Stephen M. Wolniak
| Ph.D. - University
of California, Berkeley, 1979 |
| Professor
|
| Department
of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics |
| University
of Maryland |
| College Park,
MD 20742 |
| 2106 H.J. Patterson Building, |
| Campus 5815 |
| Telephone:
(301)-405-1605 |
| Fax:
(301)-314-9082 |
| Email:
swolniak@umd.edu |
| Research Interests: Plant Cell Biology. |
The centerpiece of my research program is a project centered on the role of ions and other factors in the regulation of progression through mitosis, with a particular focus on the signaling pathway that is responsible for controlling sister chromatid separation at the onset of anaphase. The majority of our experiments have been performed on living stamen hair cells of the spiderwort plant, Tradescantia virginiana, selected because the cells exhibit an extraordinarily predictable rate of progression through mitosis. This rate of mitotic progression has served as a bioassay for the detection of regulatory factors and events that control entry into anaphase.
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