How do chromosomes divide?
In a body, every single cell has the same number of chromosomes. This is because when a cell divides, the replicated chromatids are equally segregated into daughter cells. But, the first meiotic division is a clear exception. This division segregates maternal and paternal chromosomes for production of eggs and sperms, which are the origin of a new life. What is the story behind this division?
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30 July, 2025
Cell Division Workshop 2025
Miho Sakuma attended Cell Division Workshop 2025 held in Mishima from 24 to 25 July, 2025 and gave a poster presentation.
24 July, 2025
Joint Meeting of JSCB 77th and JSDB 58th
Tomoya Kitajima and Shuhei Yoshida attended Joint Meeting of JSCB 77th and JSDB 58th held in Nagoya from 16 to 18 July, 2025 and gave oral presentations.
24 July, 2025
Summer School on Genome Stability 2025
Miho Sakuma attended Summer School on Genome Stability 2025 held in Montpellier, France from 15 to 19 July, 2025 and gave an oral presentation.
24 July, 2025
Early-Career Scientists’ Meeting with International Advisors
Tomoya Kitajima, So Shimamoto, Manami Koshiguchi, Remi Kanemura and Miho Sakuma attended Early-Career Scientists’ Meeting with International Advisors of Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas（A) Dynamic Reproductive Lifespan held in Tokyo on 12 July, 2025 and presented their researches.
24 July, 2025
The 53rd Naito Conference
Tomoya Kitajima and So Shimamoto attended the 53rd Naito Conference "Germ Cell Biology: Uncovering Mysteries of Continuity and Discontinuity" held in Sapporo from 8 to 11 July, 2025 and presented their researches.
10 July, 2025
EMBO Workshop
Tomoya Kitajima was invited to present our research at EMBO Workshop Meiosis: Exploring Diversity to Discover the Fundamentals held in Engelberg, Switzerland from 22 to 26 June, 2025.
23 June, 2025
Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Epigenetics
Tomoya Kitajima was invited to present our research at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Epigenetics held in Fukui from 19 to 20 June, 2025.
17 June, 2025
NTU-KU-UT Joint International Mini Symposium 2025
Miho Sakuma attended the NTU-KU-UT Joint International Mini Symposium 2025 held in Taipei, Taiwan on 14 June, 2025 and gave an oral presentation.
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