Welcome to the Tyers Lab

Cell division is the fundamental unit process of all self sustaining life forms. The cell cycle machinery is a crucial target of the many signaling pathways that coordinate growth and development. We use biochemical and genetic approaches to understand how the cell division cycle works and how it is regulated by extracellular signals.

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What's New
Substrate Recognition by a Cell Cycle
Ubiquitin Ligase



Cell Size Control in Yeast




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