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Soni Lacefield

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University

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Microtubule and mitosis dynamicsFungal and yeast genetics researchDNA Repair MechanismsPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Publications

54

Citations

822

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

31

Publishing since 1996

Research summary
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Soni Lacefield studies how cells divide accurately, focusing on the machinery that separates chromosomes during cell division. Much of the work uses budding yeast (a simple model organism) to understand meiosis, the special type of cell division that produces reproductive cells, and the quality-control 'checkpoints' that ensure chromosomes are distributed correctly. A recurring theme is what happens when these safeguards fail, leading to cells with the wrong number of chromosomes (aneuploidy).

Chromosome segregation and mitosisMeiosis and cell-cycle checkpointsSpindle and kinetochore biologyYeast genetics as a model systemAneuploidy and cell division errors

Publication activity has remained steady over the past decade, with a peak around 2020 and a recent uptick in 2025.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 7 publications7202021: 1 publication212022: 4 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×9
  • The Journal of Cell Biology×4
  • Current Biology×4
  • PLoS Genetics×3
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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