title: Mitosis is swell.
abstract: Cell volume and dry mass are typically correlated. However, in this issue, Zlotek-Zlotkiewicz et al. (2015. J. Cell Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201505056) and Son et al. (2015. J. Cell Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201505058) use new live-cell techniques to show that entry to mitosis coincides with rapid cell swelling, which is reversed before division.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zatulovskiy
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 skotheim@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Jan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Skotheim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D048429:Cell Size; D006801:Humans; D008938:Mitosis