Papers： microscopes etc.

・2026

(166) Hinata C, Nakagawa H, Nonaka S, Nozaki K, Sato Y and Ohsawa S (2026)

Extrinsic MMPs drive epithelial shape change via basal extracellular matrix disassembly in the Drosophila wing disc

Commun Biol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10376-9.

Zeiss Z1, DSLM

(165) Seo E, Ohishi K, Seo Y. (2026)

Comparative study of the gastrointestinal system of Bathymodiolus bivalves harbouring chemosymbiotic bacteria and Mytilus using a liquid-phase MRI tracer.

Deep-Sea Res. I. 232: 104742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2026.104742

µCT

(164) Yoshimoto K, Kariyayama H, Tamura M, Koyabu D,Fernandez J P, Yoneyama A, Hyodo K, Hirano K, Nonaka S, Higashiyama H, Hirasawa T and Suzuki D G. (2026)

Three-dimensional detailed redescription of the lamprey larval cranial muscles based on multiple imaging methods

Developmental Biology Advances  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-026-00271-z

Zeiss Z1, DSLM　

(163) Hara R, Ansai S, Kamei Y, Matsuda M and Kinoshita M. (2026)

Genetic basis of latitudinal variation in vertebral number in the Oryzias latipes species complex.

Zoological Lett 12, 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-025-00256-1

µCT 

(162) Yamato A, Fujita K, Yoshida M, Yamamoto C, Abe K, Suzuki M, Kawasumi-Kita A, Sakamoto J, Kamei Y, Ogino H, Hanada Y and Yokoyama H(2026) 

Heat-shock-inducible gene expression systems in amphibians: Utility in regeneration and metamorphosis studies

Dev Growth Differ (Accepted). https://doi.org/10.1111/dgd.70048

IR-LEGO

(161) Kanadome T, Hoshino N, Jitsuki S, Hashimoto H, Yagi T, Nagai T 

Fluorescent indicators for visualizing dynamic contact between cells and between processes originating from a single cell (2026) 

Cell Rep Methods 2026 Jan 23:101292.

Olympus FV1200　

(160) Onuma M, Kumagai T, Hayashi K, Kamei Y, Takahashi A. 

Heat-mediated manipulation of gene expression by IR-LEGO in the developing genitalia in Drosophila. 

Genes Genomes Genetics (Accepted)

IR-LEGO　CMOS camera　

・2025

(159) Mukai S, Sato T, Kamei Y, Kato K, Mishiro-Sato E, Kondo-Ida L, Yabuta N, Hiroshima K, Sekido Y (2025) 

Enhanced nuclear export caused by O-GlcNAcylation of nucleoporins is a potential therapeutic target in mesothelioma. 

British Journal of Cancer (accepted)

Leica SP8、Image analysis　

(158) Ueki A, Ito Y, Sakamoto J, Kamei Y, Yazawa Y, Kamitani S. (2025) 

Effect of Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide (Pg-LPS) Administration on NAFLD/NASH Medaka. 

FEMS Microbes 2025 Nov 7:6:xtaf017.

Consultation 

(157) Arai Y, Takeda N, Komoto S, Murakami H, Voigt D, and Suzuki T (2025)

Dual roles of salivary proteins in feeding and silk fiber coating in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae

Commun biol.  8(1):1482.

Consultation　

(156) Ohnishi Y, Setoyama D, Miwa H, Koitabashi N, Ogasawara R, Kitada S, Matoba N, Ayano T, Hiramoto K, Yasui R, Sugiura Y, Anada T, Ino K, Matsuda H, Noma T, Nonaka S, Izumi T, Kurabayashi M, Suematsu M, Kunisaki Y,  Yanagita M, Imamura H and Yamamoto M

AVID Mouse: A Versatile Platform for Real-Time Multiscale ATP Imaging and Spatial Systems Metabolism Analysis in Living Mice

Cell Reports 44(9), 9116246.

Leica SP8

(155) Tan K X Y, and Shigenobu S (2025)

Targeted disruption of the cls gene in Buchnera aphidicola impairs membrane integrity and host symbiont dynamics

iScience  113178 

Zeiss LSM980 Airy2

(154) Kuno S, Nakamura R, Otani T, Togashi H. (2025)

Multivalent afadin interaction promotes IDR-mediated condensate formation and junctional separation of epithelial cells.

Cell Reports  44 (115335) Press release （Kobe University）

Zeiss LSM980 Airy2

(153) Ohashi A, Sakamoto H, Kuroda J, Kondo Y, Kamei Y, Nonaka S, Furukawa S, Yamamoto S and Satoh A (2025)

Keratinocyte-Driven Dermal Collagen Formation In the Axolotl Skin

Nat Commun. 16(1):1757 Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese 

Leica SP8, Zeiss-Z7, Consultation　

(152) Morozumi R, Okamoto K, Enomoto E, Tsukamoto Y, Kyakuno M, Suzuki N, tazawa I, Furuno N, Ogino H, Kamei Y, Matsunami M, Shigenobu S, Suzuki K, Uemasu H, Namba N, Hayashi T (2024)

Urodele amphibian newt bridges the missing link in evo‐devo of the pancreas

Dev Dyn Epub  https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.763

µCT

・2024

(151) Tozawa S, Matsubara H, Minamitani F, Kamei Y, Saida M, Asao M, Suzuki K T, Matsunami M, Shigenobu S, Hayashi T, Abe G, Takeuchi T (2024)

Novel function of Hox13 in regulating outgrowth of the newt hindlimb bud through interaction with Fgf10 and Tbx4

Dev Growth Differ 26 December 

µCT

(150) Yoneda N, Sakamoto J, Tomoi T, Nemoto T, Tamada Y, Matoba O (2024)

Transport-of-intesity phase imaging using commercially available confocal microscope 

J Biomed  Opt 29(11) 116002 

Nikon A1

(149) Tomoi T, Yoshida Y, Ohe S, Kabeya Y, Hasebe M, Morohoshi T, Murata T, Sakamoto J, Tamada Y, Kamei Y (2024)

Infrared laser-induced gene expression in single cells characterized by quantitative imaging in Physcomitrium patens

Commun Biol 7,1448　

IR-LEGO　CMOS camera　

(149) Yoneda N, Sakamoto J, Tomoi T, Nemoto T, Tamada Y, Matoba O (2024)

Transport-of-intesity phase imaging using commercially available confocal microscope 

J Biomed  Opt. 29(11) 116002 

Nikon A1

(148) Tomoi T, Yoshida Y, Ohe S, Kabeya Y, Hasebe M, Morohoshi T, Murata T, Sakamoto J, Tamada Y, Kamei Y (2024)

Infrared laser-induced gene expression in single cells characterized by quantitative imaging in Physcomitrium patens

Communications Biology 7,1448

IR-LEGO

(147) Thanh Phuong Nguyen, Otani T, Tsutsumi M, Kinoshita N, Fujiwara S, Nemoto T, Fujimori T, Furuse M  (2024)

Tight junction membrane proteins regulate the mechanical resistance of the apical junctional complex

