Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology

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Biswas, A.; Muñoz, O.; Kim, K.; Hoege, C.; Lorton, B. M.; Nikolay, R.; Kraushar, M. L.; Shechter, D.; Guck, J.; Zaburdaev, V. et al.; Reber, S.: Conserved nucleocytoplasmic density homeostasis drives cellular organization across eukaryotes. Nature Communications 16 (1) (2025)

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Kletter, T.; Muñoz, O.; Reusch, S.; Biswas, A.; Halavatyi, A.; Neumann, B.; Kuropka, B.; Zaburdaev, V.; Reber, S.: Cell state-specific cytoplasmic density controls spindle architecture and scaling. Nature Cell Biology 27 (6), pp. 959 - 971 (2025)

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Henkin, G.; Reber, S.: Microtubules: Decoding tubulin diversity with help from an amoeba. Current Biology 35 (2) (2025)

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Troman, L.; de Gaulejac, E.; Biswas, A.; Stiens, J.; Kuropka, B.; Moores, C. A.; Reber, S.: Mechanistic basis of temperature adaptation in microtubule dynamics across frog species. Current Biology, 6:S0960-9822(24)01690-7 (2025)

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Kim, K.; Biswas, A.; Guck, J.; Reber, S.: Measuring Molecular Mass Densities at Subcellular Resolution Using Optical Diffraction Tomography. Methods Mol Biol, pp. 119 - 141 (2025)

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Borchert, M.; Hellinga, J. R.; Reber, S.; Krücken, J.; von Samson-Himmelstjerna, G.: Benzimidazole inhibits Haemonchus contortus microtubule dynamics by intradimer structural changes observed by in silico modeling. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics (2024)

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Henkin, G.; Brito, C.; Plückthun, A.; Surrey, T.: Preparation of Polarity-Marked Microtubules Using a Plus-End Capping DARPin. Bio-protocol 14 (22), e5109 (2024)

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Reber, S.; Singer, M.; Frischknecht, F.: Cytoskeletal dynamics in parasites. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 86, 102277 (2023)

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Amini, S.; Zhu, T.; Biswas, A.; Charsooghi, M. A.; Kim, K.; Reber, S.; Dauphin, Y.; Fratzl, P.: Calcitic Prisms of The Giant Seashell Pinna Nobilis Form Light Guide Arrays. Advanced Materials, e2304166 (2023)

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Meca, E.; Fritsch, A. W.; Iglesias-Artola, J. M.; Reber, S.; Wagner, B.: Predicting disordered regions driving phase separation of proteins under variable salt concentration. Frontiers in Physics 11 (2023)

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Ng, S. C.; Biswas, A.; Huyton, T.; Schünemann, J.; Reber, S.; Görlich, D.: Barrier properties of Nup98 FG phases ruled by FG motif identity and inter-FG spacer length. Nature Communications 14 (1) (2023)

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Kletter, T.; Biswas, A.; Reber, S.: Engineering metaphase spindles: Construction site and building blocks. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 79 (2022)

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Hirst, W. G.; Fachet, D.; Kuropka, B.; Weise, C.; Saliba, K. J.; Reber, S.: Purification of functional Plasmodium falciparum tubulin allows for the identification of parasite-specific microtubule inhibitors. Current Biology 32, pp. 919 - 926 (2022)

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Kletter, T.; Reusch, S.; Cavazza, T.; Dempewolf, N.; Tischer, C.; Reber, S.: Volumetric morphometry reveals spindle width as the best predictor of mammalian spindle scaling. Journal of Cell Biology 221 (1), e202106170 (2022)

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Biswas, A.; Kim, K.; Cojoc, G.; Guck, J.; Reber, S.: The Xenopus spindle is as dense as the surrounding cytoplasm. Developmental Cell 56 (7), pp. 967 - 975 (2021)

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Hirst, W. G.; Kiefer, C.; Abdosamadi, M. K.; Schäffer, E.; Reber, S.: In Vitro Reconstitution and Imaging of Microtubule Dynamics by Fluorescence and Label-free Microscopy. STAR Protocols 1 (3), 100177 (2020)

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Reusch, S.; Biswas, A.; Hirst, W. G.; Reber, S.: Affinity Purification of Label-free Tubulins from Xenopus Egg Extracts. STAR Protocols 1 (3) (2020)

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Hirst, W. G.; Biswas, A.; Mahalingan, K. K.; Reber, S.: Differences in intrinsic tubulin dynamic properties contribute to spindle length control in Xenopus species. Current Biology 30 (11) (2020)

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Granada, A. E.; Jiménez, A.; Stewart-Ornstein, J.; Blüthgen, N.; Reber, S.; Jambhekar, A.; Lahav, G.: The effects of proliferation status and cell cycle phase on the responses of single cells to chemotherapy. Molecular Biology of the Cell 31 (8) (2020)

