ASCB: Yixian Zheng isn’t afraid to challenge assumptions in biology.

The American Society for Cell Biology profiles Yixian Zheng and her recent papers on the elusive spindle matrix. "Zheng’s lab identifies new regulators in spindle assembly, all associated with the spindle matrix, a structural scaffold that promotes mitosis.The problem here is that some scientists aren’t convinced that the spindle matrix exists. In one of these new papers, Zheng begs to differ." More