Mustafa Aydogan

Principal investigator,
PhD, University of Oxford

Mustafa received his BA from the University of Colorado at Boulder. During his alma mater, he had the opportunity to work along with experts of cytoplasmic organization, such as J. Richard McIntosh and Andreas Hoenger, as well as with experts of cellular signalling, such as Natalie G. Ahn. During his PhD at Oxford, he developed his general interest in the principles of biological timing, following up on his serendipitous finding that an autonomous clock initiates and times centriole biogenies independently of the cell cycle.

Outside the laboratory, he has developed hobbies in other fields of science, such as mathematics and the sociology of science. He enjoys informal collaborations with colleagues in these disciplines to practice new areas of knowledge, and sometimes arguably productively (e.g., see here and a partial highlight in German).