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  • 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

Michael Glotzer is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Aging. Additional subfields of study include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Paleontology.

The main topics covered in their work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ.

Michael Glotzer has contributed to several recent papers across notable scientific venues. These include:

  • Competition between kinesin-1 and myosin-V defines Drosophila posterior determination, 2020, eLife
  • Rho1 activation recapitulates early gastrulation events in the ventral, but not dorsal, epithelium of Drosophila embryos, 2020, eLife
  • Aurora A and cortical flows promote polarization and cytokinesis by inducing asymmetric ECT-2 accumulation, 2022, eLife
  • Apical polarity and actomyosin dynamics control Kibra subcellular localization and function in Drosophila Hippo signaling, 2023, Developmental Cell
  • Projective light-sheet microscopy with flexible parameter selection, 2024, Nature Communications

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Glotzer include Katrina M Longhini, Ashley Rich, Richard G. Fehon, Sherzod A. Tokamov, and Nicki Nouri.

The most common publication venues where their work has appeared are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Journal of Cell Science, UNC Libraries, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Michael Glotzer has been recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an award reflecting peer recognition within the molecular biology research community.

Best Publications

  • Cyclin is degraded by the ubiquitin pathway

    Michael Glotzer;Andrew W. Murray;Marc W. Kirschner

  • Cyclin activation of p34cdc2

    Mark J. Solomon;Michael Glotzer;Tina H. Lee;Michel Philippe

  • The Molecular Requirements for Cytokinesis

    Michael Glotzer

  • Cyclin is a component of maturation-promoting factor from Xenopus

    Jean Gautier;Jeremy Minshull;Manfred Lohka;Michael Glotzer

  • Anaphase is initiated by proteolysis rather than by the inactivation of maturation-promoting factor

    Sandra L. Holloway;Michael Glotzer;Randall W. King;Andrew W. Murray

  • Central Spindle Assembly and Cytokinesis Require a Kinesin-like Protein/RhoGAP Complex with Microtubule Bundling Activity

    Masanori Mishima;Susanne Kaitna;Michael Glotzer

  • Polo-like kinase 1 triggers the initiation of cytokinesis in human cells by promoting recruitment of the RhoGEF Ect2 to the central spindle.

    Mark Petronczki;Michael Glotzer;Norbert Kraut;Jan-Michael Peters

  • An ECT2–centralspindlin complex regulates the localization and function of RhoA

    Özlem Yüce;Alisa Piekny;Michael Glotzer

  • TULIPs: Tunable, light-controlled interacting protein tags for cell biology

    Devin Strickland;Yuan Lin;Elizabeth Wagner;C Matthew Hope

  • Cytokinesis: welcome to the Rho zone

    Alisa Piekny;Michael Werner;Michael Glotzer

  • Anillin Is a Scaffold Protein That Links RhoA, Actin, and Myosin during Cytokinesis

    Alisa J. Piekny;Michael Glotzer

  • CYK-4: A Rho family gtpase activating protein (GAP) required for central spindle formation and cytokinesis.

    Verena Jantsch-Plunger;Pierre Gönczy;Alper Romano;Heinke Schnabel

  • Animal cell cytokinesis.

    Michael Glotzer

  • Comparative Analysis of Cytokinesis in Budding Yeast, Fission Yeast and Animal Cells

    Mohan K. Balasubramanian;Erfei Bi;Michael Glotzer

  • Mitochondrial uncoupling protein from mouse brown fat: molecular cloning, genetic mapping, and mRNA expression

    A Jacobsson;U Stadler;M A Glotzer;L P Kozak

  • The 3Ms of central spindle assembly: microtubules, motors and MAPs

    Michael Glotzer

  • Incenp and an aurora-like kinase form a complex essential for chromosome segregation and efficient completion of cytokinesis.

    Susanne Kaitna;Manuel Mendoza;Verena Jantsch-Plunger;Michael Glotzer

  • Mutagenic analysis of the destruction signal of mitotic cyclins and structural characterization of ubiquitinated intermediates.

    R W King;M Glotzer;M W Kirschner

  • A requirement for Rho and Cdc42 during cytokinesis in Xenopus embryos

    David N. Drechsel;Anthony A. Hyman;Alan Hall;Michael Glotzer

  • Cell cycle regulation of central spindle assembly

    Masanori Mishima;Visnja Pavicic;Ulrike Grüneberg;Erich A. Nigg

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony A. Hyman
Anthony A. Hyman Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
James R. Sellers
James R. Sellers National Institutes of Health
Vladimir I. Gelfand
Vladimir I. Gelfand Northwestern University
Kim Nasmyth
Kim Nasmyth University of Oxford
Marc W. Kirschner
Marc W. Kirschner Harvard University
Richard G. Fehon
Richard G. Fehon University of Chicago
Ralf Schnabel
Ralf Schnabel Technische Universität Braunschweig
Susanne M.A. Lens
Susanne M.A. Lens Utrecht University
Andrew W. Murray
Andrew W. Murray Harvard University
Ulrich S. Schwarz
Ulrich S. Schwarz Heidelberg University

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