J Cell Biol 223 (5):e202307104

CSU-MicroPoint

(146) Seo E and Seo Y (2024)

Pulsative venous return from the branchial vessels to the heart of the Mytilus galloprovincialis supports the constant-volume mechanism 

J Exp Biol, (in press)

µCT

(145) Tan K and Shigenobu S (2024)

In vivo interference of pea aphid endosymbiont Buchnera groEL gene by synthetic peptide nucleic acids 

Sci Rep 2024, 14(1):5378

Zeiss LSM980 Airy2

・2023

(144) Morishita Y, Lee S, Suzuki T, Yokoyama H, Kamei Y, Tamura K and Kawasumi-Kita A (2023)

An archetype and scaling of developmental tissue dynamics across species. Nature Communications

Nat Commun. 2023, 14(1):8199

IR-LEGO

(143) Miura N, Ashia Y, Matsuda Y, Shibuya T, Tamada Y, Hatsumi S, Yamamoto H, Kajikawa I, Kamei Y and Hattori M (2023)

Adaptive optics microscopy with wavefront sensing based on neighbor correlation

Plant Cell Physiol. 64(11):1372-1382

CMOS camera

(142) Koyama H, Okumura H, Ito A. M, Nakamura K, Otani T, Kato K and Fujimori T(2023)

Effective mechanical potential of cell-Cell interaction explains three-dimensional morphologies during early embryogenesis 

PloS Comput Biol. 19(8):e1011306 Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese 

Image analysis

(141) Isoe Y, Nakamura R, Nonaka S, Kamei Y, Okuyama T, Yamamoto N, Takeuchi H and Takeda H. (2023)

Epigenetically distinct synaptic architecture in clonal compartments in the teleostean dorsal pallium 

eLife  2023Jul 25;12e85093

Zeiss DSLM Z1, DSLM

(140) Kondow A, Ohnuma K, Taniguchi A, Sakamoto J, Asashima M, Kato K, Kamei Y and Nonaka S. (2023)

Automated contour extraction for light-sheet microscopy images of zebrafish embryos based on object edge detection algorithm 

Dev Growth Differ.  in press

Zeiss DSLM Z1

(139) Fukushi M, Ohsawa R, Okinaka Y, Oikawa D, Kiyono T, Moriwaki M, Irie T, Oda K, Kamei Y, Tokunaga F, Sotomaru Y, Maruyama H, Kawakami H, and  Sakaguchi T. (2023)

Optineurin deficiency impairs autophagy to cause interferon beta overproduction and increased survival of mice following viral infection 

PLoS One. 18(6):e0287545

Consultation

(138) Tada R, Higashidate T, Amano T, Ishikawa S, Yokoyama C, Kobari S, Nara S, Ishida K, Kawaguchi A, Ochi H, Ogino H, Yakushiji-Kaminatsui N, Sakamoto J,  Kamei Y, Tamura K, and Yokoyama H. (2023)

The shh limb enhancer is activated in patterned limb regeneration but not in hypomorphic limb regeneration in Xenopus laevis

Dev. Biol. 500:22-30

Consultation

(137) Tomoi T, Tameshige T, Betsuyaku E, Hamada S, Uchida N, Torii K. U, Shimizu K. K, Tamada Y, Urawa H, Okada K, Fukuda H, Tatematsu K, Kamei Y and Betsuyaku S. (2023)

Targeted single-cell gene induction by optimizing the dually regulated CRE/loxP system by a newly defined heat-shock promoter and the steroid hormone in Arabidopsis thaliana 

Front. Plant Sci. 14 Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

IR-LEGO, IX-81, CSU, Nikon A1, Imaris

(136) Kashimoto R, Kamei Y, Nonaka S, Kondo Y, Yamamoto S, Furukawa S, Ohashi A, and Satoh A. (2023)

FGF signaling induces the regeneration of collagen fiber structure during skin wound healing in axolotls

Dev. Biol. 498:14-25

Leica SP8 [BioImage Analysis Training Course/ABiS] 

(135) Ogino Y, Ansai S, Watanabe E, Yasugi M, Katayama Y, Sakamoto H, Okamoto K, Okubo K, Yamamoto Y, Hara I, Yamazaki T, Kato A, Kamei Y, Naruse K, Ohta K, Ogino H, Sakamoto T, Miyagawa S, Sato T, Yamada G, Baker M.E., and Iguchi T. (2023)

Evolutionary differentiation of androgen receptor is responsible for sexual characteristic development in a teleost fish 

Nat Commun. 14(1):1428  Press release （NIBB）（ExCELLS) only in Japanese

Consultation

(134) Matsubara H, Kawasumi-Kita A, Nara S, Yokoyama H, Hayashi T, Takeuchi T, and Yokoyama H. (2023)

Appendage-restricted gene induction using a heated agarose gel for studying regeneration in metamorphosed Xenopus laevis and Pleurodeles waltl

Dev Growth Differ. 65(2):86-93

Consultation

(133) Yoneda T, Hayashi K, and Yoshimura Y. (2023)

Experience-dependent functional plasticity and visual response selectivity of surviving subplate neurons in the mouse visual cortex 

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 120(9): e2217011120  Press release（NIPS）only in Japanese 

Olympus FV1200

(132) Seo E, Ohishi K, Imaizumi-Ohashi Y, Yokoi-Hayakawa M, Yamaguchi T and Seo Y. (2023)

Foot extension and retraction in the clam Calyptogena okutanii without any Keber's value: an inflatable fastener bag model 

J Exp Biol. Jan 1; 226(1): jeb244867

µCT

・2022

(131) Yorimoto S, Hattori M, Kondo M and Shigenobu S. (2022)

Complex host/symbiont integration of a multi-partner symbiotic system in the eusocial aphid Ceratovacuna japonica

iScience 25; 105478  Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese 

TEM in NIPS

(130) Udagawa S, Nagai A, Kikuchi M, Omori A, Tajika A, Saito M, Miura T, Irie N, Kamei Y and Kondo M. (2022)

The pentameric hydrocoel lobes organize adult pentameral structures in a sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus

Dev biol. Sep 24; 492:71-78 

IR-LEGO

(129) Lu K, Wazawa T, Sakamoto J, Vu C. Q, Nakano M, Kamei Y and Nagai T. (2022)

Intercellular heat transfer and thermal property revealed by kilohertz temperature imaging with a genetically encoded nanothermometer 

Nano Lett. 22(14):5698-5707. Press release (NIBB) only in Japanese, (Osaka University) in English

CSU, IR-LEGO

(128) Sohn J, Suzuki M, Youssef M, Hatada S, Larkum M. E, Kawaguchi Y and Kubota Y. (2022)

Presynaptic supervision of cortical spine dynamics in motor learning 

Sci Adv. 8(30):eabm0531 Press release (NIPS) only in Japanese

Leica SP8

(127) Tanabe N, Takasu R, Hirose Y, Kamei Y, Kondo M and Nakabachi A. (2022)

Diaphorin, a Polyketide produced by a bacterial symbiont of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, inhibits the growth and cell division of Bacillus subtilis but promotes the growth and metabolic activity of Escherichia coli

