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)
Interphase is the time when the cell grows to its proper size and prepares itself for cell division. Early interphase is called the G1 phase of the cell cycle. G1 is the time during which a cell grows to its proper size by making more cytosol, the liquid inside a cell. An increase in cell size means the cell must make more protein and membranes.