Dr. James R. LaFountain

		FACULTY
Faculty Staff Faculty Openings		Dr. James R. LaFountain Professor Cooke 657 phone: (716) 645-4965 email: jrl@buffalo.edu Further research info
		Research Summary My research addresses questions about the mechanism underlying the segregation of chromosomes during meiosis. Current experiments entail use of laser microsurgery to release kinetochores from tension, and this is followed by studying the relationship between movement of released kinetochores and the dynamic flux of microtubules attached to them. See recent publications for details. Recent Publications LaFountain, J.R., Jr., Cohan, C.S. and Oldenbourg, R. 2011. Functional states of kinetochores revealed by laser microsurgery and fluorescent speckle microscopy. Molecular Biology of the Cell 22: 4801-4808 LaFountain, J.R., Jr., Cohan, C.S. and Oldenbourg, R. 2012. Pac-man motility of kinetochores unleashed by laser microsurgery. Molecular Biology of the Cell 23: 3133-3142.
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