Lab Leader: Muqing Cao

Lab Name: Laboratory of Cytoskeleton and Diseases

Lab Info：The cytoskeleton and related organelles have extensive roles in a multitude of biological processes, including cell morphology maintenance, signaling, cell division and differentiation, homeostasis maintenance, and organ development. Disorders of the cytoskeleton are tightly associated with the development of multiple diseases including cancer, congenital developmental defects, and neurodegenerative diseases. We focus on the fundamental regulatory mechanisms of the cytoskeleton and are interested in the underlying mechanisms of related diseases. We have achieved a series of progresses in the field of scale sensing and size control of cytoskeleton-related organelle, ultrastructural assembly of cellular organelles, and the connection between human diseases and defects of cytoskeleton-related organelles. Our work have been published in high profile academic journals such as Genetics in medicine, eLife, PNAS and Current biology.

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