Microbiol Spectr  10(4): e01757-22

TEM in NIPS

(126) Nishimura R, Kato K, Saida M, Kamei Y, Takeda M,  Miyoshi H, Yamagata Y, Amano Y and Yonemura S (2022)

Appropriate tension sensitivity of α-catenin ensures rounding morphogenesis of epithelial spheroids 

Cell Struct Funct.  27; 47(2):55-73

CSU

(125) Kashimoto R, Furukawa S, Yamamoto S, Kamei Y, Sakamoto J, Nonaka S, Watanabe T. M, Sakamoto T, Sakamoto H and Satoh A. (2022)

Lattice-patterned collagen fibers and their dynamics in axolotl skin regeneration 

iScience 25, 104524  Press release (NIBB) (Okayama University）only in Japanese

Leica SP8

(124) Nakamura T, Sakamoto J, Okabe K, Taniguchi A, Yamada T. G, Nonaka S, Kamei Y, Funahashi A, Tominaga M and Hiroi N. F. (2022)

Temperature elevation detection in migrating cells

Optics Continuum 1, 1085-1097. Press release (NIBB) (ExCELLS) only in Japanese 

IR-LEGO

(123) Beppu K, Tsutsumi R, Ansai S, Ochiai N, Terakawa M, Mori M, Kuroda M, Horikawa K, Tomoi T, Sakamoto J, Kamei Y, Naruse K and Sakaue H. (2022)

Development of a screening system for agents that modulate taste receptor expression with the CRISPR-Cas9 system in medaka.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun 601, 65-72. 

Leica SP8

(122) Goto T, Soyano T, Liu M, Mori T and Kawaguchi M. (2022)

Auxin methylation by IAMT1, duplicated in the legume lineage, promotes root nodule development in Lotus japonicus.

PNAS 119, e2116549119. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1

(121) Kinoshita N, Yamamoto T S, Yasue N, Takagi C, Fujimori T and Ueno N. (2022)

Force-dependent remodeling of cytoplasmic ZO-1 condensates contributes to cell-cell adhesion through enhancing tight junctions.

iScience 25, 103846. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1

(120) Mohri T and Kyozuka K. (2022)

Starfish oocytes of A. pectinifera reveal marked differences in sperm‐induced electrical and intracellular calcium changes during oocyte maturation and at fertilization. 

Mol. Reprod. Dev. 89, 3-22.

Nikon A1

・2021

(119) Tokanai K, Kamei Y and Minokawa T. (2021)

An easy and rapid staining method for confocal microscopic observation and reconstruction of three-dimensional images of echinoderm larvae and juveniles.

Dev. Growth Differ. 63, 478-487. 

Leica SP8

(118)  Ansai S, Mochida K, Fujimoto S, Mokodongan D F, Sumarto B K A, Masengi K W A, Hadiaty R K, Nagan A J, Toyoda A, Naruse K, Yamahira K and Kitano J. (2021)

Genome editing reveals fitness effects of a gene for sexual dichromatism in Sulawesianfishes. 

Nature Comm. 12, 1350. Press release（NIBB）（Tohoku Univ.）（NIG）only in Japanese 

IR-LEGO 

(117)  Zeng C W, Kamei Y, Shigenobu S, Sheu J C and Tsai H J. (2021)

Injury-induced Cavl-expressing Cells at Lesion Rostral Side Play Major Roles in Spinal Cord Regeneration. 

Open Biology 11, 200304.

IR-LEGO, Nikon A1, BEH

(116)  Sasaki T, Nagata R, Takahashi S and Takei T. (2021)

Effects of RORγt overexpression on the murine central nervous system.

Neuropsychopharmacol Rep. 41, 102-110.

Imaris 

・2020

(115)  Kawade K, Horiguchi G, Hirose Y, Oikawa A, Hirai M Y, Saito K, Fujita F and Tsukaya H. (2020)

Metabolic control of gametophore shoot formation through arginine in the moss physcomitrium patens.

Cell Rep. 32, 108127. 

Nikon A1

(114)  Nozaki M, Kawade K, Horiguchi G and Tsukaya H. (2020)

an3-mediated compensation is dependent on a cell-autonomous mechanism in leaf epidermal tissue. 

Plant Cell Physiol. 61, 1181-1190.

Nikon A1

(113)  Kawamoto N, Del Carpio D P, Hofmann A, Mizuta Y, Kurihara D, Higashiyama T, Uchida N, Torii K U, Colombo L, Groth G and Simon R. (2020)      

A peptide pair coordinates regular ovule initiation patterns with seed number and fruit size.

Current Biology  30, 4352–4361.

HITACHI TM4000 plus 

(112)  Sasaki T, Tome S and Takei T. (2020)

Intraventricular IL-17A administration activates microglia and alters their localization in the mouse embryo cerebral cortex.

Mol Brain  13, 93.

Imaris

(111)  Sasaki T, Komatsu Y and Yamamori T. (2020)

Expression patterns of SLIT/ROBO mRNAs reveal a characteristic feature in the entorhinal-hippocampal area of macaque monkeys.

BMC Res Notes. 13, 262.

Imaris

(110)  Tomoi T, Kawade K, Kitagawa M, Sakata Y, Tsukaya H and Fujita T. (2020)

Quantitative imaging reveals distinct contributions of SnRK2 and ABI3 in plasmodesmatal permeability in Physcomitrella patens.

Plant Cell Physiol. 61, 942-956.

Nikon A1

・2019

(Review1)  Akiyama S, Aoki K and Kubo Y. (2020)

Biophysical research in Okazaki.

Biophysical Rev. 12, 237-243. 

(109)  Abe G, Hayashi T, Yoshida K, Yoshida T, Kudoh H, Sakamoto J, Konishi A, Kamei Y, Takeuchi T, Tamura K and Yokoyama H. (2019)

Insights regarding skin regeneration n non-amniote vertebrates: Skin regeneration without scar formation and potential step-up to a higher level of regeneration. 

Seminars in cell & developmental biology 100, 109-121.

IR-LEGO

(108)  Hwang D, Wada S, Takahashi A, Urawa H, Kamei Y and Nishikawa S. (2019)

Development of a Heat-inducible Gene Expression System using Female Gametophytes of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Plant Cell Physiol. 60, 2564-2572. Press release（Nigata Univ）only in Japanese

IR-LEGO　

(107)  Tanga N, Kuboyama K, Kishimoto A, Kiyonari H, Shiraishi A, Suzuki R, Watanabe T, Fujikawa A and Noda M. (2019)   

The PTN-PTPRZ signal activates the AFAP1L2-dependent PI3K-AKT pathway for oligodendrocyte differentiation: Targeted inactivation of PTPRZ activity in mice.

Glia. 67, 967-984. 

Keyence BZ8000

(106)  Shinozuka T, Takada R, Yoshida S Yonemura S, and Takada S. (2019)

Wnt produced by stretched roof-plate cells is required for the promotion of cell proliferation around the central canal of the spinal cord. 

