title: Dissecting spindle architecture with a laser.
abstract: Microtubules in spindles are too dense to resolve by light microscopy, even with super-resolution methods. Using a new method based on laser-ablation techniques, Brugués et al. present the first quantitative characterization of the vertebrate meiotic spindle and propose an assembly mechanism for building this architecture.
authors.affiliation: FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Recouvreux
authors.forename: Marileen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dogterom