Ph.D., Cell Regulation, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2010
M.S., Molecular Medicine, National Taiwan University, 2004
B.S., Zoology, National Taiwan University, 2002
Chu, C.W., Masak, G., Yang, J., & Davidson, L.A. (2020). From biomechanics to mechanobiology: Xenopus provides direct access to the physical principles that shape the embryo. CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT, 63, 71-77.Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2020.05.011.
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Ossipova, O., Chuykin, I., Chu, C.W., & Sokol, S.Y. (2015). Vangl2 cooperates with Rab11 and Myosin V to regulate apical constriction during vertebrate gastrulation. DEVELOPMENT, 142(1), 99-107.The Company of Biologists. doi: 10.1242/dev.111161.
Chu, C.W., Gerstenzang, E., Ossipova, O., & Sokol, S.Y. (2013). Lulu Regulates Shroom-Induced Apical Constriction during Neural Tube Closure. PLOS ONE, 8(11), e81854.Public Library of Science (PLoS). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081854.
Chu, C.W., Hou, F., Zhang, J., Phu, L., Loktev, A.V., Kirkpatrick, D.S., Jackson, P.K., Zhao, Y., & Zou, H. (2011). A novel acetylation of β-tubulin by San modulates microtubule polymerization via down-regulating tubulin incorporation. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL, 22(4), 448-456.American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). doi: 10.1091/mbc.E10-03-0203.
Tsai, P.C., Lee, S.W., Liu, Y.W., Chu, C.W., Chen, K.Y., Ho, J.C., & Lee, F.J.S. (2008). Afi1p functions as an Arf3p polarization-specific docking factor for development of polarity. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 283(24), 16915-16927.Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M802550200.
Hou, F., Chu, C.W., Kong, X., Yokomori, K., & Zou, H. (2007). The acetyltransferase activity of San stabilizes the mitotic cohesin at the centromeres in a shugoshin-independent manner. JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 177(4), 587-597.Rockefeller University Press. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200701043.