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Dr. Eelco Tromer is a Research Fellow at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Science and Engineering, affiliated with the Cell Biochemistry group within the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology department. His research focuses on evolutionary mechanisms of chromosome recombination and segregation during mitosis and meiosis in eukaryotes, particularly in microbial systems. He employs comparative genomics, high-resolution imaging, and proteomics to study kinetochore and synaptonemal complex evolution.
Research Interests:
- Evolutionary cell biology of chromosome division machinery
- Comparative genomics of eukaryotic kinetochores and synaptonemal complexes
- Functional evolution of mitotic/meiotic proteins in protists
- Linking cell division mechanisms to organismal life cycles
Key Findings: His work reveals unexpected evolutionary plasticity in core cell division components, such as the discovery of novel kinetochore systems in Euglenozoa and SUN1-ALLAN complexes coordinating mitotic processes in Plasmodium. This research contributes to establishing cell biology as an evolutionary discipline.
Recent Publications (2023-2025) highlight discoveries in:
- Mechanisms of mitosis in malaria parasites
- Origins of eukaryotic SMC complexes
- Evolutionary trajectories of kinetochore proteins
- Functional roles of HORMAD proteins in meiotic recombination
Lab Activities: Collaborates with international teams on projects combining experimental cell biology with computational phylogenomics. Active in developing comparative approaches for studying understudied eukaryotic lineages.
