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Frontiers in biomolecular condensate research

Nature Cell Biology volume 25, pages 512–514 (2023)Cite this article

Biomolecular condensation of macromolecules is an increasingly important concept in cell biology. Indeed, research on condensates touches on multiple areas of research, from biochemistry to biophysics and from organelles to cell polarity. We asked experts at the forefront of this field to comment on what excites them most regarding biomolecular condensation, as well as on current challenges, priorities and needs for the functional study of condensates.

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  1. Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Christine Mayr

  2. Department of Structural Biology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA

    Tanja Mittag

  3. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

    T.-Y. Dora Tang

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Wenyu Wen

  5. National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Hong Zhang

  6. College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Hong Zhang

  7. Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Huaiying Zhang

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Mayr, C., Mittag, T., Tang, TY.D. et al. Frontiers in biomolecular condensate research. Nat Cell Biol 25, 512–514 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-023-01102-2

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