Sue Biggins
sbiggins@fredhutch.orgFred Hutch,
Biophysical and Structural Biology
Cancer Biology
Gene Expression, Cell Cycle & Chromosome Biology
Chromosome Segregation
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The following publications were retrieved from PubMed:
Suzuki A, Gupta A, Long SK, Evans R, Badger BL, Salmon ED, Biggins S, Bloom K.
Curr Biol. 2018 Sep 10; 17(28)2697-2704.e3
Lang J, Barber A, Biggins S.
Elife. 2018 Aug 17; (7)
Design principles of a microtubule polymerase.
Geyer EA, Miller MP, Brautigam CA, Biggins S, Rice LM.
Elife. 2018 Jun 13; (7)
Purification of kinetochores from the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Gupta A, Evans RK, Koch LB, Littleton AJ, Biggins S.
Methods Cell Biol. 2018; (144)349-370
Tubman ES, Biggins S, Odde DJ.
Cell Syst. 2017 Jun 28; 6(4)645-650.e5
Akiyoshi B, Nelson CR, Ranish JA, Biggins S.
Genes Dev. 2016 Oct 15; 20(30)2339
Histone H4 Facilitates the Proteolysis of the Budding Yeast CENP-ACse4 Centromeric Histone Variant.
Deyter GM, Hildebrand EM, Barber AD, Biggins S.
Genetics. 2017 Jan; 1(205)113-124
A TOG Protein Confers Tension Sensitivity to Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachments.
Miller MP, Asbury CL, Biggins S.
Cell. 2016 Jun 2; 6(165)1428-1439
Hildebrand EM, Biggins S.
PLoS Genet. 2016 Mar; 3(12)e1005930
Signalling dynamics in the spindle checkpoint response.
London N, Biggins S.
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2014 Nov; 11(15)736-47
Umbreit NT, Miller MP, Tien JF, Ortolá JC, Gui L, Lee KK, Biggins S, Asbury CL, Davis TN.
Nat Commun. 2014 Sep 19; (5)4951
Sister kinetochores are mechanically fused during meiosis I in yeast.
Sarangapani KK, Duro E, Deng Y, Alves Fde L, Ye Q, Opoku KN, Ceto S, Rappsilber J, Corbett KD, Biggins S, Marston AL, Asbury CL.
Science. 2014 Oct 10; 6206(346)248-51
Deyter GM, Biggins S.
Genes Dev. 2014 Aug 15; 16(28)1815-26
Measuring kinetochore-microtubule interaction in vitro.
Driver JW, Powers AF, Sarangapani KK, Biggins S, Asbury CL.
Methods Enzymol. 2014; (540)321-37
Editorial overview: Cell architecture: Cellular organization and function.
Biggins S, Welch MD.
Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2014 Feb; (26)v-vii
London N, Biggins S.
Genes Dev. 2014 Jan 15; 2(28)140-52
Ng TM, Lenstra TL, Duggan N, Jiang S, Ceto S, Holstege FC, Dai J, Boeke JD, Biggins S.
Genetics. 2013 Nov; 3(195)795-807
The composition, functions, and regulation of the budding yeast kinetochore.
Biggins S
Genetics. 2013 Aug; 4(194)817-46
The aurora B kinase promotes inner and outer kinetochore interactions in budding yeast.
Akiyoshi B, Nelson CR, Biggins S.
Genetics. 2013 Jul; 3(194)785-9
Sarangapani KK, Akiyoshi B, Duggan NM, Biggins S, Asbury CL.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Apr 30; 18(110)7282-7
The Mub1/Ubr2 ubiquitin ligase complex regulates the conserved Dsn1 kinetochore protein.
Akiyoshi B, Nelson CR, Duggan N, Ceto S, Ranish JA, Biggins S.
PLoS Genet. 2013; 2(9)e1003216
The structure of purified kinetochores reveals multiple microtubule-attachment sites.
Gonen S, Akiyoshi B, Iadanza MG, Shi D, Duggan N, Biggins S, Gonen T.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2012 Sep; 9(19)925-9
Phosphoregulation of Spc105 by Mps1 and PP1 regulates Bub1 localization to kinetochores.
London N, Ceto S, Ranish JA, Biggins S.
Curr Biol. 2012 May 22; 10(22)900-6
Sue Biggins: how kinetochores keep control of mitosis. Interview by Caitlin Sedwick.