Development 146, dev159343. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1

(105)  Kitadate Y, Jörg D J, Tokue M, Maruyama A, Ichikawa R, Tsuchiya S, Segi-Nishida E, Nakagawa T, Uchida A, Kimura-Yoshida C, Mizuno S, Sugiyama F, Azami T, Ema M, Noda C, Kobayashi S, Matsuo I, Kanai Y, Nagasawa T, Sugimoto Y, Takahashi S, *Simons B D and Yoshida S. (2019)      

Competition for mitogens regulates spermatogenic stem cell homeostasis in an open niche. Cell Stem Cell.

Cell Stem Cell  24, 79-92. 

Nikon A1

(104)  Kitagawa M, Tomoi T, Fukushima T, Sakata Y, Sato M, Toyooka K, Fujita T and Sakakibara H. (2019)  

Abscisic Acid Acts as a Regulator of Molecular Trafficking through Plasmodesmata in the Moss Physcomitrella patens. 

Plant Cell Physiol. 60, 738–751. 

Nikon A1

(103)  Nomura K, Hiyama T Y, Sakuta H, Matsuda T, Lin C-H, Kobayashi K, Kobayashi K, Kuwaki T, Takahashi K, Matsui S and Noda M. (2019)

[Na+] increases in body fluids sensed by central Nax induce sympathetically mediated blood pressure elevations via H+-dependent activation of ASIC1a.

Neuron. 101, 60-75. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Leica SP8

(102)  Shimazaki T, Tanimoto M, Oda Y and Higashijima S. (2019)

Behavioral role of the reciprocal inhibition between a pair of Mauthner cells during fast escapes in zebrafish. 

J Neurosci. 39, 1182-1194.

Leica SP8

(101)  Shiina N. (2019)

Liquid- and solid-like RNA granules form through specific scaffold proteins and combine into biphasic granules.

J Biol Chem. 294, 3532-3548. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1

(100) Shitara, A., Malec, L., Ebrahim, S., Chen, D., Bleck, C., Hoffman, M. P. and Weigert, R.  (2019)

dc42 negatively regulates endocytosis during apical membrane maintenance in live animals 

Mol Biol Cell. 30(3), 293-426

Imaris

・2018

(99)  Kawade K, Li Y, Koga H, Sawada Y, Okamoto M, Kuwahara A, Tsukaya H and Hirai M Y. (2018)  

The cytochrome P450 CYP77A4 is involved in auxin-mediated patterning of the Arabidopsis thaliana embryo.

Development 145, dev168369. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1

(98)  Yoro E, Nishida H, Ogawa-Ohnishi M, Yoshida C, Suzaki T, Matsubayashi Y and Kawaguchi M. (2018)

PLENTY, a hydroxyproline O-arabinosyltransferase, negatively regulates root nodule symbiosis in Lotus japonicus. 

J Exp Bot. 70, 507-517. 

Nikon A1

(97)  Hayashi K, Yamamoto T S and Ueno N. (2018)

Intracellular calcium signal at the leading edge regulates mesodermal sheet migration during Xenopus gastrulation.

Sci. Reports 8, 2433. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1

(96)  Tominaga H, Satoh N, Ueno N and Takahashi H. (2018)       

Enhancer activities of amphioxus Brachyury genes in embryos of the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis.

Genesis e23240.

Olympus SZX16

(95)  Shinoda T, Nagasaka A, Inoue Y, Higuchi R, Minami Y, Kato K, Suzuki M, Kondo T, Kawaue T, Saito K, Ueno N, Fukazawa Y, Nagayama M, Miura T, Adach T and Miyata T. (2018)

Elasticity-based boosting of neuroepithelial nucleokinesis via indirect energy transfer from mother to daughter.

PLoS Biology 16, e2004426.

Nikon A1

(94)  Nonomura K, Lukacs V, Sweet D T, Goddard L M, Kanie A, Whitwam T, Ranade S S, (2018)    

Mechanically activated ion channel PIEZO1 is required for lymphatic valve formation.

PNAS 115, 12817-12822. press release（NIBB)

Nikon A1

(93)  Mano S, Nishihama R, Ishida S, Hikino K, Kondo M, Nishimura M, Yamato K T, Kohchi T and Nakagawa T. (2018)      

Novel gateway binary vectors for rapid tripartite DNA assembly and promoter analysis with various reporters and tags in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha.

PLoS One 13, e0204964.

HITACHI H-7600

(92)  Amemiya S, Hibino T, Minokawa T, Naruse K, Kamei Y, Uemura I, Kiyomoto M, Hisanaga S and Kuraishi R. (2018)

Development of the coelomic cavities in larvae of the living isocrinid sea lily Metacrinus rotundus.

Acta Zoologica. 2018, 1-17.

Leica SP8

(91)  Hamada T, Yako M, Minegishi M, Sato M, Kamei Y, Yanagawa Y, Toyooka K, Watanabe Y and Hara-Nishimura I. (2018)

Stress granule formation is induced by a threshold temperature rather than a temperature difference in Arabidopsis.

J. Cell Sci. 131, jcs216051.

IR-LEGO

(90)  Ishikawa T, Eto K, Kim S K, Wake H, Takeda I, Horiuchi H, Moorhouse A J, Ishibashi H and Nabekura J. (2018)         

Cortical astrocytes prime the induction of spine plasticity and mirror image pain. 

Pain 159, 1592-1606. Press release（NIPS）

Nikon A1

(89)  Hasugata R, Hayashi S, Kawasumi-Kita A, Sakamoto J, Kamei Y and Yokoyama H. (2018)             

Infrared laser-mediated single-cell-level gene induction in the regenerating tail of Xenopus laevis tadpoles.             

Cold Spring Harb. Protoc. 2018(12) pdb.prot101014.

IR-LEGO

(88)  Tominaga J, Nakahara Y, Horikawa D, Tanaka A, Kondo M, Kamei Y, Takami T, Sakamoto W, Unno K, Sakamoto A and Shimada H. (2018)       

Overexpression of the protein disulfide isomerase AtCYO1 in chloroplasts slows dark-induced senescence in Arabidopsis.      

Plant Biol. 18, 80.

HITACHI H-7600 

(87)  Koshimizu S, Kofuji R, Sasaki-Sekimoto Y, Kikkawa M, Shimojima M, Ohta H, Shigenobu S, Kabeya Y, Hiwatashi Y, Tamada Y, Murata T and Hasebe M. (2018)      

Physcomitrella MADS-box genes regulate water supply and sperm movement for fertilization.

Nature Plants  4, 36-45. Press release（NIBB）

Nikon A1, Olympus SZX16

・2017

(86)  Hattori M, Tamada Y, Murata T, Oya S, Hasebe M, Hayano Y and Kamei Y. (2017)   

Artificial testing targets with controllable blur for adaptive optics microscopes.        

Optics Engineering. 56, 08502.

Olympus IX71

(85)  Fujikawa A, Sugawara H, Tanaka T, Matsumoto M, Kuboyama K, Suzuki R, Tanga N, Ogata A, Masumura M  and Noda M. (2017)           

Targeting PTPRZ inhibits stem cell-like properties and tumorigenicity in glioblastoma cells.         

