Life Science and Technology News
Faculty
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October 30, 2023
Assistant Professor TRAN Phuoc Duy received HPCI Excellent Achievement Award
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October 6, 2023
2023 Tokyo Tech Challenging Research Award
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July 3, 2023
Making cancer cells glow
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March 7, 2022
Plotting the Placental Protein NRK: Understanding the Molecular Evolution Processes Underlying Placenta Acquisition in Eutherian Ancestors
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February 15, 2022
Decoding KODA Production to Augment Stress Resistance in Plants
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December 17, 2021
The changing patterns of DNA microcapsules
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December 3, 2021
Caught on Camera: Live Imaging of Transcription Using Active RNA Polymerase II-Specific Probes
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December 2, 2021
New video clips introducing our laboratories released
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October 13, 2021
New video clips introducing our laboratories released
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October 13, 2021
Research video: Fighting cancer with heat!
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September 24, 2021
Bottom-up creation of cell-free molecular systems: surpassing nature " (Leader: Prof. Matsuura, Earh-Life Science Institute) was selected as Grant-in-Aid for Transfomative Reseach Area (A)
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September 24, 2021
2021 Suematsu Award "Fundamentals and Developments of Digital Technology" Winners Announced
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August 30, 2021
Novel Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid β Polymorph Now Revealed!
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August 6, 2021
2021 Tokyo Tech Challenging Research Award Winners Announced
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July 5, 2021
In a Supramolecular Realm: Advances in Intracellular Spaces with De Novo Designed Peptide
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July 2, 2021
Striking Gold: Synthesizing Green Gold Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy with Biomolecules
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June 22, 2021
Turning the Heat on: A Flexible Device for Localized Heat Treatment of Living Tissues
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May 20, 2021
In-cell Nano-3D Printer: Synthesizing Stable Filaments from In-cell Protein Crystals
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May 19, 2021
Exosomes and their role in how cancer spreads
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May 10, 2021
Research on Lake Victoria Cichlids Uncovers the Processes of Rapid Species Adaptation
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April 19, 2021
When FRETing over cancer biomarkers won't work, focus on blinking instead
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March 23, 2021
Conformational Equilibria in GPCRs provides critical clues about activation mechanisms
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March 17, 2021
Sharing Shears: Conserved Protein Segment Activates Molecular DNA Scissors for DNA repair
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February 8, 2021
Today's Stem Cell Special: Small Intestine on a Plate!
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February 2, 2021
Double Delight: New Synthetic Transmembrane Ion Channel Can Be Activated in Two Ways
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December 22, 2020
Quantitative Approach on Understanding How Epigenetic Switches Control Gene Expression
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October 27, 2020
New study shows how complex metabolism may have self-assembled from simple precursors
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October 20, 2020
Study discovers process that may have produced first organic molecules for life on Earth
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October 7, 2020
New Study Finds Novel functions of the Pyruvate-Sensing Protein PdhR in E. coli
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October 1, 2020
Four teams receive first DLab Challenge research grant
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September 23, 2020
New Insights into How the Drug Pomalidomide Fights Cancer
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September 17, 2020
A Ferry Protein in the Pancreas Protects It from the Stress Induced by a High-Fat Diet
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August 28, 2020
Tiny Protein Packages Released from Cells May Serve as Biomarkers for Early Blood-Based Cancer Diagnosis
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August 7, 2020
Move over Akita: Introducing 'Kuma Mutant' Mice for Islet Transplantation Research
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July 29, 2020
Giving Movement to The Micro: Novel Technique Moves Micro-particles using Electric Fields
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July 28, 2020
Cellular Cleanup! Atg40 Folds the Endoplasmic Reticulum to Facilitate Its Autophagy
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July 17, 2020
Designing DNA From Scratch: Engineering the Functions of Micrometer-Sized DNA Droplets
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July 13, 2020
