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)
A cell does most of its work in G1. That is, most cells spend their time in G1 performing whatever is required. If the cell is a liver cell it spends most of its time metabolizing materials while in G1. If the cell is a macrophage it spends most of its time in G1 eating any invading organisms.