Sci. Rep. 7, 5609. Press release（NIBB）

Keyence BZ8000

(84)  Kuboyama K, Tanga N, Suzuki R, Fujikawa A and Noda M. (2017)           

Protamime neutralizes chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan-mediated inhibition of oligodendrocyte differentiation.         

PLoS ONE. 12, e0189164. Press release（NIBB）

Keyence BZ8000

(83)  Hayashi M, Tanaka M, Yamamoto S, Nakagawa T, Kanai M, Anegawa A, Ohnishi M, Mimura T and Nishimura M. (2017)

Plastidial folate prevents starch biosynthesis triggered by sugar influx into non-photosynthetic plastids of Arabidopsis.         

Plant Cell Physiol. 58, 1328-1338.

HITACHI H-7600 

(82)  Kanai M, Mano S and Nishimura M. (2017)         

An efficient method for the isolation of highly purified RNA from seeds for use in quantitative transcriptome analysis. 

J. Vis. Exp. 119, e55008.

Olympus SZX16

(81)  Nakahata Y, Eto K, Murakoshi H, Watanabe M, Kuriu T, Hirata H, Moorhouse A J, Ishibashi H and Nabekura J. (2017)   

Activation-Dependent Rapid Postsynaptic Clustering of Glycine Receptors in Mature Spinal Cord Neurons.        

eNeuro. 4(1) e0194-16.2017.

Nikon A1

(80)  Aoki K, Kondo Y, Naoki H, Hiratsuka T, Itoh R E and Matsuda M. (2017)

Propagating Wave of ERK Activation Orients Collective Cell Migration.      

Dev. Cell 43, 305–317 e5. Press release（NIBB）

Olympus FV1200

(79)  Mii Y, Yamamoto T, Takada R, Mizumoto S, Matsuyama M, Yamada S, *Takada S and *Taira M. (*Co-corresponding authors) (2017)           

Roles of two types of heparan sulphate clusters in Wnt8 distribution and signaling in Xenopus. 

Nature Commun. 8, 1973. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1

(78)  Taniguchi A, Kimura Y, Mori I, Nonaka S and Higashijima S I. (2017)       

Axially-confined in vivo single-cell labeling by primed conversion using blue and red lasers with conventional confocal microscopes.  

Dev. Growth Differ. 59, 741-748.

Olympus FV1200

(77)  Iida T, Iwata Y, Mohri T, Baba S A and Hirohashi N. (2017)        

A coordinated sequence of distinct flagellar waveforms enables a sharp flagellar turn mediated by squid sperm pH-taxis.           

Sci Rep. 7, 12938.

Nikon A1

(76)  Suzuki M, Sato M, Koyama H, Hara Y, Hayashi K, Yasue N, Imamura H, Fujimori T, Nagai T, Campbell R E and Ueno N. (2017)           

Distinct intracellular Ca2+ dynamics regulate apical constriction and differentially contribute to neural tube closure.           

Development. 144, 1307-1316.

Nikon A1

(75)  Li C, Sako Y, Imai A, Nishiyama T, Thompson K, Kubo M, Hiwatashi Y, Kabeya Y, Karlson D, Wu S H, Ishikawa M, Murata T, Benfey P N, Sato Y, Tamada Y and Hasebe M. (2017)     

A Lin28 homologue reprograms differentiated cells to stem cells in the moss Physcomitrella patens.

Nature Commun. 8, 14242.

Nikon A1

(74)  Nakano M, Arai Y, Kotera I, Okabe K, Kamei Y and Nagai T. (2017)        

Genetically encoded ratiometric fluorescent thermometer with wide range and rapid response.

PLoS One 12, e0172344.

IR-LEGO,  Olympus SZX16 

(73)  Osanai Y, Shimizu T, Mori T, Yoshimura Y, Hatanaka N, Nambu A, Kimori Y, Koyama S, Kobayashi K and Ikenaka K. (2017)          

Rabies virus-mediated oligodendrocyte labeling reveals a single oligodendrocyte myelinates axons from distinct brain regions.  

Glia 65, 93–105. Press release（NIPS）

Nikon A1

・2016

(72)  Numaga-Tomita T, Kitajima N, Kuroda T, Nishimura A, Miyano K, Yasuda S, Kuwahara K, Sato Y, Ide T, Birnbaumer L, Sumimoto H, Mori Y and Nishida M. (2016)

TRPC3-GEF-H1 axis mediates pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis.   

Sci. Rep. 6, 39383. Press release（NIPS）

Nikon A1

(71)  Session A M, Uno Y, Kwon T, Chapman J A, Toyoda A, Takahashi S, Fukui A, Hikosaka A, Suzuki A, Kondo M, van Heeringen S J, Quigley I, Heinz S, Ogino H, Ochi H, Hellsten U, Lyons J B, Simakov O, Putnam N, Stites J, Kuroki Y, Tanaka T, Michiue T, Watanabe M, Bogdanovic O, Lister R, Georgiou G, Paranjpe S S, van Kruijsbergen I, Shu S, Carlson J, Kinoshita T, Ohta Y, Mawaribuchi S, Jenkins J, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Mitros T, Mozaffari S V, Suzuki Y, Haramoto Y, Yamamoto T S, Takagi C, Heald R, Miller K, Haudenschild C, Kitzman J, Nakayama T, Izutsu Y, Robert J, Fortriede J, Burns K, Lotay V, Karimi K, Yasuoka Y, Dichmann D S, Flajnik M F, Houston D W, Shendure J, DuPasquier L, Vize P D, Zorn A M, Ito M, Marcotte E M, Wallingford J B, Ito Y, Asashima M, Ueno N, Matsuda Y, Veenstra G J, Fujiyama A, Harland R M, Taira M and Rokhsar D S. (2016)             

Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis.           

Nature, 538, 336–343. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1 

(70)  Negishi T, Miyazaki N, Murata K, Yasuo H and Ueno N. (2016)  

Physical association between a novel plasma-membrane structure and centrosome orients cell division. 

eLife e16550. Press release（NIBB）

Nikon A1 

(69)  Sakamaki K, Ishii T M, Sakata T, Takemoto K, Takagi C, Takeuchi A, Morishita R, Takahashi H, Nozawa A, Shinoda H, Chiba K, Sugimoto H, Saito A, Tamate S, Satou Y, Jung S K, Matsuoka S, Koyamada K, Sawasaki T, Nagai T and Ueno N. (2016)   

Dysregulation of a potassium channel, THIK-1, targeted by caspase-8 accelerates cell shrinkage.         

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1863, 2766-2783.

Nikon A1

(68)  Inoue Y, Suzuki M, Watanabe T, Yasue N, Takeo I, Adachi T and Ueno N. (2016)            

Mechanical roles of apical constriction, cell elongation, and cell migration during neural tube formation in Xenopus. 

Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 15, 1733-1746.

Nikon A1

(67)  Suzuki M, Takagi C, Miura S, Sakane Y, Suzuki M, Sakuma T, Sakamoto N, Endo T, Kamei Y, Sato Y, Kimura H, Yamamoto T, Ueno N and Suzuki K T. (2016)

In vivo tracking of histone H3 lysine 9 acetylation in Xenopus laevis during tail regeneration. 

