Publications

Hybrid Biophysics: Interdisciplinary approaches for trans-scale analysis of organism-environment interactions

Madoka Suzuki*, Kotaro Oyama, Toshiko Yamazawa
Biophys. Physicobiol., 20(4), e200043 (2023)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v20.0043

Myosin and tropomyosin–troponin complementarily regulate thermal activation of muscles

Shuya Ishii†*, Kotaro Oyama†, Fuyu Kobirumaki-Shimozawa, Tomohiro Nakanishi, Naoya Nakahara, Madoka Suzuki*, Shin’ichi Ishiwata, Norio Fukuda* (†co-first, *corresponding authors)
J. Gen. Physiol., 155(12), e202313414 (2023)
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.202313414

[Press release]
New evidence explains how warming-up enhances muscle performance
Osaka University

[February 11, 2024]
Shuya received the 2024 Cranefield Postdoctoral Fellow Award. Congratulations!

Trans-scale thermal signaling in biological systems

Madoka Suzuki*, Chujie Liu, Kotaro Oyama, Toshiko Yamazawa
J. Biochem., 174(3), 217-225 (2023)
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvad053

Simulation toolkits at the molecular scale for trans-scale thermal signaling

Ikuo Kurisaki*, Madoka Suzuki* (*corresponding authors)
Comput. Struct. Biotechnol. J. 21, 2547-2557 (2023)
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.03.040

Mice with R2509C-RYR1 mutation exhibit dysfunctional Ca2+ dynamics in primary skeletal myocyte

Yoshitaka Tsuboi†, Kotaro Oyama†, Fuyu Kobirumaki-Shimozawa, Takashi Murayama, Nagomi Kurebayashi, Toshiaki Tachibana, Yoshinobu Manome, Emi Kikuchi, Satoru Noguchi, Takayoshi Inoue, Yukiko U. Inoue, Ichizo Nishino, Shuichi Mori, Ryosuke Ishida, Hiroyuki Kagechika, Madoka Suzuki*, Norio Fukuda*, Toshiko Yamazawa* (†co-first, *corresponding authors)
J. Gen. Physiol., 154(11), e202213136 (2022)
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.202213136

Selected as a cover art of the issue!

A five-course meal symposium on “The Future of Muscle is Now”

Madoka Suzuki, Kotaro Oyama
Biophys. Physicobiol., 19, e190029 (2022)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v19.0029

Introducing the five talks in a symposium (1SHP) "The Future of Muscle is Now" that we organized at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan. 

光熱変換を利用した細胞機能の光操作 

大山 廣太郎, 石井 秀弥, 鈴木 団
生物工学会誌, 100(8), 433-436 (2022)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34565/seibutsukogaku.100.8_433

Heat-hypersensitive mutants of ryanodine receptor type 1 revealed by microscopic heating

Kotaro Oyama†*, Vadim Zeeb†*, Toshiko Yamazawa†, Nagomi Kurebayashi, Fuyu Kobirumaki-Shimozawa, Takashi Murayama, Hideto Oyamada, Satoru Noguchi, Takayoshi Inoue, Yukiko U. Inoue, Ichizo Nishino, Yoshie Harada, Norio Fukuda*, Shin’ichi Ishiwata, Madoka Suzuki* (†co-first、*corresponding author)
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 119(32), e2201286119 (2022)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2201286119

[Press release]
A heat-sensitive calcium channel gets positive feedback
Osaka University