Nancy Kleckner is the Herchel Smith professor of molecular biology at Harvard University. She recalls the evolution of her research interests from pure genetics, through biochemistry and molecular biology of DNA, to the roles of mechanical forces for whole-chromosome spatial patterning and dynamics.
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Kleckner, N. From phage genetics to chromosomes as mechanical objects. Nat Cell Biol 25, 1075–1076 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-023-01200-1
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