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Breadcrumb Michael Way Way lab Cellular Signalling and Cytoskeletal Function Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies Infection with Vaccinia virus (green) disrupts the integrity of a layer of cultured epithelial cells (red and blue). 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release of vaccinia virus from infected cells Authors (3) Julia Pfanzelter Serge MostowyMichael Way Journal of Cell Biology Published 19 June 2018 Crick labsMichael WayFull details 2017 Winner: Seth Zimmerman Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 13 March 2018 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Tuning of in vivo cognate B-T cell interactions by Intersectin 2 is required for effective anti-viral B cell immunity Authors (9) Marianne BurbageFrancesca Gasparrini Shweta Aggarwal Mauro Gaya Johan Arnold Usha NairMichael Way Andreas Bruckbauer Facundo D Batista eLife Published 16 January 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details "What I cannot create, I do not understand" Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 15 September 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Myofibril contraction and crosslinking drive nuclear movement to the periphery of skeletal muscle Authors (9) William Roman João P Martins Filomena A Carvalho Raphael Voituriez Jasmine VG Abella Nuno C Santos Bruno CadotMichael Way Edgar R Gomes Nature Cell Biology Published 1 October 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Correlative super-resolution fluorescence and electron microscopy using conventional fluorescent proteins in vacuo Authors (8)Chris PeddieMarie-Charlotte Domart Xenia Snetkov Peter O'Toole Banafshe LarijaniMichael Way Susan CoxLucy Collinson Journal of Structural Biology Published 1 August 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayElectron MicroscopyFull details RhoD inhibits RhoC-ROCK-dependent cell contraction via PAK6 Authors (7) Charlotte H DurkinFlavia Leite João V Cordeiro Yutaka Handa Yoshiki Arakawa Ferran ValderramaMichael Way Developmental Cell Published 8 May 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Cytoplasmic ATR activation promotes vaccinia virus genome replication Authors (4) Antonio Postigo Amy E RamsdenMichael HowellMichael Way Cell Reports Published 2 May 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details 2016 Winner: Viswanadh Madugula Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 April 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details New Editor on Journal of Cell Science Authors (2) Sharon A AhmadMichael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 15 January 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details APC/C dysfunction limits excessive cancer chromosomal instability Authors (18) Laurent Sansregret James O Patterson Sally Dewhurst Carlos López-García André Koch Nicholas McGranahan[...] Martin R Singleton René H MedemaPaul Nurse Mark PetronczkiCharles Swanton Cancer Discovery Published 1 February 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayCharles SwantonMartin SingletonPaul NurseLight MicroscopyHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Journal of Cell Science is going green Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 October 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details The good, the bad and the median Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 September 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details NPF motifs in the vaccinia virus protein A36 recruit intersectin-1 to promote Cdc42:N-WASP-mediated viral release from infected cells Authors (5) Xenia Snetkov Ina Weisswange Julia Pfanzelter Ashley C HumphriesMichael Way Nature Microbiology Published 1 October 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details New Editor on Journal of Cell Science Authors (2) Sharon A AhmadMichael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 15 June 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Mitochondria mediate septin cage assembly to promote autophagy of Shigella Authors (14) Andrea Sirianni Sina Krokowski Damián Lobato-Márquez Stephen Buranyi Julia Pfanzelter Dieter Galea[...] Gerald Larrouy-Maumus Michael Hollinshead Vanessa Sancho-ShimizuMichael Way Serge Mostowy EMBO Reports Published 1 July 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Actin'g against the ball and chain Authors (2) Jasmine VG AbellaMichael Way Developmental Cell Published 4 April 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details 2015 Winner: Monika Zwerger Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 15 March 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details Isoform diversity in the Arp2/3 complex determines actin filament dynamics Authors (7) Jasmine VG Abella Chiara Galloni Julien PernierDavid BarrySvend Kjaer Marie-France CarlierMichael Way Nature Cell Biology Published 1 January 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayStructural BiologyFull details Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Insights into kinesin-1 activation from the crystal structure of KLC2 bound to JIP3 Authors (6) Joseph JB Cockburn Sophie J Hesketh Peter Mulhair Maren Thomsen Mary J O'ConnellMichael Way Structure Published 6 November 2018 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Septins suppress the release of vaccinia virus from infected cells Authors (3) Julia Pfanzelter Serge MostowyMichael Way Journal of Cell Biology Published 19 June 2018 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
