Staff Profile
Ben Wetherall
Research Associate Cell Biologist
- Personal Website: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/research/institutes/biosciences/
- Address: Newcastle University Biosciences Institute
Catherine Cookson Building
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Newcastle University
Framlington Place
NE2 4HH
Background
I am a research associate working in the lab of Dr Suzanne Madgwick. I undertook a PhD in molecular genetics at Newcastle, and now my work focuses on the control (or lack thereof) of chromosome alignment and segregation during Meiosis I in oocytes.
Publications
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Articles
- Wetherall B, Bulmer D, Sarginson A, Thomas C, Madgwick S. Securin and cyclin B1-CDK1, but not SGO2, regulate separase activity during meiosis I in mouse oocytes. BioRxiv 2025. Submitted.
- Simpson EL, Wetherall B, Byrska A, Cheeseman LP, Mendonca T, Xing X, Beckett AJ, Maiato H, Sarginson A, Prior IA, Hartshorne GM, McAinsh AD, Madgwick S, Booth DG. The Chromosome Periphery is an Essential Compartment of Oocyte Chromosomes. BioRxiv 2024. Submitted.
- Thomas C, Wetherall B, Levasseur MD, Harris RJ, Kerridge ST, Higgins JMG, Davies OR, Madgwick S. A prometaphase mechanism of securin destruction is essential for meiotic progression in mouse oocytes. Nature Communications 2021, 12(1), 4322.