Cell scientist to watch – Binyam Mogessie

ABSTRACT Binyam Mogessie was born and raised in Ethiopia. He moved to Germany 2004, where he studied biochemistry cell biology at Jacobs University Bremen. then the UK for his PhD with Anne Straube, first Marie Curie Research Institute Surrey later Centre Mechanochemical Cell Biology Warwick, investigated cellular mechanisms that organise microtubule cytoskeleton during skeletal muscle differentiation. After receiving from of London, joined laboratory Melina Schuh 2012 as a postdoc MRC-LMB Cambridge (and Max Planck Göttingen, Germany), discovered function actin accurate chromosome segregation prevention aneuploidy mammalian eggs. established independent research Bristol, School Biochemistry 2018, is Wellcome Trust Royal Society Sir Henry Dale fellow HFSP Young Investigator. also received Seed Award funding Rosetrees Society. His lab investigating actin- microtubule-based cytoskeletal ensembles promote healthy egg development embryogenesis mammals.