindle assembly: functions of Ran and its target TPX2.

    Oliver J. Gruss;Isabelle Vernos

  • Localization of the Kinesin-like Protein Xklp2 to Spindle Poles Requires a Leucine Zipper, a Microtubule-associated Protein, and Dynein

    Torsten Wittmann;Haralabia Boleti;Claude Antony;Eric Karsenti

  • Xklp2, a Novel Xenopus Centrosomal Kinesin-like Protein Required for Centrosome Separation during Mitosis

    Haralabia Boleti;Eric Karsenti;Isabelle Vernos

  • Heterotrimeric kinesin II is the microtubule motor protein responsible for pigment dispersion in Xenopus melanophores.

    M. Carolina Tuma;Andrew Zill;Nathalie Le Bot;Isabelle Vernos

  • Development and Biological Evaluation of Potent and Specific Inhibitors of Mitotic Kinesin Eg5

    Michael Gartner;Nils Sunder-Plassmann;Jeanette Seiler;Mathias Utz

  • The Role of Hklp2 in the Stabilization and Maintenance of Spindle Bipolarity

    David Vanneste;Masatoshi Takagi;Naoko Imamoto;Isabelle Vernos;Isabelle Vernos

  • The TACC proteins: TACC-ling microtubule dynamics and centrosome function.

    Isabel Peset;Isabelle Vernos;Isabelle Vernos

  • Function and regulation of Maskin, a TACC family protein, in microtubule growth during mitosis.

    Isabel Peset;Jeanette Seiler;Teresa Sardon;Luis A. Bejarano

  • A Kinesin-like Motor Inhibits Microtubule Dynamic Instability

    Henrik Bringmann;Georgios Skiniotis;Annina Spilker;Stefanie Kandels-Lewis

  • Kinesin-2 is a motor for late endosomes and lysosomes.

    Christa L. Brown;Kerstin C. Maier;Tobias Stauber;Laura M. Ginkel

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Karsenti
Eric Karsenti École Normale Supérieure
Richard Bayliss
Richard Bayliss University of Leeds
Rainer Pepperkok
Rainer Pepperkok European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Thomas Surrey
Thomas Surrey The Francis Crick Institute
Elena Conti
Elena Conti Max Planck Society
Vladimir I. Gelfand
Vladimir I. Gelfand Northwestern University
José M. Valpuesta
José M. Valpuesta Spanish National Research Council
Claude Antony
Claude Antony Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Luis Serrano
Luis Serrano Centre for Genomic Regulation
Daniel G. MacArthur
Daniel G. MacArthur Garvan Institute of Medical Research

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