Joint Research Coronavirus Task Force Established
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July 6, 2020
Scientists synthesize novel artificial molecules that mimic a cell membrane protein
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May 25, 2020
New study reveals life’s earliest evolution was more complicated than previously suspected
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May 13, 2020
Helping a Helper: Uncovering How Different Proteins Cooperate in DNA Repair
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April 7, 2020
How understanding the dynamics of yeast prions can shed light on neurodegenerative diseases
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April 7, 2020
Research video: Fighting cancer with slime chemistry and BNCT
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March 6, 2020
Using "slime chemistry" to improve cancer treatment - press seminar held
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January 23, 2020
How to keep boron inside cells during radiotherapy: a simple novel approach to cancer treatment
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December 24, 2019
From 3D to 2D and back: Reversible conversion of lipid spheres into ultra-thin sheets
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November 21, 2019
Not so selfish after all ― Key role of transposable elements in mammalian evolution
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October 8, 2019
Histone modifications are the influencers of zygotic genome awakening
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October 8, 2019
The story of thalidomide continues
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September 25, 2019
Summer Challenge 2019
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September 20, 2019
Scientists develop DNA microcapsules with built-in ion channels
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September 12, 2019
2019 Tokyo Tech Challenging Research Award
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August 19, 2019
Gene regulation behind the choice of the correct receptor for olfaction
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August 9, 2019
Scientists identify protein factors increasing yield of a biofuel precursor in microscopic algae
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July 24, 2019
It's not an antibody, it's a frankenbody: A new tool for live-cell imaging
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July 23, 2019
Masaaki Fujii honored with Humboldt Research Award
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July 23, 2019
Shoen Kume - Towards a new therapy for diabetes - Regenerating pancreas from ES and iPS cells
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July 2, 2019
A day in the life of a Tokyo Tech student 2019
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June 19, 2019
A rapid, easy-to-use DNA amplification method at 37℃
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June 17, 2019
Oxygen shapes arms and legs: origins of a new developmental mechanism called "interdigital cell death"
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May 23, 2019
Six Tokyo Tech faculty members receive FY2019 MEXT Commendation
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May 15, 2019
Molecular Basis of Brain Dysfunction and Embryo Malformation Associated with Thalidomide
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April 16, 2019
"Luminescent detection of Protein-Protein Interaction by tagging tiny peptides"
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February 12, 2019
Hiroshi Kimura - How one fertilized egg leads to different cells and tissues - Research on epigenome
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December 19, 2018
When less is more: A promising approach for low-cell-number epigenomic profiling
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December 12, 2018
A new molecular player involved in T cell activation
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December 11, 2018
DLab holds successful kickoff session
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December 6, 2018
Tokyo Tech delegation participates in second MIRAI Seminar
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November 15, 2018
Nanotubes built from protein crystals: Breakthrough in biomolecular engineering
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November 5, 2018
Scientists find a "switch" to increase starch accumulation in algae
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October 29, 2018
The role of the Atg2 protein in tethering pre-autophagosomal membranes to the endoplasmic reticulum
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October 19, 2018
A pheromone-sensing gene that predates land-dwelling vertebrates
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October 12, 2018
Scientists unraveling the molecular details of DNA recombination regulation
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September 21, 2018
Chitinase as “burnt-bridge” Brownian monorail efficiently hydrolyzing recalcitrant biomass
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September 10, 2018
Anticancer drugs delivered by a new drug delivery system reduce tumor size
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September 10, 2018
Genetically encoded sensor tracks changes in oxygen levels with very high sensitivity
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August 21, 2018
How do plants rest photosynthetic activity at night?
