Our department (Chemical and Systems Biology) held its retreat at the Chaminade Resort near Santa Cruz CA on Sept. 9-11 2026. Over 100 department members attended, with dozens of trainee talks and posters being presented. Each year the department awards “Best Talk”, “Best Paper”, and “Best Poster” prizes. We’re delighted to announce that the Chistol […]
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Sept ’26: Our MCM10/RECQL4 Manuscript is Accepted in NatComm
We are excited to announce that the “sequel” to our 2024 Cell paper has been accepted for publication in Nature Communications (September 2026). Congratulations to the entire Replication Initiation Team!
Our Replication Initiation Manuscript Is Accepted at Cell :)
Our manuscript titled “Single-Molecule Imaging Reveals the Mechanism of Bidirectional Replication Initiation in Metazoa” was officially accepted for publication in Cell. The project started in the summer of 2020 (that first glorious COVID summer) when Scott started imaging how GINS is recruited to replication origins. He later did the same for Cdc45. In 2021 Riki […]
Tomoko Started Her Rotation
Tomoko, a 1st year CSB graduate student, just started her 2-month rotation in our lab. She will be working with Riki on understanding the mechanism of the CMG helicase activation. We’re delighted to double the Japanese contingent of our lab 🙂