[Press Release]Euchromatin forms condensed chromatin domain.

Tadasu Nozaki (Former Graduate Student at NIG)and Prof. Kazuhiro Maeshima (NIG) et. al. together with Drs Soya Shinkai and Shuichi Onami  have found euchromatin forms condensed chromatin domains. This finding suggests an innovative model that condensed structure is the default state of chromatin.

Learn more about the study on Press Release from the National Institute of Genetics.

Reference

Nozaki, T., Shinkai, S., Ide, S., Higashi, K., Tamura, S., Shimazoe, M. A., Nakagawa, M., Suzuki, Y., Okada, Y., Sasai, M., Onami, S., Kurokawa, K., Iida, S., Maeshima, K. (2023). Condensed but liquid-like domain organization of active chromatin regions in living human cells. Sci. Adv. 9, eadf1488.

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf1488

New Paper by Yusuke Azuma

Check out our new paper by Dr Yusuke Azuma et al., published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics.

[Press Release] Steady-state chromatin motion throughout interphase

Drs. Soya Shinkai and Shuichi Onami together with Shiori Iida (SOKENDAl) and Prof. Kazuhiro Maeshima (NIG) et. al. have investigated the local movements of chromatin in living human cells using super-resolution fluorescence microscopy.

Learn more about the study on Press Release from the National Institute of Genetics.

Reference

Iida S., Shinkai, S., Itoh, Y., Tamura, S., Kanemaki, M. T., Onami, S., Maeshima, K. (2022). Single-nucleosome imaging reveals steady-state motion of interphase chromatin in living human cells. Sci. Adv. 8, eabn5626.

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn5626

Article Update

SSBD was featured in the Singularity Biology News Letter No.4.

Dr Onami in Experimental Medicine.

A contribution by Dr Onami, “Development of data format standards and data sharing systems for bioimaging” has been published in a magazine, Experimental Medicine.

Texture-Based Screening to Identify Genes Involved in Reproductive Aging in C. elegans

Dr Momoko Imakubo et al.’s study on analysis of genes involved in reproductive aging in C. elegans oocytes by using an image database of RNAi embryos and image processing has been published online at https://doi.org/10.17706/ijbbb.2021.11.3.40-49.

Congratulations to our former student trainee Momoko Imakubo who earned her PhD from Kobe University in March 2021 on her achievement. We wish you all the best in your future endeavour!