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Michel Bornens

Michel Bornens

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Biology and Biochemistry
France
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
23848
World Ranking
3705
National Ranking
91

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 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

Michel Bornens is a researcher affiliated with the Institute Curie in France, specializing primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The main subfields in their work include Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biomedical Engineering, and Structural Biology.

Their research explores a variety of topics, such as Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Nuclear Structure and Function, and Protist diversity and phylogeny.

Bornens has published extensively in notable venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Advances
  • Current Biology
  • Current Opinion in Structural Biology
  • The EMBO Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Bornens include:

  • "A helical inner scaffold provides a structural basis for centriole cohesion", 2020, Science Advances
  • "Acto-myosin network geometry defines centrosome position", 2021, Current Biology
  • "Centrosome organization and functions", 2020, Current Opinion in Structural Biology
  • "Human SFI1 and Centrin form a complex critical for centriole architecture and ciliogenesis", 2022, The EMBO Journal
  • "Acto-myosin network geometry defines centrosome position", 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bornens include Marine H. Laporte, Susanne Borgers, Juliette Azimzadeh, Virginie Hamel, and Paul Guichard.

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

Best Publications

  • The extracellular matrix guides the orientation of the cell division axis

    Manuel Théry;Victor Racine;Anne Pépin;Matthieu Piel

  • Centrosome composition and microtubule anchoring mechanisms.

    Michel Bornens

  • Anisotropy of cell adhesive microenvironment governs cell internal organization and orientation of polarity

    Manuel Théry;Victor Racine;Matthieu Piel;Anne Pépin

  • Protein interaction mapping: A Drosophila case study

    Etienne Formstecher;Sandra Aresta;Vincent Collura;Alexandre Hamburger

  • The Centrosome in Cells and Organisms

    Michel Bornens

  • Cell Distribution of Stress Fibres in Response to the Geometry of the Adhesive Environment

    Manuel Théry;Anne Pépin;Emilie Dressaire;Yong Chen

  • The respective contributions of the mother and daughter centrioles to centrosome activity and behavior in vertebrate cells.

    Matthieu Piel;Pablo Meyer;Alexey Khodjakov;Conly L. Rieder

  • Centrosome organization and centriole architecture: their sensitivity to divalent cations.

    Michel Paintrand;Mohammed Moudjou;Hervé Delacroix;Michel Bornens

  • p34cdc2 is located in both nucleus and cytoplasm; part is centrosomally associated at G2/M and enters vesicles at anaphase.

    E Bailly;M Dorée;P Nurse;M Bornens

  • Experimental and theoretical study of mitotic spindle orientation

    Manuel Théry;Andrea Jiménez-Dalmaroni;Victor Racine;Michel Bornens

  • Centrosome-dependent exit of cytokinesis in animal cells.

    Matthieu Piel;Joshua Nordberg;Ursula Euteneuer;Michel Bornens

  • Centriole Disassembly In Vivo and Its Effect on Centrosome Structure and Function in Vertebrate Cells

    Y. Bobinnec;A. Khodjakov;L.M. Mir;C.L. Rieder

  • Fate of microtubule-organizing centers during myogenesis in vitro.

    A M Tassin;B Maro;M Bornens

  • Microtubule minus-end anchorage at centrosomal and non-centrosomal sites: the role of ninein.

    M.M. Mogensen;A. Malik;M. Piel;V. Bouckson-Castaing

  • External forces control mitotic spindle positioning

    Jenny Fink;Nicolas Carpi;Timo Betz;Angelique Bétard

  • Tubulin tyrosination is a major factor affecting the recruitment of CAP-Gly proteins at microtubule plus ends

    Leticia Peris;Manuel Thery;Julien Fauré;Yasmina Saoudi

  • Structural and chemical characterization of isolated centrosomes

    Michel Bornens;Michel Paintrand;Josette Berges;Marie-Chantal Marty

  • Microtubule nucleation at the cis‐side of the Golgi apparatus requires AKAP450 and GM130

    Sabrina Rivero;Jesus Cardenas;Michel Bornens;Rosa M Rios

  • Most of centrin in animal cells is not centrosome-associated and centrosomal centrin is confined to the distal lumen of centrioles

    Anne Paoletti;Mohammed Moudjou;Michel Paintrand;Jeffrey L. Salisbury

  • gamma-Tubulin in mammalian cells: the centrosomal and the cytosolic forms

    Mohammed Moudjou;Nicole Bordes;Michel Paintrand;Michel Bornens

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Théry
Manuel Théry Grenoble Alpes University
Matthieu Piel
Matthieu Piel Institute Curie
Bruno Goud
Bruno Goud Institute Curie
Eric Karsenti
Eric Karsenti École Normale Supérieure
Jean-Baptiste Sibarita
Jean-Baptiste Sibarita Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jacques Camonis
Jacques Camonis Institute Curie
Richard G. Fehon
Richard G. Fehon University of Chicago
Laurent Blanchoin
Laurent Blanchoin Grenoble Alpes University
Ludger Johannes
Ludger Johannes Institute Curie
Yong Chen
Yong Chen École Normale Supérieure

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