Genes Cells 21, 358-369.

Nikon A1

(66)  Fujikawa A, Nagahira A, Sugawara H, Ishii K, Imajo S, Matsumoto M, Kuboyama K, Suzuki R, Tanga N, Noda M, Uchiyama S, Tomoo T, Ogata A, Masumura M and Noda M. (2016)    

Small-molecule inhibition of PTPRZ reduces tumor growth in a rat model of Glioblastoma.         

Sci. Rep. 6, 20473. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Keyence BZ8000 

(65)  Kuboyama K, Fujikawa A, Suzuki R, Tanga N and Noda M. (2016)            

Role of chondroitin sulfate (CS) modification in the regulation of protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type Z (PTPRZ) activity: Pleiotrophin-PTPRZ-A signaling is involved in oligodendrocyte differentiation.   

J. Biol. Chem. 291, 18117-18128. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Keyence BZ8000  

(64)  Koyama H, Shi D, Suzuki M, Ueno N, Uemura T and Fujimori T. (2016) 

Mechanical Regulation of Three-Dimensional Epithelial Fold Pattern Formation in the Mouse Oviduct.  

Biophys J. 111,650-665.

Nikon A1

(63)  Shi D, Usami F, Komatsu K, Oka S, Abe T, Uemura T and Fujimori T. (2016)      

Dynamics of planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 in the mouse oviduct epithelium.       

Mech Dev. 141,78-89.

Nikon A1

(62)  Zeng C W, Kamei Y, Wang C T and Tsai H J. (2016)      

Subtypes of hypoxia-responsive cells differentiate into neurons in spinal cord of zebrafish embryos after hypoxic stress.

Biol. Cell  108, 357–377.

IR-LEGO

(61)  Yokoyama R, Yamamoto H, Kondo M, Takeda S, Ifuku K, Fukao Y, Kamei Y, Nishimura M and Shikanai T. (2016)          

Grana-localized proteins, RIQ1 and RIQ2, affect the organization of light-harvesting complex II and grana stacking in Arabidopsis.

Plant Cell  28, 2261–2275.

HITACHI H-7600

(60)  Okada K, Inohaya K, Mise T, Kudo A, Takada S and Wada H. (2016)       

Reiterative expression of pax1 directs pharyngeal pouch segmentation in medaka.       

Development. 143, 1800-10.

Leica SP8

(59)  Tsuzuki S, Handa Y, Takeda N and Kawaguchi M. (2016)

Strigolactone-induced putative secreted protein 1 is required for the establishment of symbiosis by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis.             

Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 29, 277-86.

Nikon A1

(58)  Numaga-Tomita T, Nishida M, Putney J W Jr and Mori Y. (2016)

TRPC3 amplifies B-cell receptor-induced ERK signaling via protein kinase D-dependent Rap1 activation.

Biochem J. 473, 201-10.

Nikon A1

(57)  Hashimoto H, Ishino Y, Jiang W, Yoshimura T, Takeda-Uchimura Y, Uchimura K, Kadomatsu K and Ikenaka K. (2016)    

Keratan sulfate regulates the switch from motor neuron to oligodendrocyte generation during development of the mouse spinal cord.            

Neurochem Res. 41, 450-62.

Nikon A1

(56)  Kagawa N, Honda A, Zenno A, Omoto R, Imanaka S, Takehana Y and Naruse K. (2016)  

Arginine vasotocin neuronal development and its projection in the adult brain of the medaka. 

Neurosci. Lett. 613, 47–53.

Leica SP8

(55)  Kanai M, Mano S, Kondo M, Hayashi M and Nishimura M. (2016) 

Extension of oil biosynthesis during the mid-phase of seed development enhances oil content in Arabidopsis seeds.       

Plant Biotechnol J. 14, 1241-50.

Olympus SZX16

(54)  Nishihama R, Ishida S, Urawa H, Kamei Y and Kohchi T. (2016)  

Conditional Gene Expression/Deletion Systems for Marchantia polymorpha Using its Own Heat-Shock Promoter and Cre/loxP-Mediated Site-Specific Recombination.        

Plant Cell Physiol. 57, 271-280.

IR-LEGO

(53)  Hatanaka Y, Namikawa T, Yamauchi K and Kawaguchi Y. (2016)    

Cortical divergent projections in mice originate from two sequentially generated, distinct populations of excitatory cortical neurons with different initial axonal outgrowth characteristics.        

Cereb. Cortex  26, 2257-70.

Nikon A1,  Zeiss LSM5DUO

(52)  Suzuki M, Takagi C, Miura S, Sakane Y, Suzuki M, Sakuma T, Sakamoto N, Endo T, Kamei Y, Sato Y, Kimura H, Yamamoto T, Ueno N and Suzuki K. (2016)    

In vivo tracking of histone H3 lysine 9 acetylation in Xenopus laevis during tail regeneration.  

Genes to Cells 21, 358-69.

Leica M205FA,  Olympus SZX16

・2015

(51)  Kametani Y, Chi N C, Stainier D Y and Takada S. (2015)

Notch signaling regulates venous arterialization during zebrafish fin regeneration.         

Genes Cells. 20, 427-38.

Nikon A1

(50)  Sadakane O, Masamizu Y, Watakabe A, Terada S, Ohtsuka M, Takaji M, Mizukami H, Ozawa K, Kawasaki H, Matsuzaki M and Yamamori T. (2015)            

Long-term two-photon calcium imaging of neuronal populations with subcellular resolution in adult non-human primates.    

Cell Rep. 13, 1989-99. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1,  Olympus FVMPE-RS 

(49)  Sadakane O, Watakabe A, Ohtsuka M, Takaji M, Sasaki T, Kasai M, Isa T, Kato G, Nabekura J, Mizukami H, Ozawa K, Kawasaki H and Yamamori T. (2015)         

In vivo two-photon imaging of dendritic spines in marmoset neocortex(1,2,3).           

eNeuro. 2015 Sep 17;2(4).

Leica SP8 

(48)  Kawasumi-Kita A, Hayashi T, Kobayashi T, Nagayama C, Hayashi S, Kamei Y, Morishita Y, Takeuchi T, Tamura K and Yokoyama H. (2015)  

Application of local gene induction by infrared laser-mediated microscope and temperature stimulator to amphibian regeneration study.           

Dev. Growth Differ. 57, 601–613.  Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

IR-LEGO

(47)  Kuboyama K, Fujikawa A, Suzuki R and Noda M. (2015)  

Inactivation of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor Type Z by Pleiotrophin Promotes Remyelination through Activation of Differentiation of Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells.    

J Neurosci. 35, 12162-71. Press release（NIBB）

Keyence BZ8000

(46)  Nakashima M, Suzuki M, Saida M, Kamei Y, Hossain M B and Tokumoto T. (2015)

Cell-based assay of nongenomic actions of progestins revealed inhibitory G protein coupling to membrane progestin receptor α (mPRα).       

Steroids 100, 21–26.

Olympus BX61WI with ImagEM

(45)  Sakurai F, Hamasaka G and Uozumi Y. (2015)      

Development of an aquacatalytic system based on the formation of vesicles of an amphiphilic palladium NNC-pincer complex.        

Dalton Trans. 44, 7826-7854.

Nikon A1,  Keyence BZ8000

(44)  Takeda N, Handa Y, Tsuzuki S, Kojima M, Sakakibara H and Kawaguchi M. (2015)

Gibberellins interfere with symbiosis signaling and gene expression, and alter colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Lotus japonicus.           

Plant Physiol. 167, 545-57.

Nikon A1

・2014

(43)  Okuyama T, Yokoi S, Abe H, Isoe Y, Suehiro Y, Imada H, Tanaka M, Kawasaki T, Yuba S, Taniguchi Y, Kamei Y, Okubo K, Shimada A, Naruse K, Takeda H, Oka Y, Kubo T and Takeuchi H. (2014) 

A neural mechanism underlying mating preferences for familiar individuals in medaka fish.

Science 34, 91-94. 

IR-LEGO

(42)  Shibata M, Oikawa K, Mano S and Nishimura M. (2014) 

Measurement of the number of peroxisomes.       

Bio-Protoc. 4, e1284.

Nikon A1

(41)  Hira R, Ohkubo F, Masamizu Y, Ohkura M, Nakai J, Okada T and Matsuzaki M. (2014)

Reward-timing-dependent bidirectional modulation of cortical microcircuits during optical single neuron operant conditioning.        

Nature Commun. 5, 5551.

Olympus FV1000-MPE

(40)  Suzaki T, Ito M, Yoro E, Sato S, Hirakawa H, Takeda N and Kawaguchi M. (2014)

Endoreduplication- mediated initiation of symbiotic organ development in Lotus japonicus.             

Development, 141, 2441-2445.

Nikon A1

(39)  Yoro E, Suzaki T, Toyokura K, Miyazawa H, Fukaki H and Kawaguchi M. (2014)  

A positive regulator of nodule organogenesis, NODULE INCEPTION, acts as a negative regulator of rhizobial infection in Lotus japonicus.           

Plant Physiol.165,747-758.

Nikon A1

(38)  Ishino Y, Hayashi Y, Naruse M, Tomita K, Sanbo M, Fuchigami T, Fujiki R, Hirose K, Toyooka Y, Fujimori T, Ikenaka K, Hitoshi S. (2014)    

Bre1a, a histone H2B ubiquitin ligase, regulates the cell cycle and differentiation of neural precursor cells. 

J Neurosci., 34, 3067-3078. Press release（NIPS）only in Japanese

Nikon A1

(37)  Okada T, Akita T, Sato-Numata K, Islam Md R, Okada Y. (2014)     

A newly cloned ClC-3 isoform, ClC-3d, as well as ClC-3a mediates Cd2+-sensitive outwardly rectifying anion currents.    

Cell Physiol Biochem. 33, 539-556. 

Nikon A1

(36)  Hayashi-Tsugane M, Takahara H, Ahmed N, Himi E, Takagi K, Iida S, Tsugane K and Maekawa M. (2014)         

A mutable albino allele in rice reveals that formation of thylakoid membranes requires SNOW-WHITE LEAF1 gene.       

Plant Cell Physiol. 55, 3-15.

Keyence BZ8000

(35)  Shi D, Komatsu K, Hirao M, Toyooka Y, Koyama H, Tissir F, Goffinet A M, Uemura T and Fujimori T. (2014)          

Celsr1 is required for the generation of polarity at multiple levels of the mouse oviduct.             

Development. 141, 4558-4568.

Nikon A1

(34)  Hayashi S, Ochi H, Ogino H, Kawasumi A, Kamei Y, Tamura K and Yokoyama H. (2014) 

Transcriptional regulators in the Hippo signaling pathway control organ growth in Xenopus tadpole tail regeneration.       

Dev. Biol. 396, 31-41. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

IR-LEGO

(33)  Masamizu Y, Tanaka Y R, Tanaka Y H, Hira R, Ohkubo F, Kitamura K, Isomura Y, Okada T and Matsuzaki M. (2014)

Two distinct layer-specific dynamics of cortical ensembles during learning of a motor task.             

Nature Neuroscience 17, 987-994. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Zeiss LSM5DUO

(32)  Tamada Y, Murata T, Hattori M, Oya S, Hayano Y, Kamei Y and Hasebe M. (2014)

Optical property analyses of plant cells for adaptive optics microscopy.   

International Journal of Optomechatronics Volume 8, Issue 2, 2014. 

Nikon A1,  Olympus BX63

(31)  Goto-Yamada S, Mano S, Nakamori C, Kondo M, Yamawaki R, Kato A and Nishimura M. (2014)             

Chaperone and protease functions of LON protease 2 modulate the peroxisomal transition and degradation with autophagy.  

Plant Cell Physiol. 55, 482-96.

Nikon A1

・2013

(30)  Hara Y, Nagayama K, Yamamoto T S, Matsumoto T, Suzuki M, Ueno N. (2013)    

Directional migration of leading-edge mesoderm generates physical forces: Implication in Xenopus notochord formation during gastrulation.        

Dev Biol. 15, 382(2):482-95.

Nikon A1

(29)  Ishibashi H, Yamaguchi J, Nakahata Y and Nabekura J. (2013)        

Dynamic regulation of glycine-GABA co-transmission at spinal inhibitory synapses by neuronal glutamate transporter.    

J. Physiol. 591, 3821-3832.

Nikon A1

(28)  Shibata M, Oikawa K,  Yoshimoto K, Kondo M, Mano S, Yamada K, Hayashi M, Sakamoto W, Ohsumi Y and Nishimura M. (2013)         

Highly oxidized peroxisomes are selectively degraded via autophagy in Arabidopsis.        

The Plant Cell 25, 4967-4983. Press release（NIBB）

Nikon A1

(27)  Takeda N, Tsuzuki S, Suzaki T, Parniske M and Kawaguchi M. (2013)        

CERBERUS and NSP1 of Lotus japonicus are common symbiosis genes that modulate arbuscular mycorrhiza development.

Plant Cell Physiol. 54, 1711-1723.

Nikon A1

(26)  Okuyama T, Isoe Y, Hoki M, Suehiro Y, Yamagishi G, Naruse K, Kinoshita M, Kamei Y, Shimizu A, Kubo T and Takeuchi H. (2013)          

Controlled Cre/loxP site-specific recombination in the developing brain in medaka fish, Oryzias latipes.            

PLoS One 8, e66597.

IR-LEGO

(25)  Murata T, Sano T, Sasabe M, Nonaka S, Higashiyama T, Hasezawa S, Machida Y and Hasebe M. (2013) 

Mechanism of microtubule array expansion in the cytokinetic phragmoplast.        

Nature Communications 4, 1967. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1

(24)  Sato-Numata K, Numata T, Okada T and Okada Y. (2013)

Acid-sensitive outwardly rectifying (ASOR) anion channels in human epithelial cells are highly sensitive to temperature and independent of CIC-3.             

Pflugers Arch.-Eur. J. Physiol. 465, 1535-43.

