Mohan Balasubramanian is interested in understanding molecular mechanisms driving cytokinesis, the process by which a cell physically divides into two. His laboratory combines the methods of yeast genetics, high-resolution imaging, and biochemistry to answer key questions pertaining to cytokinesis.

Zambon, P., Palani, S., Kamnev, A., Balasubramanian, M. K.. 2017. Myo2p is the major motor involved in Actomyosin Ring Contraction in S.pombe. Current Biology, View Palani, S., Chew, T. G., Srinivasan, R., Kamnev, A., Mishra, M., Sevugan, M., Chapa-y-Lazo, B., Gayathri, P., Balasubramanian, M. K.. 2017. Motor activity dependent and independent functions for Myosin II in cytokinesis. Current Biology, View Sethi, Kriti, Palani, Saravanan, Cortés, Juan C G, Sato, Mamiko, Sevugan, Mayalagu, Ramos, Mariona, Vijaykumar, Shruthi, Osumi, Masako, Naqvi, Naweed I, Ribas, Juan Carlos, Balasubramanian, Mohan K.. 2016. A new membrane protein Sbg1 links the contractile ring apparatus and septum synthesis machinery in fission yeast. PLoS Genetics, 12 (10), View Cheffings, Thomas H., Burroughs, Nigel J., Balasubramanian, Mohan K.. 2016. Actomyosin ring formation and tension generation in eukaryotic cytokinesis. Current Biology, 26 (15), pp. R719-R737, View Jiang, Shimin, Narita, Akihiro, Popp, David, Ghoshdastider, Umesh, Lee, Lin Jie, Srinivasan, Ramanujam, Balasubramanian, Mohan K., Oda, Toshiro, Koh, Fujiet, Larsson, Mà¥rten, Robinson, Robert C.. 2016. Novel actin filaments from Bacillus thuringiensisform nanotubules for plasmid DNA segregation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (9), pp. E1200-E1205, View Balasubramanian, Mohan K.. 2016. Exploring the diversity of cytokinesis. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 53, View Huang, Junqi, Chew, Ting Gang, Guo, Ying, Palani, Saravanan, Kamnev, Anton, Martin, Douglas S., Carter, Nicholas J., Cross, Robert A., Oliferenko, Snezhana, Balasubramanian, Mohan K.. 2016. Curvature-induced expulsion of actomyosin bundles during cytokinetic ring contraction. eLife, 5, View