News
2016
The Plant Journal (20 February 2017)
Authors : Hiroshi Mori, Ken Kurokawa, Hiroyuki Ohta
Title : Differently Localized Lysophosphatidic Acid Acyltransferases Crucial for Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis in the Oleaginous Alga Nannochloropsispaper
eLife (23 February 2017)
Authors : Atsushi Kawakami
Title : Transient inflammatory response mediated by interleukin-1β is required for proper regeneration in zebrafish fin fold
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
(13 February 2017)
Authors : Takayuki Shimizu, Shinji Masuda
Title : Sulfide-responsive transcriptional repressor SqrR functions as a master regulator of sulfide-dependent photosynthesis
ACS Nano (9 February 2017)
Authors : Satoshi Abe, Takafumi Ueno
Title : Crystal Engineering of Self-Assembled Porous Protein Materials in Living Cells
Another world record for Tokyo Tech with 10th straight iGEM gold medal
2016 Tokyo Tech Award for Student Leadership
Recipients of the Tokyo Tech Award for Student Leadership for the 2016 academic year were acknowledged on October 12.
Symposium
December 5. 2016
5th Bioscience and Biotechnology International Symposium
Title : Sense, Sensor, Sensation
Date : Wednesday, January 11, 2017 (13:00 - 18:30)
Venue : Suzukake Hall, Suzukakedai Campus
WRHI seminar
Date : November 28 (13:30 - 14:30) / November 29 (16:40 - 17:40), 2016
Venue : November 28 : S2 Bldg, 2nd Floor Meeting room / November 29 : S2 Bldg, 7th Floor Meeting room, Suzukakedai Campus
Cell Biology Unit Symposium "New Horizon of 3R"
Date : Friday, November 18, 2016 (13:00 - )
Venue : S8 Bldg 1F Lecture Hall, Suzukakedai Campus
Special webpage for 2016 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine has been launched. Learn more about Honorary Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi and his prize-winning research into the mechanisms of autophagy.
Nature (20 October 2016)
Authors : Toshiaki Tanaka
Title : Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis
Scientific Reports (4 October 2016)
Authors : Takahiro Kuchimaru, Shinae Kizaka-Kondoh
Title : A novel injectable BRET-based in vivo imaging probe for detecting the activity of hypoxia-inducible factor regulated by the ubiquitin-proteasome system
Press conference for Yoshinori Ohsumi, 2016 Nobel laureate in medicine
Honorary Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2016
ACS Synthetic Biology (22 September 2016)
Authors : Toru Hisabori
Title : Designing synthetic flexible gene regulation networks using RNA devices in cyanobacteria
Global Communication Contest 2016:Tokyo Tech's Education Academy of Computational Life Sciences (ACLS) hosted the 4th Global Communication Contest at Suzukakedai Campus on August 10.
Journal of Molecular Biology (14 August 2016)
Authors : Hiroshi Kimura
Title : A Genetically Encoded Probe for Live-Cell Imaging of H4K20 Monomethylation
The American Journal of Pathology (13 September 2016)
Authors : Masayuki Komada
Title : Deficiency of X-linked protein kinase Nrk during pregnancy triggers breast tumor in mice.
Professor Hiroshi Iwasaki Wins the 2016 Kihara Prize of the Genetics Society of Japan
Chemical Communications (2016)
Authors : Takafumi Ueno
Title : Immobilization of two organometallic complexes into a single cage to construct protein-based microcompartments
Developmental Cell (11 July 2016)
Authors : Yoshinori Osumi
Title : The intrinsically disordered protein Atg13 mediates supramolecular assembly of autophagy initiation complexes
Nature Communications (24 June 2016)
Authors : Hiroshi Mori, Kazuya Yamamoto, Takuji Yamada, Ken Kurokawa
Title : A key genetic factor for fucosyllactose utilization affects infant gut microbiota development
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, in press (22 June 2016)
Authors : Keisuke Yoshida, Toru Hisabori
Title :Two distinct redox cascades cooperatively regulate chloroplast functions and sustain plant viability
Tokyo Tech's School of Life Science and Technology held a ceremony to celebrate its founding on May 31 at the Suzukakedai Campus.
Nature Communications (14 June 2016)
Authors : Takahiro Kuchimaru, Shinae Kizaka-Kondoh
Title : A luciferin analog generating near-infrared bioluminescence achieves highly sensitive deep-tissue imaging
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) (27 Aparil 2016)
Authors : Ken-ichi Wakabayashi
Title : Eyespot-dependent determination of the phototactic sign in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Plant & Cell Physiology (4 Aparil 2016)
Authors : Kan Tanaka
Title :Abscisic Acid Participates in the Control of Cell Cycle Initiation Through Heme Homeostasis in the Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae
Dr. Muraoka was awarded The Young Scientists' Prize for Science and Technology by MEXT.
The lastest edition of Invitation to Life Science and Technology, a brochure introducing the School of Life Science and Technology, has been published.
Please visit the website of Department of Life Science and Technology.