2009-2013: PhD in Chemical Biology at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon (Prof. Jens Hasserodt)
2004-2009: BSc in Organic Chemistry at the University of Sydney and MSc in Bioorganic Chemistry at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon
Key publications
A Sailer, et al., O Thorn-Seshold*. Hemithioindigos for cellular photopharmacology: desymmetrised molecular switch scaffolds enabling design control over the isomer-dependency of potent antimitotic bioactivity. ChemBioChem2019, article ASAP (in press).
A Singh, et al. Polarized microtubule dynamics directs cell mechanics and coordinates forces during epithelial morphogenesis. Nature Cell Biology 2018, 1126.
J Zenker, et al. A Microtubule Organizing Center Directing Intracellular Transport in the Early Mouse Embryo. Science 2017, 925.
M Borowiak, et al., D Trauner*, O Thorn-Seshold*. Photoswitchable Inhibitors of Microtubule Dynamics Optically Control Mitosis and Cell Death. Cell2015, 162, 403.
O Thorn-Seshold* et al. Azoaryls as Reversibly Modulatable Tubulin Inhibitors. WO2015166295, 2014.