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Timothy J. Mitchison, Ph.D.

Hasib Sabbagh Professor of Systems Biology, Department of Systems biology, Harvard Medical School

Contact Info

Timothy Mitchison
Harvard Medical School
250 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA, 02115
Mailstop: SGMB 604
Phone: 617-432-3805
Fax: 617-432-3702
timothy_mitchison@hms.harvard.edu

Assistant

Not Available.

DF/HCC Program Affiliation

Cancer Cell Biology

Research Abstract

Not Available.

Publications

  • Hu CK, Coughlin M, Field CM, Mitchison TJ.Cell polarization during monopolar cytokinesis.J Cell Biol 2008 Apr 21;181(2):195-202.
    18411311
  • Niethammer P, Kueh HY, Mitchison TJ.Spatial patterning of metabolism by mitochondria, oxygen, and energy sinks in a model cytoplasm.Curr Biol 2008 Apr 22;18(8):586-91.
    18406136
  • Mitchison TJ, Charras GT, Mahadevan L.Implications of a poroelastic cytoplasm for the dynamics of animal cell shape.Semin Cell Dev Biol 2008 Jun;19(3):215-23.
    18395478
  • Salic A, Mitchison TJ.A chemical method for fast and sensitive detection of DNA synthesis in vivo.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Feb 19;105(7):2415-20.
    18272492
  • Galkin VE, Orlova A, Brieher W, Kueh HY, Mitchison TJ, Egelman EH.Coronin-1A stabilizes F-actin by bridging adjacent actin protomers and stapling opposite strands of the actin filament.J Mol Biol 2008 Feb 22;376(3):607-13.
    18177666
  • Young DW, Bender A, Hoyt J, McWhinnie E, Chirn GW, Tao CY, Tallarico JA, Labow M, Jenkins JL, Mitchison TJ, Feng Y.Integrating high-content screening and ligand-target prediction to identify mechanism of action.Nat Chem Biol 2008 Jan;4(1):59-68.
    18066055
  • Irimia D, Charras G, Agrawal N, Mitchison T, Toner M.Polar stimulation and constrained cell migration in microfluidic channels.Lab Chip 2007 Dec;7(12):1783-90.
    18030401
  • Charras GT, Coughlin M, Mitchison TJ, Mahadevan L.Life and times of a cellular bleb.Biophys J 2008 Mar 1;94(5):1836-53.
    17921219
  • Burbank KS, Mitchison TJ, Fisher DS.Slide-and-cluster models for spindle assembly.Curr Biol 2007 Aug 21;17(16):1373-83.
    17702580
  • Vrabioiu AM, Mitchison TJ.Symmetry of septin hourglass and ring structures.J Mol Biol 2007 Sep 7;372(1):37-49.
    17628594
  • Ohi R, Burbank K, Liu Q, Mitchison TJ.Nonredundant functions of Kinesin-13s during meiotic spindle assembly.Curr Biol 2007 Jun 5;17(11):953-9.
    17509883
  • Eggert US, Kiger AA, Richter C, Perlman ZE, Perrimon N, Mitchison TJ, Field CM.Parallel Chemical Genetic and Genome-Wide RNAi Screens Identify Cytokinesis Inhibitors and Targets.PLoS Biol 2004 Dec;2(12):e379.
    15547975
  • Venkatesh N, Feng Y, DeDecker B, Yacono P, Golan D, Mitchison T, McKeon F.Chemical genetics to identify NFAT inhibitors: potential of targeting calcium mobilization in immunosuppression.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Jun 15;101(24):8969-74.
    15184684
  • Peterson JR, Lokey RS, Mitchison TJ, Kirschner MW.A chemical inhibitor of N-WASP reveals a new mechanism for targeting protein interactions.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 Sep 11;98(19):10624-9.
    11553809
  • Degterev A, Lugovskoy A, Cardone M, Mulley B, Wagner G, Mitchison T, Yuan J.Identification of small-molecule inhibitors of interaction between the BH3 domain and Bcl-xL.Nat Cell Biol 2001 Feb;3(2):173-82.
    11175750
  • Kapoor TM, Mitchison TJ.Allele-specific activators and inhibitors for kinesin.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999 Aug 3;96(16):9106-11.
    10430903
  • Desai A, Verma S, Mitchison TJ, Walczak CE.Kin I kinesins are microtubule-destabilizing enzymes.Cell 1999 Jan 8;96(1):69-78.
    9989498
