Unit News

Broken clocks, with shattered glass and escaping springs and pins are represented alongside cancer cells in an abstract image

Research Update

Cancer loses its sense of time to avoid stress responses

New insights into mitotic stopwatch show how cancer escapes cell death and cell division arrest.

10 December 2025

Cells that activated the tumor suppressor p53 after prolonged mitosis

Research Update

Memories of mitosis: Molecular mechanism that detects defects during cell division could aid cancer treatment

A protein complex formed during abnormal cell division eliminates potentially harmful cells over time.

Dr. Franz Meitinger and Dr. Midori Ota

Research Update

Deciphering the mysteries of cell division

The Cell Proliferation and Gene Editing Unit studies how cells divide, what can cause sickness within cells, and searches for new treatment targets for cancer.

14 February 2024