Nikon A1

(23)  Suzaki T, Ito M and Kawaguchi M. (2013)            

Induction of localized auxin response during spontaneous nodule development in Lotus japonicus. 

Plant Signal & Behav. 8, e23359.

Nikon A1

(22)  Takahara M, Magori S, Soyano T, Okamoto S, Yoshida C, Yano K, Sato S, Tabata S, Yamaguchi K, Shigenobu S, Takeda N, Suzaki T and Kawaguchi M. (2013)     

Too much love, a novel Kelch repeat-containing F-box protein, functions in the long-distance regulation of the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis.       

Plant Cell Physiol. 54, 433-447.

Zeiss LSM5DUO

(21)  Yamagata Y, Kaneko K, Kase D, Ishihara H, Nairn A C, Obata K and Imoto K. (2013)

Regulation of ERK1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinase by NMDA-receptor-induced seizure activity in cortical slices.     

Brain Res. 1507, 1-10. Press release（NIPS）

Olympus FV1000

(20)  Kimura E, Deguchi T, Kamei Y, Shoji W, Yuba S and Hitomi J. (2013)     

Application of infrared laser to the zebrafish vascular system: gene induction, tracing, and ablation of single endothelial cells.             

Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 33, 1264-70. Press release（NIBB）（Iwate med. Univ.）only in Japanese 

IR-LEGO,  Zeiss LSM5DUO

(19)  Hira R, Ohkubo F, Tanaka Y R,  Masamizu Y, Augustine J G, Kasai H and Matsuzaki M. (2013)             

In vivo optogenetic tracing of functional corticocortical connections between motor forelimb areas. 

Front Neural Circuits 7, 55. 

Zeiss LSM5DUO

(18)  Shimada A, Kawanishi T, Kaneko T, Yoshihara H, Yano T, Inohaya K, Kinoshita M, Kamei Y, Tamura K and Takeda H. (2013)

Trunk exoskeleton in teleosts is mesodermal in origin. 

Nature Communications 4, 1639. Press release（NIBB）（Tokyo Univ.）only in Japanese

IR-LEGO  

(17)  Kobayashi K, Kamei Y, Kinoshita M, Czerny T and Tanaka M. (2013)         

A heat-inducible CRE/LOXP gene induction system in medaka.           

Genesis 51, 59-67.

IR-LEGO

(16)  Moritoh S, Komatsu Y, Yamamori T and Koizumi A. (2013)           

Diversity of retinal ganglion cells identified by transient GFP transfection in organotypic tissue culture of adult marmoset monkey retina.        

PLoS One 8, e54667. Press release（NIBB）（NIPS）only in Japanese

Nikon A1,  Imaris 

(15)  Suzaki T, Kim C S, Takeda N, Szczyglowski K and Kawaguchi M. (2013)     

TRICOT encodes an AMP1-related carboxypeptidase that regulates root nodule development and shoot apical meristem maintenance in Lotus japonicus. 

Development 140, 353-361. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1

・2012

(14)  Aoyama T, Hiwatashi Y, Shigyo M, Kofuji R, Kubo M, Ito M and Hasebe M. (2012)      

AP2-type transcription factors determine stem cell identity in the moss Physcomitrella patens.  

Development 139, 3120-3129. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1 

(13)  Suzaki T, Yano K, Ito M, Umehara Y, Suganuma N and Kawaguchi M. (2012)        

Positive and negative regulation of cortical cell division during root nodule development in Lotus japonicus is accompanied by auxin response.   

Development 139, 3997-4006. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1,  Olympus SZX12

(12)  Watakabe A, Kato S, Kobayashi K, Takaji M, Nakagami Y, Sadakane O, Ohtsuka M, Hioki H, Kaneko T, Okuno H, Kawashima T, Bito H, Kitamura Y and Yamamori T. (2012)  

Visualization of cortical projection neurons with retrograde TET-off lentiviral vector.   

PLoS One  7, e46157.  Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Nikon A1

(11)  Satoh C, Kimura Y and Higashijima S. (2012)        

Generation of multiple classes of V0 neurons in zebrafish spinal cord: Progenitor heterogeneity and temporal control of neuronal diversity.　          

J. Neurosci. 32, 1771–1783. 

Nikon A1

(10)  Moritoh S, Eun C-H, Ono A, Asao H, Okano Y, Yamaguchi K, Shimatani Z, Koizumi A and Terada R. (2012)           

Targeted disruption of an orthologue of DOMAINS REARRANGED METHYLASE 2, OsDRM2, impairs the growth of rice plants by abnormal DNA methylation.            

Plant J. 71, 85-98. 

Nikon A1

(9)  Takeda N, Maekawa T and Hayashi M. (2012)     

Nuclear-localized and deregulated calcium- and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase activates rhizobial and mycorrhizal responses in Lotus japonicus.          

Plant Cell 24, 810-822.

Nikon A1

・2011

(8)  Watanabe T, Tanabe H and Horiuchi T. (2011)    

Gene amplification system based on double rolling-circle replication as a model for oncogene-type amplification.   

Nucleic Acids Res. 39, e106.

Keyence BZ8000

(7)  Hamasaka G, Muto T and Uozumi Y. (2011)        

A novel amphiphilic pincer palladium complex: Design, preparation and self-assembling behavior.     

Dalton Trans. 40, 8859–8868.

Nikon A1

(6)  Inada H, Watanabe M, Uchida T, Ishibashi H, Wake H, Nemoto T, Yanagawa Y, Fukuda A and Nabekura J. (2011)   

GABA regulates the multidirectional tangential migration of GABAergic interneurons in living neonatal mice.         

PLoS One. 6, e277048.

Leica TCS SP2

(5)  Moritoh S, Sato K, Okada Y and Koizumi A. (2011)          

Endogenous arginine vasopressin–positive retinal cells in arginine vasopressin– EGFP transgenic rats identified by immunohistochemistry and reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction.      

Mol.Vis. 17, 3254-3261.

Nikon A1

(4)  Okubo T, Kawamura A, Takahashi J, Yagi H, Morishima M, Matsuoka R and Takada S. (2011)             

Ripply3, a Tbx1 repressor, is required for development of the pharyngeal apparatus and its derivatives in mice.     

Development 138, 339-348. Press release（NIBB）only in Japanese

Olympus FV1000

(3)  Hamasaka G, Muto T and Uozumi Y. (2011)       

Molecular-architecture-based administration of catalysis in water: Self-assembly of an amphiphilic palladium pincer complex.      

Angew. Chem. 50, 4876-4878. Press release（IMS）

Nikon A1,  Keyence BZ8000

・2010

(2)  Takahashi J, Ohbayashi A, Oginuma M, Saito D, Mochizuki A, Saga Y and Takada S. (2010)             

Analysis of Ripply1/2-deficient mouse embryos reveals a mechanism underlying the rostro-caudal patterning within a somite.

Dev Biol. 342, 134-145.

Olympus FV1000

(1)  Nakamura S, Kobayashi K, Nishimura T, Higashijima S and Tanaka M. (2010)         

Identification of germline stem cells in the ovary of the teleost medaka.          

Science 328, 1561-1563. Press release（NIBB）

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