Immunofluorescence experiments using a phospho-TBK1 (pS-172) specific antibody on A549, H1650, Calu-6 and PC9 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines as well as the immortalized human tracheobronchial epithelial cell line AALE established that phospho-TBK1 localized to centrosomal regions during prophase and prometaphase, where it co-localized with alpha tubulin (Fig. 1a, Supplementary Fig. 1a–d). The gene discussed is TBK1; the disease is non-small cell lung carcinoma.