2021
23 December, 2021
Chromosome Workshop 2021
Shuhei Yoshida, Masashi Mori and Osamu Takanouchi attended Chromosome Workshop 2021 (online) held from 21 to 22 Dec. and gave poster presentations.
23 December, 2021
MBSJ 2021
Tomoya Kitajima, Shuhei Yoshida and Kohei Asai attended the 44th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan held in Yokohama (online-onside) from 1 to 3 Dec. and gave oral and poster presentations.
18 October, 2021
A new member joined
Mihoko Fushii joined our lab. She will work as a research part-time worker for two months.
6 October, 2021
Journal of Cell Biology cover
The Result of Mori et al's research was published on the cover of the Journal of Cell Biology.
・Journal of Cell Biology (Vol.220, Issue 10)
24 August, 2021
A paper on mechanisms for prevention of aneuploidy during fertilization has been published.
Eggs fuse with sperm to give rise to a fertilized egg. Mori (Research Scientist), in collaboration with Dr. Ikawa from Osaka University, showed that sperm-derived chromosomes are spatially separated from egg-derived chromosomes, which prevents aneuploidy in the fertilized egg.
Mori M, Yao T, Mishina T, Endoh H, Tanaka M, Yonezawa N, Shimamoto Y, Yonemura S, Yamagata K, Kitajima TS and Ikawa M.
RanGTP and the actin cytoskeleton keep paternal and maternal chromosomes apart during fertilization.
Journal of Cell Biology. 220 (10): e202012001 (2021) doi: 10.1083/jcb.202012001.
・Journal of Cell Biology
・Journal of Cell Biology Cover
・JCB Spotlight
・Riken Research Highlight "Successful fertilization requires careful coordination of chromosomes"
・Osaka University News "RanGTP and the actin cytoskeleton keep paternal and maternal chromosomes apart during fertilization"
12 July, 2021
A paper on the influence of life stage and calorie restriction on aging-associated transcriptome changes in oocytes has been published.
Oocytes exhibit aging-associated chromosome segregation errors, which results in aneuploidy in eggs. Mishina (SPDR) and Tabata (PhD student from Kyoto Univ) et al showed that life stage and calorie restriction influence aging-associated transcriptome changes in oocytes, in collaboration with Nikaido and Hamada labs in BDR.
Mishina T*, Tabata N*, Hayashi T, Yoshimura M, Umeda M, Mori M, Ikawa Y, Hamada H, Nikaido I and Kitajima TS.
(*These authors contributed equally to this work.)
Single-oocyte transcriptome analysis reveals aging-associated effects influenced by life stage and calorie restriction.
Aging Cell. e13428 (2021) doi: 10.1111/acel.13428.
・Aging Cell
9 April, 2021
EMBO Reports cover
The Result of Courtois et al's research was published on the cover of the EMBO Reports.
・EMBO Reports (Vol.22, Issue 4)
1 April, 2021
New members joined
Eishi Aizawa (Research Scientist) and Yuanzhou Zhou (Student Trainee) joined our lab in April.
26 March, 2021
Sui Nishiyama has got PhD degree
Sui Nishiyama (Junior Research Associate) received her PhD degree in Life Sciences from the Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University. Congratulations!
・Kyoto University News
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4 March, 2021
A paper on kinetochore's role in spindle assembly has been published
Courtois et al. found that stable kinetochore-microtubule attachments fine-tune spindle bipolarity.
Courtois A, Yoshida S, Takenouchi O, Asai K and Kitajima TS.
Stable kinetochore–microtubule attachments restrict MTOC position and spindle elongation in oocytes.
EMBO Reports. 22: e51400 (2021) doi: 10.15252/embr.202051400.
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