Cytoskeleton & Cell Dynamics

This topic page includes information and resources on cytoskeleton, cilia, kinesin, myosin, actin, microtubules, dynein, and related topics.

Resources

Images | Videos | Labs | Forums | Literature | Education

Images

ASCB Image & Video Library (our peer-reviewed collection of cell biology images specifically on Cytoskeleton and Cell Dynamics)

Videos

ASCB Image & Video Library (our peer-reviewed collection of cell biology videos specifically on Cytoskeleton and Cell Dynamics)

Labs

Bretscher lab, Cornell (functional organization and regulation of microfilaments in eucaryotic cells)
Burgess lab, Boston College (molecular motors)
Condeelis lab, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Cell motility, Chemotaxis and Cancer)
Gelfand lab, Northwestern University (mechanisms of intracellular transport)
Goldman lab, Northwestern University (intermediate filaments)
Nedelec lab, European Molecular Biology Lab (microtubule organization, especially in mitosis)
Oegama lab, University of California, San Diego (role of the cytoskeleton in the morphogenetic transformations required for cell division in C elegans)
Ridley lab, LICR London (mechanisms of cell migration)
Ross lab, University of Pennsylvania (biophysics of microtubules and molecular motors)
Spudich lab, Stanford (molecular basis of cell motility)

Forums

Interact with colleagues on ASCB's Cytoskeleton and Cell Dynamics Community Forum.

Literature

Landmark Papers in Cell Biology. Chapter 7: Cytoskeleton (commentaries by experts on landmark papers in the cytoskeleton field, with links to many of the original papers).

Education

Structure and Function of Microtubules: from the University of Texas Medical Branch

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