  • Frazier JA, Wong ML, Longtine MS, Pringle JR, Mann M, Mitchison TJ, Field C.Polymerization of purified yeast septins: evidence that organized filament arrays may not be required for septin function.J Cell Biol 1998 Nov 2;143(3):737-49.
    9813094
  • Desai A, Mitchison TJ.Tubulin and FtsZ structures: functional and therapeutic implications.Bioessays 1998 Jul;20(7):523-7.
    9722999
  • Walczak CE, Vernos I, Mitchison TJ, Karsenti E, Heald R.A model for the proposed roles of different microtubule-based motor proteins in establishing spindle bipolarity.Curr Biol 1998 Jul 30-Aug 13;8(16):903-13.
    9707401
  • Mitchison TJ, Sawin KE, Theriot JA, Gee K, Mallavarapu A.Caged fluorescent probes.Methods Enzymol 1998;291:63-78.
    9661145
  • Welch MD, Rosenblatt J, Skoble J, Portnoy DA, Mitchison TJ.Interaction of human Arp2/3 complex and the Listeria monocytogenes ActA protein in actin filament nucleation.Science 1998 Jul 3;281(5373):105-8.
    9651243
  • Desai A, Maddox PS, Mitchison TJ, Salmon ED.Anaphase A chromosome movement and poleward spindle microtubule flux occur At similar rates in Xenopus extract spindles.J Cell Biol 1998 May 4;141(3):703-13.
    9566970
  • Mitchison TJ.Towards a pharmacological genetics.Chem Biol 1994 Sep;1(1):3-6.
    9383364
  • Desai A, Mitchison TJ.Microtubule polymerization dynamics.Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 1997;13:83-117.
    9442869
  • Welch MD, DePace AH, Verma S, Iwamatsu A, Mitchison TJ.The human Arp2/3 complex is composed of evolutionarily conserved subunits and is localized to cellular regions of dynamic actin filament assembly.J Cell Biol 1997 Jul 28;138(2):375-84.
    9230079
  • Rosenblatt J, Agnew BJ, Abe H, Bamburg JR, Mitchison TJ.Xenopus actin depolymerizing factor/cofilin (XAC) is responsible for the turnover of actin filaments in Listeria monocytogenes tails.J Cell Biol 1997 Mar 24;136(6):1323-32.
    9087446
  • Cramer LP, Siebert M, Mitchison TJ.Identification of novel graded polarity actin filament bundles in locomoting heart fibroblasts: implications for the generation of motile force.J Cell Biol 1997 Mar 24;136(6):1287-305.
    9087444
  • Walczak CE, Verma S, Mitchison TJ.XCTK2: a kinesin-related protein that promotes mitotic spindle assembly in Xenopus laevis egg extracts.J Cell Biol 1997 Feb 24;136(4):859-70.
    9049251
  • Welch MD, Mallavarapu A, Rosenblatt J, Mitchison TJ.Actin dynamics in vivo.Curr Opin Cell Biol 1997 Feb;9(1):54-61.
    9013669
  • Welch MD, Iwamatsu A, Mitchison TJ.Actin polymerization is induced by Arp2/3 protein complex at the surface of Listeria monocytogenes.Nature 1997 Jan 16;385(6613):265-9.
    9000076
  • Cramer LP, Mitchison TJ.Investigation of the mechanism of retraction of the cell margin and rearward flow of nodules during mitotic cell rounding.Mol Biol Cell 1997 Jan;8(1):109-19.
    9017599
  • Field CM, al-Awar O, Rosenblatt J, Wong ML, Alberts B, Mitchison TJ.A purified Drosophila septin complex forms filaments and exhibits GTPase activity.J Cell Biol 1996 May;133(3):605-16.
    8636235
  • Belmont LD, Mitchison TJ.Identification of a protein that interacts with tubulin dimers and increases the catastrophe rate of microtubules.Cell 1996 Feb 23;84(4):623-31.
    8598048
  • Mitchison TJ, Cramer LP.Actin-based cell motility and cell locomotion.Cell 1996 Feb 9;84(3):371-9.
    8608590
  • Walczak CE, Mitchison TJ, Desai A.XKCM1: a Xenopus kinesin-related protein that regulates microtubule dynamics during mitotic spindle assembly.Cell 1996 Jan 12;84(1):37-47.
    8548824
  • Cramer LP, Mitchison TJ.Myosin is involved in postmitotic cell spreading.J Cell Biol 1995 Oct;131(1):179-89.
    7559774
  • Mitchison TJ.Evolution of a dynamic cytoskeleton.Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1995 Sep 29;349(1329):299-304.
