Mustafa G Aydogan, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development

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Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • BA, 2015 Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • PhD, 2019 Pathology, University of Oxford
  • Fellowship: 2024 University of California San Francisco

Honors & Awards

  • 2023 - 2028: NIH New Innovator Award
  • 2022: New Frontier Research Award, UCSF Program for Breakthrough Research
  • 2020 - 2024: Sandler Faculty Fellow Award
  • 2018: BSCB Young Cell Biologist of the Year, Runner-up
  • 2017: Cold Spring Harbor Asia Fellow Award
  • 2015 - 2019: Sir E.P. Abraham Scholar
  • 2013: Elected Fellow, The Linnean Society of London

Research

Selected Publications

  1. Kahlon U, Ricca FD, Pillai SJ, Olivetta M, Tharp KM, Jao LE, Dudin O, McDonald K, Aydogan MG. A mitochondrial redox switch licenses the onset of morphogenesis in animals. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Oct 29:2024.10.28.620733. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.28.620733. PMID: 39553983; PMCID: PMC11565760.
  2. Bakshi A, Iturra FE, Alamban A, Rosas-Salvans M, Dumont S, Aydogan MG. Cytoplasmic division cycles without the nucleus and mitotic CDK/cyclin complexes. Cell. 2023 Oct 12;186(21):4694-4709.e16. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.09.010. PMID: 37832525; PMCID: PMC10659773.
  3. Aydogan MG, Hankins LE, Steinacker TL, Mofatteh M, Saurya S, Wainman A, Wong SS, Lu X, Zhou FY, Raff JW. Centriole distal-end proteins CP110 and Cep97 influence centriole cartwheel growth at the proximal end. J Cell Sci. 2022 Jul 15;135(14):jcs260015. doi: 10.1242/jcs.260015. Epub 2022 Jul 20. PMID: 35707992; PMCID: PMC9450887.
  4. Mofatteh M, Echegaray-Iturra F, Alamban A, Dalla Ricca F, Bakshi A, Aydogan MG. Autonomous clocks that regulate organelle biogenesis, cytoskeletal organization, and intracellular dynamics. Elife. 2021 Sep 29;10:e72104. doi: 10.7554/eLife.72104. PMID: 34586070; PMCID: PMC8480978.
  5. Aydogan MG, Steinacker TL, Mofatteh M, Wilmott ZM, Zhou FY, Gartenmann L, Wainman A, Saurya S, Novak ZA, Wong SS, Goriely A, Boemo MA, Raff JW. An Autonomous Oscillation Times and Executes Centriole Biogenesis. Cell. 2020 Jun 25;181(7):1566-1581.e27. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.018. Epub 2020 Jun 11. PMID: 32531200; PMCID: PMC7327525.
  6. Alvarez-Rodrigo I, Steinacker TL, Saurya S, Conduit PT, Baumbach J, Novak ZA, Aydogan MG, Wainman A, Raff JW. Evidence that a positive feedback loop drives centrosome maturation in fly embryos. Elife. 2019 Sep 9;8:e50130. doi: 10.7554/eLife.50130. PMID: 31498081; PMCID: PMC6733597.
  7. Aydogan MG, Wainman A, Saurya S, Steinacker TL, Caballe A, Novak ZA, Baumbach J, Muschalik N, Raff JW. A homeostatic clock sets daughter centriole size in flies. J Cell Biol. 2018 Apr 2;217(4):1233-1248. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201801014. Epub 2018 Mar 2. PMID: 29500190; PMCID: PMC5881511.
  8. Saurya S, Roque H, Novak ZA, Wainman A, Aydogan MG, Volanakis A, Sieber B, Pinto DM, Raff JW. Drosophila Ana1 is required for centrosome assembly and centriole elongation. J Cell Sci. 2016 Jul 1;129(13):2514-25. doi: 10.1242/jcs.186460. Epub 2016 May 20. PMID: 27206860; PMCID: PMC4958303.

For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov