Investigators and Program Directors

Select Publications

• Kapoor, T.M., M. Lampson, P. Hergert, L. Cameron, D. Cimini, E.D. Salmon, B.F. McEwen, and A. Khodjakov. 2006. Chromosomes can congress to the metaphase plate prior to bi-orientation. Science, 311:388-391. Abstract | Full Text (with Journal Cover, Featured in Science, Nature, JCB).
• La Terra, S., C. English, P. Hergert, B.F. McEwen, G. Sluder, and A. Khodjakov. 2005. The de novo centriole assembly pathway in HeLa cells: cell cycle progression and centriole assembly/maturation. J. Cell Biol., 168:713-722. Abstract | Full Text
• Brito, D., J. Strauss, V. Magidson, I. Tikhonenko, A. Khodjakov, and M.P. Koonce. 2005. A balance of forces stabilizes the interphase microtubule array. Mol. Biol. Cell, 16:3334-3340. ("Faculty of 1000" rating "Recommended").
• Maiato, H., A. Khodjakov, and C.L. Rieder. 2005. Drosophila CLASP is required for the incorporation of microtubule subunits into fluxing kinetochore fibers. Nature Cell Biology, 7:42-47. Abstract (featured in Nature Cell Biology New and Views, "Faculty of 1000"rating "Must read").
• Maiato, H., C.L. Rieder, and A. Khodjakov. 2004. Kinetochore-driven formation of kinetochore fibers contributes to spindle assembly during mitosis in animals. J. Cell Biol., 167:831-840. Abstract | Full Text (featured in Nature Cell Biology New and Views, "Faculty of 1000"rating "Exceptional").
• Khodjakov, A, S. La Terra, and F. Chang. 2004. Laser microsurgery in fission yeast: role of the mitotic spindle mid-zone in anaphase B. Current Biol., 14:1330-1340. Abstract (featured in Current Biology Dispatch; "Faculty of 1000"rating "Must read").
• Khodjakov, A., L. Copenagle, M.B. Gordon, D.A Compton., and T. Kapoor. 2003. Minus-end capture of preformed kinetochore fibers contributes to spindle morphogenesis. J. Cell Biol., 160:671-683 Abstract | Full Text (with journal cover; featured in JCB "In This Issue"; "Faculty of 1000"rating "Must read").
• Khodjakov, A. C.L. Rieder, G. Cassels, O. Sibon, and C.-L. Wang. 2002. De novo formation of centrosomes in vertebrate cells arrested during S phase. J. Cell Biol., 158:1171-1181. Abstract | Full Text (featured in JCB "In This Issue", "Faculty of 1000"rating "Exceptional").
• Khodjakov, A., and C.L. Rieder. 2001. Centrosomes enhance the fidelity of cytokinesis in vertebrates and are required for cell cycle progression. J. Cell Biol., 153:237-242. Abstract | Full Text (featured in JCB "In Brief", Trends in Cell Biology "News & Comments", and Science "Editors Choice").
• Khodjakov, A., R.W. Cole, B.R. Oakley, and C.L. Rieder. 2000. Centrosome-independent mitotic spindle formation in vertebrates. Current Biology, 10:59-67 Abstract (with journal cover; featured in Trends in Cell Biology "Headlines").

Reviews:

• Khodjakov, A., and T.M. Kapoor. 2005. Microtubule flux: What is it good for? Curr. Biol. 15:R966-R968.
• Khodjakov A., and C.L. Rieder. 2004. A Synergy of Technologies: Using Green Fluorescent Protein Tagging and Laser Microsurgery to Study Centrosome Function and Duplication in Vertebrates. In: "Centrosome in development and disease". E. Nigg, Ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Chapter 10. pp.191-210.
• Wadsworth, P. and A. Khodjakov. 2004. E pluribus unum: Toward a universal mechanism for spindle assembly. Trends in Cell Biol. 24:413-419.
• Rieder, CL., and A. Khodjakov. 2003. Mitosis through the microscope: advances in seeing inside live dividing cells. Science. 300:91-96 (with journal cover).

Contact Information

Phone: (518) 486-5339
Fax: (518) 486-4901
E-mail: khodj@wadsworth.org.