Nedelec's Publications

Our publications:

	Renshaw M, Ward J, Kanemaki M, Natsume K, Nedelec F, Tanaka T Condensins promote chromosome recoiling during early anaphase to complete sister chromatid separation in press. Journal doi:not available
	Ward J, Nedelec F Computational cell biology at the home of the helix [meeting report] EMBO reports 11 413-415; Feb 2010. EMBO reports doi:10.1038/embor.2010.77
	Pugieux C, Nedelec F La chromatine faconne le fuseau mitotique [This review in French summarizes the results of Chromatin shapes the mitotic spindle.] Medecine/Sciences 26 (2) 139-142; Feb 2010. M/S
	Brun L, Rupp B, Ward J, Nedelec F A theory of microtubule catastrophes and their regulation PNAS 106 (50) 21173-21178; Dec 2009. PNAS - Supplementary - News & Views - doi:10.1073/pnas.0910774106
	Fu C, Ward J, Loiodice I, Velve-Casquillas G, Nedelec F, Phong T Phospho-regulated interaction between kinesin-6 klp9p and microtubule bundler Ase1p promotes spindle elongation Developmental Cell 17 (2), 257-267, Aug 2009. Dev Cell - doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2009.06.012
	Dinarina A, Pugieux C, Mora Corral M, Loose M, Spatz J, Karsenti E, Nedelec F Chromatin shapes the mitotic spindle Cell 138 (3), 502-513, Aug 2009. Cell - doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.05.027 - News & Views - Teaser (QT video)
	Pinot M, Chesnel F, Kubiak JZ, Arnal I, Nedelec F, Gueroui Z Effects of confinement on the self-organization of microtubules and motors Current Biology 19 (11), 954-960, May 2009. Curr Biol - doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.04.027
	Foethke D, Makushok T, Brunner D, Nedelec F Force and Length-dependent catastrophe activities explain interphase microtubule organization in fission yeast Molecular Systems Biology 5:241, Mar 2009. MSB - doi:10.1038/msb.2008.76 - PDF - Supp (pdf) - FAQ - News & Views - Movies and simulation
	Athale C, Dinarina A, Mora Corral M, Pugieux C, Nedelec F, Karsenti E Regulation of microtubule dynamics by reaction cascades around chromosomes Science 322 no. 5905, 1243-1247, Nov 2008. Science - doi:10.1126/science.1161820
	Jekely G, Colombelli J, Hausen H, Guy K, Stelzer E, Nedelec F, Arendt D Mechanism of phototaxis in marine zooplankton Nature 456, 395-399, Nov 2008. Nature - doi:10.1038/nature07590 - News & Views - Commentary - Simulation
	Channels W, Nedelec F, Zheng Y, Iglesias P Spatial regulation improves antiparallel microtubule overlap during mitotic spindle assembly Biophysical Journal 94 (7), 2598-2609, Dec 2007. BPJ - doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117671
	Nedelec F, Foethke D Collective Langevin dynamics of flexible cytoskeletal fibers New Journal of Physics 9 (11) 427, Nov 2007. NJP - doi:10.1088/1367-2630/9/11/427 - PDF - Simulation (mac, disk-image, 1MB) - Simulation (windows, zip file 4MB) This article describes the mathematical foundations of cytosim
	Kozlowski C, Srayko M, Nedelec F *Cortical microtubule contacts position the spindle in C. elegans* embryos** Cell 129, 499-510, May 2007. Cell - doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.03.027 - News & Views - Commentary - Supplementary data Simulation (Mac OSX disk-image, 34 MB)
	Janson M, Loughlin R, Loiodice I, Fu C, Brunner D, Nedelec F, Tran P Crosslinkers and motors organize dynamic microtubules to form stable bipolar arrays in fission yeast Cell 128, 357-68, Jan 2007. Cell - doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.030 - Commentary - Supplementary data & Movies Simulation for Mac OSX (zip file with disk-image, 9 MB) - Simulation for Windows (zip file, 23 MB)
	Karsenti E, Nedelec F, Surrey T Modelling microtubules patterns (review) Nature Cell Biology 8(11), 1204-11, 2006 NCB - DOI
	Goshima G, Nedelec F, Vale R Mechanisms for focusing mitotic spindle poles by minus end-directed motor proteins Journal of Cell Biology 171, 229-240, 2005. JCB - DOI - Simulation (Mac OSX disk-image, 1.4 MB) - Simulation (Windows tar file, 9 MB)

Eric Karsenti and Francois Nedelec
The Mitotic Spindle and Actin Tails (review)
Biology of the Cell 96(3): 237-40; 2004.
PS: Some people found our citation missleading: we cite more recent work, but thermal ratchets for actin polymerization were introduced by Mogilner and Oster (Biophysical J. 1996, Dec; 71(6):3030-45).
Francois Nedelec, Thomas Surrey and Eric Karsenti
Self-Organisation and Forces in the Microtubule Cytoskeleton (review)
Current Opinion in Cell Biology 15(1): 118-24; 2003.
Francois Nedelec
Computer Simulations Reveal Motor Properties Generating Stable Anti-Parallel Microtubule Interactions
Journal of Cell Biology 158(6): 1005-1015; 2002.
Supplementary material
Francois Nedelec and Thomas Surrey
Dynamics of Microtubule Aster Formation by Motor Complexes
C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t.2 Serie iv: 841-847; 2001.
Thomas Surrey, Francois Nedelec, Stanislas Leibler and Eric Karsenti
Physical Properties Determining Self-Organization of Motors and Microtubules
Science 292: 1167-1171; 2001.
Supplementary material
Francois Nedelec, Thomas Surrey and A.C. Maggs
Dynamic Concentration of Motors in Microtubule Arrays
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86: 3192-3195; 2001.
Francois Nedelec et Thomas Surrey,
De l'Action Collective des Motors a l'Ordre Cellulaire (review in french)
Medecine/Sciences 16: 739-744; 2000.
Francois Nedelec and Thomas Surrey
Assaying Spatial Organization of Microtubules by Kinesin Motors
Kinesin Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology 164: 213-222; 2000.
Thomas Surrey, Michael Elowitz, Pierre-Etienne Wolf, Feng Yang, Francois Nedelec, Kevin Shokat and Stanislas Leibler,
Chromophore-Assisted Light Inactivation and Self-Organization of Microtubules and Motors
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 95: 4293-4298; 1998.
Francois Nedelec, Thomas Surrey, A.C. Maggs, Stanislas Leibler
Self-Organization of Microtubules and Motors
Nature 389: 305-308; 1997.
Images and movies of this experiment.
Francois Nedelec
Auto-organisation d'un Melange de Microtubules et de Moteurs
Thesis Dissertation, Orsay University; 1998.
Beyond the abstract, this is entirely written in French.

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