by Shambaditya Saha
In this video abstract, Shamba tells you about his publication in Cell, "Polar Positioning of Phase-Separated Liquid Compartments in Cells Regulated by an mRNA Competition Mechanism." Learn more in the full paper.
Shamba was a postdoc in Tony Hyman's lab at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany.
Update: Shamba is now a Research Group Leader at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna!
Related Resources
• Watch Louise Jawerth's Science Sketch on the concept of phase transitions in cells.
• Watch Tony Hyman's talk on iBiology.org on phase transitions in the C.elegans embryo, describing the work which provided the foundation for Shamba's project.