Rate My Professor Mohan Balasubramanian

Mohan Balasubramanian graduated in chemistry from Madras University in India and pursued a postgraduate program in microbiology and biotechnology in Baroda, India. He conducted doctoral research at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, on cell division in fission yeast, followed by postdoctoral studies at Vanderbilt University, USA, also on cell division. In 1997, he joined the Institute of Molecular Agrobiology in Singapore, and in 2002, the Temasek LifeSciences Laboratory. He joined Warwick Medical School in 2013. Key publications from his laboratory include 'Phospho-regulation of tropomyosin is crucial for actin cable turnover and division site placement' (Journal of Cell Biology, 2019), 'Actin turnover ensures uniform tension distribution during cytokinesis' (2019), 'Curvature induced expulsion of actomyosin bundles during cytokinesis in fission yeast' (eLife, 2016), 'Motor activity dependent and independent functions for Myosin II in Cytokinesis' (Current Biology, 2017), and 'In Vitro Contraction of Cytokinetic Ring Depends on Myosin II but not on Actin Dynamics' (Nature Cell Biology, 2013). Balasubramanian also serves as Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) for the Americas and is a member of the University's International Committee.