Biggins S
J Cell Biol. 2012 Mar 19; 6(196)668-9
Reconstituting the kinetochore–microtubule interface: what, why, and how.
Akiyoshi B, Biggins S.
Chromosoma. 2012 Jun; 3(121)235-50
An efficient purification system for native minichromosome from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Unnikrishnan A, Akiyoshi B, Biggins S, Tsukiyama T.
Methods Mol Biol. 2012; (833)115-23
Tension directly stabilizes reconstituted kinetochore-microtubule attachments.
Akiyoshi B, Sarangapani KK, Powers AF, Nelson CR, Reichow SL, Arellano-Santoyo H, Gonen T, Ranish JA, Asbury CL, Biggins S.
Nature. 2010 Nov 25; 7323(468)576-9
Ranjitkar P, Press MO, Yi X, Baker R, MacCoss MJ, Biggins S.
Mol Cell. 2010 Nov 12; 3(40)455-64
Akiyoshi B, Biggins S.
Genetics. 2010 Dec; 4(186)1487-91
Quantitative proteomic analysis of purified yeast kinetochores identifies a PP1 regulatory subunit.
Akiyoshi B, Nelson CR, Ranish JA, Biggins S.
Genes Dev. 2009 Dec 15; 24(23)2887-99
Akiyoshi B, Nelson CR, Ranish JA, Biggins S.
Genetics. 2009 Dec; 4(183)1591-5
Pericentromeric sister chromatid cohesion promotes kinetochore biorientation.
Ng TM, Waples WG, Lavoie BD, Biggins S.
Mol Biol Cell. 2009 Sep; 17(20)3818-27
Protein phosphatase 1 regulates exit from the spindle checkpoint in budding yeast.
Pinsky BA, Nelson CR, Biggins S.
Curr Biol. 2009 Jul 28; 14(19)1182-7
Centromere identity is specified by a single centromeric nucleosome in budding yeast.
Furuyama S, Biggins S.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 11; 37(104)14706-11
Kotwaliwale CV, Frei SB, Stern BM, Biggins S.
Dev Cell. 2007 Sep; 3(13)433-45
Taylor SS, Hardwick KG, Sawin KE, Biggins S, Piatti S, Khodjakov A, Rieder CL, Salmon ED, Musacchio A.
Science. 2007 May 18; 5827(316)982; author reply 982
Collins KA, Camahort R, Seidel C, Gerton JL, Biggins S.
Genetics. 2007 Feb; 2(175)513-25
Norden C, Mendoza M, Dobbelaere J, Kotwaliwale CV, Biggins S, Barral Y.
Cell. 2006 Apr 7; 1(125)85-98
Pinsky BA, Kotwaliwale CV, Tatsutani SY, Breed CA, Biggins S.
Mol Cell Biol. 2006 Apr; 7(26)2648-60
The Ipl1-Aurora protein kinase activates the spindle checkpoint by creating unattached kinetochores.
Pinsky BA, Kung C, Shokat KM, Biggins S.
Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Jan; 1(8)78-83
De novo kinetochore assembly requires the centromeric histone H3 variant.
Collins KA, Castillo AR, Tatsutani SY, Biggins S.
Mol Biol Cell. 2005 Dec; 12(16)5649-60
The spindle checkpoint: tension versus attachment.
Pinsky BA, Biggins S.
Trends Cell Biol. 2005 Sep; 9(15)486-93
Collins KA, Furuyama S, Biggins S.
Curr Biol. 2004 Nov 9; 21(14)1968-72
Pinsky BA, Tatsutani SY, Collins KA, Biggins S.
Dev Cell. 2003 Nov; 5(5)735-45
Captivating capture: how microtubules attach to kinetochores.
Biggins S, Walczak CE.
Curr Biol. 2003 May 27; 11(13)R449-60
The budding yeast Ipl1/Aurora protein kinase regulates mitotic spindle disassembly.
Buvelot S, Tatsutani SY, Vermaak D, Biggins S.
J Cell Biol. 2003 Feb 3; 3(160)329-39
Bhalla N, Biggins S, Murray AW.
Mol Biol Cell. 2002 Feb; 2(13)632-45
Research Summary
Aneuploidy is the most common chromosome abnormality in cancers and is the cause of birth defects and other diseases. We therefore study the controls over cell division and chromosome segregation that ensure accurate self-renewal, proliferation and development. We take an interdisciplinary approach that combines biophysical, cell biological, biochemical and genetic techniques to tackle these questions using yeast and human cells as model systems.