    8577841
  • Wordeman L, Mitchison TJ.Identification and partial characterization of mitotic centromere-associated kinesin, a kinesin-related protein that associates with centromeres during mitosis.J Cell Biol 1995 Jan;128(1-2):95-104.
    7822426
  • Hirano T, Mitchison TJ.A heterodimeric coiled-coil protein required for mitotic chromosome condensation in vitro.Cell 1994 Nov 4;79(3):449-58.
    7954811
  • Theriot JA, Rosenblatt J, Portnoy DA, Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ, Mitchison TJ.Involvement of profilin in the actin-based motility of L. monocytogenes in cells and in cell-free extracts.Cell 1994 Feb 11;76(3):505-17.
    8313471
  • Sawin KE, Mitchison TJ.Microtubule flux in mitosis is independent of chromosomes, centrosomes, and antiparallel microtubules.Mol Biol Cell 1994 Feb;5(2):217-26.
    8019007
  • Mitchison TJ.Localization of an exchangeable GTP binding site at the plus end of microtubules.Science 1993 Aug 20;261(5124):1044-7.
    8102497
  • Cramer L, Mitchison TJ.Moving and stationary actin filaments are involved in spreading of postmitotic PtK2 cells.J Cell Biol 1993 Aug;122(4):833-43.
    8349733
  • Mitchison TJ, Salmon ED.Poleward kinetochore fiber movement occurs during both metaphase and anaphase-A in newt lung cell mitosis.J Cell Biol 1992 Nov;119(3):569-82.
    1400593
  • Hyman AA, Middleton K, Centola M, Mitchison TJ, Carbon J.Microtubule-motor activity of a yeast centromere-binding protein complex.Nature 1992 Oct 8;359(6395):533-6.
    1406970
  • Sawin KE, LeGuellec K, Philippe M, Mitchison TJ.Mitotic spindle organization by a plus-end-directed microtubule motor.Nature 1992 Oct 8;359(6395):540-3.
    1406972
  • Theriot JA, Mitchison TJ, Tilney LG, Portnoy DA.The rate of actin-based motility of intracellular Listeria monocytogenes equals the rate of actin polymerization.Nature 1992 May 21;357(6375):257-60.
    1589024
  • Mitchison TJ.Self-organization of polymer-motor systems in the cytoskeleton.Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1992 Apr 29;336(1276):99-106.
    1351302
  • Sawin KE, Mitchison TJ, Wordeman LG.Evidence for kinesin-related proteins in the mitotic apparatus using peptide antibodies.J Cell Sci 1992 Feb;101 ( Pt 2):303-13.
    1629247
  • Hirano T, Mitchison TJ.Cell cycle control of higher-order chromatin assembly around naked DNA in vitro.J Cell Biol 1991 Dec;115(6):1479-89.
    1661728
  • Symons MH, Mitchison TJ.Control of actin polymerization in live and permeabilized fibroblasts.J Cell Biol 1991 Aug;114(3):503-13.
    1860882
  • Theriot JA, Mitchison TJ.Actin microfilament dynamics in locomoting cells.Nature 1991 Jul 11;352(6331):126-31.
    2067574
  • Hyman AA, Mitchison TJ.Two different microtubule-based motor activities with opposite polarities in kinetochores.Nature 1991 May 16;351(6323):206-11.
    2041567
  • Sawin KE, Mitchison TJ.Poleward microtubule flux mitotic spindles assembled in vitro.J Cell Biol 1991 Mar;112(5):941-54.
    1999464
  • Mitchison TJ.Polewards microtubule flux in the mitotic spindle: evidence from photoactivation of fluorescence.J Cell Biol 1989 Aug;109(2):637-52.
    2760109
  • Mitchison TJ.Mitosis: basic concepts.Curr Opin Cell Biol 1989 Feb;1(1):67-74.
    2698210
  • Kirschner MW, Mitchison T.Microtubule dynamics.Nature 1986 Dec 18-31;324(6098):621.
    3796729
  • Mitchison TJ, Kirschner MW.Properties of the kinetochore in vitro. II. Microtubule capture and ATP-dependent translocation.J Cell Biol 1985 Sep;101(3):766-77.
    4030894
  • Mitchison TJ, Kirschner MW.Properties of the kinetochore in vitro. I. Microtubule nucleation and tubulin binding.J Cell Biol 1985 Sep;101(3):755-65.
    4030893