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The Meng-Fu Bryan Tsou Lab

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Meng-Fu Bryan Tsou, PhD

The goal of my research is to understand the biogenesis of centrioles/centrosomes and primary cilia, and how defects in these processes affect mammalian cell physiology and evoke stress responses. Using quantitative proteomics, super-resolution microscopy, comparative genomics, proximity labeling, and whole genome CRISPR screen, we have identified lists of new components associated with vertebrate centrosomes and ciliogenesis. Functions of these molecules are being examined in the most appropriate experimental system, including human culture cells for cell-based assays, and most recently, mice, as the genetic system to explore the regulation specific to vertebrate ciliogenesis. This multi-system approach has revealed complex regulatory networks underlying centriole homeostasis and ciliogenesis that have been either preserved throughout the evolution or modified specifically for vertebrates and mammals.

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The Meng-Fu Bryan Tsou Lab

Publications Highlights

Centrosome anchoring regulates progenitor properties and cortical formation.
Shao W, Yang J, He M, Yu XY, Lee CH, Yang Z, Joyner AL, Anderson KV, Zhang J, Tsou MB, Shi SH. Nature. 2020 Apr;580(7801):106-112. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2139-6. Epub 2020 Mar 25. PMID: 32238932; PMCID: PMC7138347.

Super-resolution microscopy reveals coupling between mammalian centriole subdistal appendages and distal appendages.
Chong WM, Wang WJ, Lo CH, Chiu TY, Chang TJ, Liu YP, Tanos B, Mazo G, Tsou MB, Jane WN, Yang TT, Liao JC. Elife. 2020 Apr 3;9:e53580. doi: 10.7554/eLife.53580. PMID: 32242819; PMCID: PMC7173962.

PPP1R35 ensures centriole homeostasis by promoting centriole-to-centrosome conversion.
Fong CS, Ozaki K, Tsou MB. Mol Biol Cell. 2018 Nov 15;29(23):2801-2808. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E18-08-0525. Epub 2018 Sep 19. PMID: 30230954; PMCID: PMC6249868.

Super-resolution architecture of mammalian centriole distal appendages reveals distinct blade and matrix functional components.
Yang TT, Chong WM, Wang WJ, Mazo G, Tanos B, Chen Z, Tran TMN, Chen YD, Weng RR, Huang CE, Jane WN, Tsou MB, Liao JC. Nat Commun. 2018 May 22;9(1):2023. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04469-1. PMID: 29789620; PMCID: PMC5964178. (*Co-corresponding authors).

Probing Cilia-Associated Signaling Proteomes in Animal Evolution.
Shulman AS, Tsou MF. Dev Cell. 2017 Dec 18;43(6):653-655. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.12.009. PMID: 29257946.

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Meng-Fu Bryan Tsou, PhD

  • Cell biologist Meng-Fu Bryan Tsou studies cell cycle control of centrosome duplication and degeneration, as well as cilia assembly and disassembly.
  • PhD, University of California, Davis
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Bryan Tsou
Bryan Tsou

Lab Head

Kanako Ozaki
Kanako Ozaki

Senior Research Scientist

Avital Shulman
Avital Shulman

Graduate Student

Sonia Das

Sr. Administrative Assistant

Lab Alumni
Tuhin Das
Tuhin Das

Visiting Investigator

Sarvan K Radhakrishnan
Sarvan K Radhakrishnan

Research Fellow

Yun-Yu Tseng
Yun-Yu Tseng

Research Scholar

Mildred Perez
Mildred Perez

Admin Assistant

Chii Shyang Fong, PhD
Chii Shyang Fong

Research Fellow

Minhee Kim
Minhee Kim

Graduate Student

Gregory Mazo
Gregory Mazo

Graduate Student

Rajesh Soni
Barbara Tanos, PhD
Barbara Tanos

Postdoctoral Fellow

Cherisse Vickers-Salcedo
Cherisse Vickers-Salcedo

Administrative Assistant

Won-Jing Wang
Won-Jing Wang
Hui-Ju Yang, PhD
Hui-Ju Yang

Research Fellow

Jennifer Ka-Man Chu

Research Scholar

Denisse Izquierdo

Graduate Student

Brian P. O'Rourke
Tatiana Omelchenko
Tatiana Omelchenko
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