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)
The Cell Cycle. The life span of a eukaryotic cell is called the cell cycle. A cell spends the bulk of the cell cycle in interphase. During interphase, the cell grows (G1), replicates its DNA through DNA synthesis (S) and grows again (G2) until it is ready to divide.