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About Us
How do cells organize themselves to divide?
We reconstruct the cell cortex from its molecular components to discover how biochemical signaling, membranes, and the cytoskeleton self-organize into the dynamic patterns that drive cytokinesis.
We build cells to understand them.
Cyotosol + membrane
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Artificial cell cortex
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Self-organized patterns
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Cytokinesis

Recent Publications
Editorial: Reconstitution methods in cell biology.
Zhou CY, Blanchoin L, Landino J
Front Cell Dev Biol. 2026;14:1980819. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2026.1980819. Epub 2026 Oct 9.
PMID: 42920507
Membrane composition-dependent patterning of Rho and F-actin in an artificial cell cortex.
Schwarz GJ, Suber JR, Andhare D, Ragusa MJ, Landino J
Mol Biol Cell. 2026 Apr 1;37(4):ar30. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E25-07-0362. Epub 2026 Feb 18.
PMID: 41705942
Contact Us
Landino Lab
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
74 College St, Remsen 410
Hanover NH, 03755
Lab Phone: 603-646-5927