The overwhelming beauty of mitosis, whether in higher or fungal cells, still captures our imagination and bring us back to the epoch of the chromosomal theory of inheritance. These images correspond to a time series shot by Miguel Penalva, and display that transition between anaphase and telophase in Aspergillus nidulans. Microtubules are depicted in green, as they were labeled with tubulin-GFP and the mass of chromatin is depicted in red, due to the presence of H1 labeled with mCherry. These fusion proteins were developed by Berl Oakley. Nuclei are evenly distributed within the hyphal tip cells, which is genetically encoded, and genes mediating this distribution were one of the fishing captures of Ron Morris during his groundbreaking screen for genes affecting nuclear migration and positioning (nud genes), which led to the identification, among others of the gene encoding the cytoplasmic dynein heavy chain.
Readers will find two pages hanging from the menu. One describes biographical sketches of key fungal scientists, some of which sadly passed away, others are currently retired and a few remain active. The names included in this page obey to no other criterion than the very personal judgment of the authors of these pages, and can be modified at any time to follow any suggestion given by colleagues. Indeed, while the names included currently can be hardly disputed, in all likelihood there will be missing names whose absence we should like to correct at the earliest possible occasion. On the second page, we would like to create a repository of classic papers for them to become accessible to supervisors, lecturers on pupils alike, mostly with teaching purposes; however it has not escaped our notice that this repository, once completed, may prevent others from reinventing the wheel. Suggestions are most welcome but please have in mind to confirm that the proposed fires can be accessed freely and are not bound by any legitimate proprietary rights
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