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August 21, 2018
Harnessing energy from algae: Scientists identify enzyme that could help accelerate biofuel production
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August 6, 2018
The best of both worlds: Basic-to-acidic flash switching for organic synthesis
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August 6, 2018
Hiroyuki Ohta awarded 2018 Terry Galliard Medal
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August 2, 2018
A reliable, easy-to-use mouse model for investigating bone metastasis
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June 13, 2018
FY2017 STAR grant recipients selected
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June 13, 2018
Enzyme found to control formation of collagen carriers and inhibit collagen secretion
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June 5, 2018
Goodbye ‘stress granules’: Study expands possibilities for treating neurological diseases
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April 24, 2018
Complete skin regeneration system of fish unraveled
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March 8, 2018
'Division of labor' between hemispheres of multicellular spheroidal alga controls light-sensitive movement
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February 21, 2018
Target of rapamycin: linking cytosolic and chloroplast ribosome biogenesis in plants
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January 24, 2018
Nobuhiro Nishiyama - Creating nanomachines through polymer design
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December 19, 2017
Uncovering essential enzymes for plant growth during nitrogen starvation
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December 19, 2017
A whole-body approach to understanding chemosensory cells
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December 11, 2017
How developing visual system axons stay in the correct layer
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November 22, 2017
Protein intentionally terminates own synthesis by destabilizing synthesis machinery - the ribosome
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November 8, 2017
Elucidation of bone regeneration mechanism
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October 18, 2017
Pioneering Discovery of an Odor-detecting Receptor Enhancer
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October 11, 2017
Basis of Development of Vertebrate Limb Muscles has been established in Cartilaginous Fishes
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August 24, 2017
Biophysics explains how immune cells kill bacteria
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July 3, 2017
Discover a new cancer control strategy from African clawed frog
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May 30, 2017
Design of chemical linker and control of bioactivity for polymer-conjugated siRNA system
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May 23, 2017
HRP-Catalyzed Tyrosine Click Reaction with Luminol Derivatives
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May 23, 2017
Gas-phase spectroscopy of complexes of noradrenaline and alkali metal ions by using electrospray cryogenic ion trap technique
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May 11, 2017
Algal residue - an alternative carbon resource for pharmaceuticals and polyesters
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May 11, 2017
Improving detection of brain tumors
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April 19, 2017
Choosing the right substrate for the right function: role of ubiquitin-interacting motifs on ubiquitin-specific proteases
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March 24, 2017
Biofuel produced by microalgae
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March 22, 2017
Nanocages for gold particles: what is happening inside?
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March 14, 2017
Inflammation in regeneration: a friend or foe?
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March 8, 2017
Sulfide-sensing mechanisms in purple bacteria
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February 15, 2017
In cell molecular sieve from protein crystal
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January 23, 2017
Gravitational biology: Real time imaging and transcriptome analysis of medaka aboard space station
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January 11, 2017
Takuji Yamada - Early cancer intervention with gut bacteria
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November 1, 2016
How the African clawed frog got an extra pair of genes
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October 26, 2016
A novel non-invasive imaging probe for fast and sensitive detection of cancer
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September 16, 2016
Catching histones by the tail: a new probe to track histone modifications in living cells
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September 15, 2016
A new tumor suppressor gene for breast cancer in mice
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September 12, 2016
Professor Hiroshi Iwasaki Wins the 2016 Kihara Prize of the Genetics Society of Japan
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August 25, 2016
Fibroblast growth factor signaling controls fin regeneration in zebrafish
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August 24, 2016
New simple storage method for faecal samples offers improvements in the metagenomic analysis and the study of disease
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August 19, 2016
Boron carrier for targeted tumour therapy
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August 18, 2016
Protein cages for designing various catalytic reactions
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July 27, 2016
The intrinsically disordered protein Atg13 mediates supramolecular assembly of autophagy initiation complexes
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July 19, 2016
Oligosaccharides in breast milk are key
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July 8, 2016
Linking light to life: new pathways that help plants adapt to changing environments
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June 20, 2016
Illuminating detection of deep cancers
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June 17, 2016
A determined quest toward new horizons in cancer treatment ― Professor Shinae Kondoh
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June 16, 2016
"Nanomachine Contrast Agent" using existing MRI detects minimal cancer tissue with a highly sensitive visualization
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June 14, 2016
Honorary Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi receives 2016 Paul Janssen Award
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June 1, 2016
Abscisic Acid Helps Red Algae Tolerate Salt Stress by Controlling Cell Cycle Initiation
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June 1, 2016
Shedding light on phototactic behavior of green algae
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May 30, 2016
Dr. Muraoka was awarded The Young Scientists' Prize for Science and Technology by MEXT.
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April 22, 2016
News Letter No.18
