Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
2006
PhD in Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School. Hanover, NH
2000
BS in Biology, University of New Hampshire. Durham, NH
Selected publications
Ganem NJ, Godinho SA, Pellman D. A Mechanism Linking Extra Centrosomes to Chromosomal Instability. Nature (2009) July 9;460:278-82
Kwon M*, Godinho SA*, Chandhok NS, Ganem NJ, Azioune A, Thery M, Pellman D.Mechanisms to suppress multipolar divisions in cancer cells with extra centrosomes.Genes Dev. (2008) Aug 15;22(16):2189-203
Ganem NJ, Pellman D.Limiting the proliferation of polyploid cells.Cell (2007) Nov 2;131(3):437-40
Manning AL, Ganem NJ, Bakhoum SF, Wagenbach M, Wordeman L, Compton DA.The kinesin-13 proteins Kif2a, Kif2b, and Kif2c/MCAK have distinct roles during mitosis in human cells.Mol Biol Cell (2007) Aug;18(8):2970-9
Ganem NJ, Storchova Z, Pellman D.Tetraploidy, aneuploidy and cancer.Curr Opin Genet Dev (2007) Apr;17(2):157-62.
Ganem NJ, Upton K, Compton, DA. Efficient mitosis in human cells lacking poleward microtubule flux. Curr. Biol (2005) 15: 1827-1832.
Ganem NJ, Compton DA.The KinI kinesin Kif2a is required for bipolar spindle assembly through a functional relationship with MCAK. J. Cell. Biol (2004) 166: 473-478.