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Kapoor, V.; Hirst, W. G.; Hentschel, C.; Preibisch, S.; Reber, S.: Mtrack: Automated detection, tracking, and analysis of dynamic microtubules. Scientific Reports 9 (1), 3794 (2019)

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Ortega, G. C.; Falk, S.; Johansson, P. A.; Peyre, E.; Broix, L.; Sahu, S. K.; Hirst, W.; Schlichthaerle, T.; Romero, C. D. J.; Draganova, K. et al.; Vinopal, S.; Chinnappa, K.; Gavranovic, A.; Karakaya, T.; Steininger, T.; Merl-Pham, J.; Feederle, R.; Shao, W.; Shi, S.-H.; Hauck, S. M.; Jungmann, R.; Bradke, F.; Borrell, V.; Geerlof, A.; Reber, S.; Tiwari, V. K.; Huttner, W. B.; Wilsch-Bräuninger, M.; Nguyen, L.; Götz, M.: The centrosome protein AKNA regulates neurogenesis via microtubule organization. Nature 567 (7746), pp. 113 - 117 (2019)

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Reber, S.; Goehring, N. W.: Intracellular Scaling Mechanisms. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 7 (12), a019067 (2015)

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Reber, S.; Hyman, A. A.: Emergent Properties of the Metaphase Spindle. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 7 (7), a015784. (2015)

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Reber, S.; Baumgart, J.; Widlund, P. O.; Pozniakovsky, A.; Howard, J.; Hyman, A. A.; Jülicher, F.: XMAP215 activity sets spindle length by controlling the total mass of spindle microtubules. Nature Cell Biology 15 (9) (2013)

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Scolz, M.; Widlund, P. O.; Piazza, S.; Bublik, D. R.; Reber, S.; Peche, L. Y.; Ciani, Y.; Hubner, N.; Isokane, M.; Monte, M. et al.; Ellenberg, J.; Hyman, A. A.; Schneider, C.; Bird, A. W.: GTSE1 is a microtubule plus-end tracking protein that regulates EB1-dependent cell migration. PLoS One 7 (12), e51259 (2012)

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Widlund, P. O.; Podolski, M.; Reber, S.; Alper, J.; Storch, M.; Hyman, A. A.; Howard, J.; Drechsel, D. N.: One step purification of assembly-competent tubulin from diverse eukaryotic sources. Molecular Biology of the Cell 23 (22) (2012)

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Reber, S.; Hyman, A. A.: Samurai Sword Sets Spindle Size. Cell 147 (6), pp. 1224 - 1225 (2011)

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Widlund, P. O.; Stear, J. H.; Pozniakovsky, A.; Zanic, M.; Reber, S.; Brouhard, G. J.; Hyman, A. A.; Howard, J.: XMAP215 polymerase activity is built by combining multiple tubulin binding TOG domains and a basic lattice-binding region. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108 (7) (2011)

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Reber, S.: Isolation of centrosomes from cultured cells. Methods Mol Biol, pp. 107 - 116 (2011)

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Berger, S. M.; Pesold, B.; Reber, S.; Schönig, K.; Berger, A. J.; Weidenfeld, I.; Miao, J.; Berger, M. R.; Gruss, O. J.; Bartsch, D.: Quantitative analysis of conditional gene inactivation using rationally designed, tetracycline-controlled miRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research 38 (17), e168 (2010)

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Reber, S.; Over, S.; Kronja, I.; Gruss, O. J.: CaM kinase II initiates meiotic spindle depolymerization independently of APC/C activation. Journal of Cell Biology 183 (6), pp. 1007 - 1017 (2008)

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Tegha-Dunghu, J.; Neumann, B.; Reber, S.; Krause, R.; Erfle, H.; Walter, T.; Held, M.; Rogers, P.; Hupfeld, K.; Ruppert, T. et al.; Ellenberg, J.; Gruss, O. J.: EML3 is a nuclear microtubule-binding protein required for the correct alignment of chromosomes in metaphase. Journal of Cell Science 121 (10) (2008)

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Taxis, C.; Maeder, C.; Reber, S.; Rathfelder, N.; Miura, K.; Greger, K.; Stelzer, E. H. K.; Knop, M.: ). Dynamic organization of the actin cytoskeleton during meiosis and spore formation in budding yeast. Traffic 7 (12) (2006)

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Janke, C.; Magiera, M. M.; Rathfelder, N.; Taxis, C.; Reber, S.; Maekawa, H.; Moreno-Borchart, A.; Doenges, G.; Schwob, E.; Schiebel, E. et al.; Knop, M.: A versatile toolbox for PCR‐based tagging of yeast genes: new fluorescent proteins, more markers and promoter substitution cassettes. Yeast 21 (11), pp. 947 - 962 (2004)

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