Sue Biggins
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Sue Biggins (born 1968) is an American cell biologist who studies kinetochores and the transfer of chromosomes during cell division. Her team isolated kinetochores from cells, enabling them to be studied separately under laboratory conditions. They also discovered that tension helps kinetochores to attach to microtubules and move from the mother cell to the daughter cells when cells divide. The methodology and concepts she developed for yeast kinetochores are being adopted in laboratories around
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Fred Hutch geneticist and biologist Sue Biggins selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
Fred Hutch researcher Sue Biggins awarded the Genetics Society of America’s Novitski Prize
Genetics Society of America names Sue Biggins as recipient of Novitski Prize