Binyam Mogessie, PhD
Biography
Research & Publications
Appointments
Biography
Binyam Mogessie is faculty in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at Yale University.
Binyam was born and raised in Ethiopia and moved to Germany where he studied biochemistry and cell biology at Jacobs University Bremen. He then moved to the UK for his PhD first at the Marie Curie Research Institute in Surrey and later at the Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology in Warwick, where he investigated the molecular mechanisms that organize the microtubule cytoskeleton during skeletal muscle differentiation and cell division. After receiving his PhD in cell biology from the University of London, he joined the MRC-LMB in Cambridge (and later at the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen, Germany), where he discovered a function of the actin cytoskeleton in accurate chromosome segregation during female . In 2019, Binyam established his independent research laboratory as a Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale fellow and HFSP Young Investigator at the University of Bristol. He joined the Yale MCDB faculty in July 2022 where his lab continues mechanistic cell biology studies of female meiosis and reproductive longevity.
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral FellowMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (2017)
- Postdoctoral FellowMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (2015)
- PhDUniversity of London, Institute of Cancer Research, Cell Biology (2011)
- BScJacobs University Bremen, Biochemistry and Cell Biology (2007)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Emerging Investigator Award | Society for Reproduction and Fertility (SRF) | 2023 |
Young Investigator | Human Frontier Science Program | 2021 |
Cell Scientist to Watch | Company of Biologists, Journal of Cell Science | 2021 |
Sir Henry Dale Fellow | Wellcome Trust and Royal Society | 2019 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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American Society for Cell Biology Minisymposium - Spindle Assembly and Chromosome Segregation | Co-Chair | 2021 |
eLife | Reviewing Editor | 2020 - Present |
British Society for Cell Biology and Biochemical Society Dynamic Cell | Co-Organizer | 2020 |
American Society for Cell Biology Subgroup - Cytoskeletal Ensembles Across Scales | Co-Organizer | 2020 |
Molecular Human Reproduction | Associate Editor | 2019 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS)
- Genomics, Genetics, and Epigenetics
- Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
- Plant Molecular Biology
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Stem Cell Center