Research in 2020

 

A novel virus vector technology has opened a door for studying molecular and cellular basis for neural circuit development in the rodent brain

・Kazuya Togashi
・Masato Tsuji
・Shunsuke Takeuchi
・Ryota Nakahama
・Kazuo Emoto

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/12/09
Front. Cell. Neurosci. 2020 Dec 9

 

Transomics analysis reveals allosteric and gene regulation axes for altered hepatic glucose-responsive metabolism in obesity

・Toshiya Kokaji
・Atsushi Hatano
・Yuki Ito
・Shinya Kuroda

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/12/01
Sci Signal. 2020 Dec 1

 

Mechanisms to silence mobile DNA within the genome

・Taiko Kim
・Tetsuji Kakutani

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/11/30
Nat Plants. 2020 Nov 30

 

Neural circuits for emergency in Drosophila larvae

・Natsuko Omamiuda-Ishikawa
・Moeka Sakai
・Kazuo Emoto

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/11/02
PLoS Genet. 2020 Nov 2

 

Revealing the structure of a rhodopsin enzyme to hydrolyze cyclic nucleotides by light

・Tatsuya Ikuta
・Wataru Shihoya
・Takayuki Uchihashi
・Hideki Kandori
・Osamu Nureki

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/09/01
Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 5

 

A microRNA reactivates neuronal regeneration

・Yasuko Kitatani
・Akane Tezuka
・Eri Hasegawa
・Satoyoshi Yanagi
・Kazuya Togashi
・Masato Tsuji
・Shu Kondo
・Jay Z Parrish
・Kazuo Emoto

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/09/01
PLoS Genet. 2020 Aug 7

 

Different responses in individual cells give muscles more control: Variations dismissed as “noise” actually information

・Takumi Wada
・Ken-Ichi Hironaka
・Shinya Kuroda

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/09/01
Cell Rep. 2020 Sep 1

 

A complete picture of the regulation of glucose metabolism in fat cells by insulin

・Satoshi Ohno
・Shinya Kuroda

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/09/01
iScience. 2020 Aug 20

 

Ancient Jomon genome sequence analysis sheds light on migration patterns of early East Asian populations

・Takashi Gakuhari
・Hiroki Oota

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/08/25
Commun Biol. 2020 Aug 25

 

Unusual characters of a plant living with only one leaf

・Ayaka Kinoshita
・Hiroyuki Koga
・Hirokazu Tsukaya

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/08/12
Front. Plant Sci.2020 Aug 12

 

Pattern of sucker development in cuttlefishes

・Ryosuke Kimbara
・Mayuko Nakamura
・小Kohei Oguchi
・Hisanori Kohtsuka
・Toru Miura

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/08/24
Front Zool. 2020 Aug 24

 

Cryo-EM structures of calcium homeostasis modulator channels in diverse oligomeric assemblies

・Kanae Demura
・Tsukasa Kusakizako
・Wataru Shihoya
・Masahiro Hiraizumi
・Akiyuki Taruno
・Osamu Nureki

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/07/18
Sci Adv. 2020 Jul 17

 

Genomic insights of pentameral body evolution

・Naoki Irie
・Akihito Omori

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/07/10
Commun Biol. 2020 Jul 10

 

Male neotenic reproductives accelerate additional differentiation of female reproductives by lowering JH titer in termites

・Kohei Oguchi
・Yasuhiro Sugime
・Hiroyuki Shimoji
・Yoshinobu Hayashi
・Toru Miura

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/06/10
Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 10.

 

Adaptive reduction of male gamete number in the selfing plant Arabidopsis thaliana

・Takashi Tsuchimatsu
・Hiroyuki Kakui
・Misako Yamazaki
・Cindy Marona
・Hiroki Tsutsui
・Afif Hedhly
・Dazhe Meng
・Yutaka Sato
・Thomas Städler
・Ueli Grossniklaus
・Masahiro M Kanaoka
・Michael Lenhard
・Magnus Nordborg
・Kentaro K Shimizu

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/06/08
Nat Commun. 2020 Jun 8.

 

Base editors for simultaneous introduction of C-to-T and A-to-G mutations

・Hideto Mori
・Soh Ishiguro
・Rina C Sakata
・Akihiko Kondo
・Keiji Nishida
・Masaru Tomita
・iroshi Nishimasu
・Osamu Nureki
・Hiroyuki Aburatani
・Nozomu Yachie

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/06/02
Nat Biotechnol. 2020 Jun 2.

 

Mutation of a PER2 phosphodegron perturbs the circadian phosphoswitch.

・Shusaku Masuda
・Hikari Yoshitane
・Yoshitaka Fukada

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/04/30
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2020 Apr 30.

 

Oocyte chromosomes can be removed from zygotes wihtout using difficult techniques.

・Takaya Totsuka
・Miho Ohsugi

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/04/16
Sci Rep. 2020 Apr 16.

 

Discovery of a molecular switch for career decision of plant cells

Takayuki Tamaki
Satoyo Oya
Makiko Naito
Mayuko Sato
Mayumi Wakazaki
Kiminori Toyooka
Hiroo Fukuda
Yuki Kondo

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/04/22
Commun Biol. 2020 Apr 22.

 

Faster stomatal opening improves plant growth in fluctuating light

Haruki Kimura
Mimi Hashimoto-Sugimoto
Koh Iba
Ichiro Terashima
Wataru Yamori

[Press Release (in Japanese)] 2020/02/27
J Exp Bot. 2020 Feb 25.

 Here, the latest research results that made the press release from the University of Tokyo are posted in 2015. In addition to these results, many other research results have been published at all times from the Department of Biological Sciences. Please refer to each lab web page for the latest publications.

reaseach in 2015

reaseach in 2014