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Present	Assistant Professor, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Biology

2014 R.R. Bensley Award, American Academy of Anatomists

Morrill Science Center South, Rm 438B
University of Massachusetts
Amherst MA, 01003
413-545-0957
510-847-7995
Web site: http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/about/directories/faculty/thomas-j-maresca

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Fast Microtubule Dynamics in Meiotic Spindles Measured by Single Molecule ...

Molecular Biology of the Cell (2010)

Thomas J. Maresca, D. J Needleman, A. Groen, R. Ohi, et al.

Metaphase spindles are steady-state ensembles of microtubules that turn over rapidly and slide poleward in some systems. Since the discovery ...

Welcome to a new kind of tension: translating kinetochore mechanics ...

Journal of Cell Science (2010)

Thomas J. Maresca and E. D Salmon

Recent high-resolution studies of kinetochore structure have transformed the way researchers think about this crucial macro-molecular complex, which is essential ...

Intrakinetochore stretch is associated with changes in kinetochore phosphorylation and ...

Journal of Cell Biology (2009)

Thomas J. Maresca and E. D Salmon

Cells have evolved a signaling pathway called the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) to increase the fidelity of chromosome segregation by ...

Functional Overlap of Microtubule Assembly Factors in Chromatin-Promoted Spindle Assembly

Molecular Biology of the Cell (2009)

Thomas J. Maresca, A. C Groen, J. C Gatlin and E. D Salmon

Distinct pathways from centrosomes and chromatin are thought to contribute in parallel to microtubule nucleation and stabilization during animal cell ...

Spindle Fusion Requires Dynein-Mediated Sliding of Oppositely Oriented Microtubules

Current Biology (2009)

Thomas J. Maresca, J. C Gatlin, A. Maltov, A. C Groen, et al.

Background Bipolar spindle assembly is critical for achieving accurate segregation of chromosomes. In the absence of centrosomes, meiotic spindles achieve ...

Micromanipulation studies of chromatin fibers in Xenopus egg extracts reveal ...

Molecular Biology of the Cell (2007)

Thomas J. Maresca, J. Yan, D. Skoko, R. Heald, et al.

We have studied assembly of chromatin using Xenopus egg extracts and single DNA molecules held at constant tension by using ...

Xenopus tropicalis egg extracts provide insight into scaling of the ...

Journal of Cell Biology (2007)

Thomas J. Maresca, M. D Blower, K. S Brown, T. C Grammer, et al.

The African clawed frog Xenopus laevis has been instrumental to investigations of both development and cell biology, but the utility ...

Histone H1 is essential for mitotic chromosome architecture and segregation ...

Journal of Cell Biology (2005)

Thomas J. Maresca, J. Yan, D. Skoko, R. Heald, et al.

During cell division, condensation and resolution of chromosome arms and the assembly of a functional kinetochore at the centromere of ...

The condensin complex is required for proper spindle assembly and ...

Journal of Cell Biology (2003)

Thomas J. Maresca, S. M Wignall, R. Deehan and R. Heald

Chromosome condensation is required for the physical resolution and segregation of sister chromatids during cell division, but the precise role ...