2017 Winner: Seth Zimmerman Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 13 March 2018 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Tuning of in vivo cognate B-T cell interactions by Intersectin 2 is required for effective anti-viral B cell immunity Authors (9) Marianne BurbageFrancesca Gasparrini Shweta Aggarwal Mauro Gaya Johan Arnold Usha NairMichael Way Andreas Bruckbauer Facundo D Batista eLife Published 16 January 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details
"What I cannot create, I do not understand" Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 15 September 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Myofibril contraction and crosslinking drive nuclear movement to the periphery of skeletal muscle Authors (9) William Roman João P Martins Filomena A Carvalho Raphael Voituriez Jasmine VG Abella Nuno C Santos Bruno CadotMichael Way Edgar R Gomes Nature Cell Biology Published 1 October 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Correlative super-resolution fluorescence and electron microscopy using conventional fluorescent proteins in vacuo Authors (8)Chris PeddieMarie-Charlotte Domart Xenia Snetkov Peter O'Toole Banafshe LarijaniMichael Way Susan CoxLucy Collinson Journal of Structural Biology Published 1 August 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayElectron MicroscopyFull details
RhoD inhibits RhoC-ROCK-dependent cell contraction via PAK6 Authors (7) Charlotte H DurkinFlavia Leite João V Cordeiro Yutaka Handa Yoshiki Arakawa Ferran ValderramaMichael Way Developmental Cell Published 8 May 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Cytoplasmic ATR activation promotes vaccinia virus genome replication Authors (4) Antonio Postigo Amy E RamsdenMichael HowellMichael Way Cell Reports Published 2 May 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
2016 Winner: Viswanadh Madugula Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 April 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
New Editor on Journal of Cell Science Authors (2) Sharon A AhmadMichael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 15 January 2017 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
APC/C dysfunction limits excessive cancer chromosomal instability Authors (18) Laurent Sansregret James O Patterson Sally Dewhurst Carlos López-García André Koch Nicholas McGranahan[...] Martin R Singleton René H MedemaPaul Nurse Mark PetronczkiCharles Swanton Cancer Discovery Published 1 February 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayCharles SwantonMartin SingletonPaul NurseLight MicroscopyHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Journal of Cell Science is going green Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 October 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
The good, the bad and the median Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 1 September 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
NPF motifs in the vaccinia virus protein A36 recruit intersectin-1 to promote Cdc42:N-WASP-mediated viral release from infected cells Authors (5) Xenia Snetkov Ina Weisswange Julia Pfanzelter Ashley C HumphriesMichael Way Nature Microbiology Published 1 October 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
New Editor on Journal of Cell Science Authors (2) Sharon A AhmadMichael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 15 June 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Mitochondria mediate septin cage assembly to promote autophagy of Shigella Authors (14) Andrea Sirianni Sina Krokowski Damián Lobato-Márquez Stephen Buranyi Julia Pfanzelter Dieter Galea[...] Gerald Larrouy-Maumus Michael Hollinshead Vanessa Sancho-ShimizuMichael Way Serge Mostowy EMBO Reports Published 1 July 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Actin'g against the ball and chain Authors (2) Jasmine VG AbellaMichael Way Developmental Cell Published 4 April 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
2015 Winner: Monika Zwerger Authors (1)Michael Way Journal of Cell Science Published 15 March 2016 Crick labsMichael WayFull details
Isoform diversity in the Arp2/3 complex determines actin filament dynamics Authors (7) Jasmine VG Abella Chiara Galloni Julien PernierDavid BarrySvend Kjaer Marie-France CarlierMichael Way Nature Cell Biology Published 1 January 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayStructural BiologyFull details