Jutta Ellermann is a MSK fellowship trained Board Certified Radiologist with 10 years of clinical practice at the University of Minnesota with a special focus on MSK imaging research. Her areas of research interest include:
â in cells capable of dividing, the period between cell divisions is called interphase â cells spend most of their time in interphase because this is the phase where they perform their functions (obtaining energy, synthesizing products, repair damage, fight disease, duplicate their genetic material and get ready for division)
In a typical cell cycle, the cell is in interphase approximately 90% of the times, concentrating on its function. Some cells are in G0 phases, where they are constantly in interphase. An example of this is the neuron, which does not undergo mitosis. Cell cycle is the cycle that a typical cell goes through. It has three distinct phases, interphase, mitosis, and cytokineses.