Claire T. Friel

The paper shows KIF2C forms condensates during mitosis that concentrate PLK1 and phosphorylated BRCA2 at kinetochore microtubules, enhancing their kinase activity and attachment stability.

The paper creates a synthetic ancestral Kinesin-13 motor domain and shows it depolymerises microtubules faster than any known natural depolymerising kinesin.

This paper introduces Kinesin-13 family-specific residues into Kinesin-1, increasing its microtubule-end residence time by 2-4-fold but not conferring depolymerisation activity.