Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2003-2008 Ph.D., MIT, 2003

mitotic and meiotic cell cycle regulation

Falk JE, Tsuchiya D, Verdaasdonk J, Lacefield S, Bloom K, Amon, A. Spatial signals link exit from mitosis to spindle position. Elife 5. pii:e14036 (2016) Yang Y, Tsuchiya D, and Lacefield, S. Bub3 promotes Cdc20-dependent activation of the APC/C in S. cerevisiae. Journal of Cell Biology 209(4): 519-527 (2015).This paper was featured in the JCB Biobytes podcast. Ho KH, Tsuchiya D, Oliger AC, and Lacefield, S. Localization and function of budding yeast CENP-A depends on kinetochore protein interactions and is independent of canonical centromere sequence. Cell Reports 9(6): 2027-2033 (2014).This paper was recommended by F1000. Tsuchiya D, Yang Y, and Lacefield, S. Positive feedback of NDT80 expression ensures irreversible meiotic commitment in budding yeast. PLOS Genetics 10 (6): e1004398 (2014). Tsuchiya D and Lacefield, S. Cdk1 modulation ensures the coordination of cell-cycle events during the switch from meiotic prophase to mitosis. Current Biology 23 1505-1513 (2013). Tsuchiya D, Gonzalez C, and Lacefield, S. The spindle checkpoint protein Mad2 regulates APC/C activity during prometaphase and metaphase of meiosis I in S. cerevisiae. Molecular Biology of the Cell 22 (16): 2848-2861 (2011).This paper was chosen for “Highlights in MBoC” by the editorial board.This paper was recommended by F1000.