Our previous research with Prof. Sho Waga at Japan Women’s University on Human DNA replication origin recognition complex was recently cited by the following two papers. Javadekar, SM. et al (2026) Canonical and noncanonical forms of G4 DNA at cluster III of the BCL6 breakpoint region could lead to chromosomal translocation in DLBCL. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 302 (5), 111347. Kawakami, H., et al (2026) An Orc1 initiator-specific motif (ISM)-related region limits ORC–ssDNA binding and promotes replication origin specificity in budding yeast. Froniters in Microbiology, 17, 1778270.

Open lab was held at the open campus of the graduate school. The next open lab will be held at the open campus of the undergraduate school at 18th July.

A review paper on cricket genome evolution published in 2022 on Biophysical Review is cited by Promsomboon et al (2026) “Genomes: Insights from Comparative Genomics of Five Gryllidae Species” on Diversity.

A bioinformatics analysis of Cuppredoxin domains published on FEBS Letters by Nakamura, K. et al in 2003 was recently cited by Fukuda Y. et al (2025)  Structural basis of cuproenzme nitrite reduction at the level of a single hydrogen atom on Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Our website CoDP for variation analysis on MSH6 protein is extensively used for education and explained in the recent paper by Joanna E. Haye-Bertolozzi et al. titled “Creating A Course Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Genetics Yeast Laboratory Course Xavier University of Lousiana” on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education.

A manuscript describing the genome sequence of Jamaican field cricket has been published on Scientific data as Ito et al. Chromosome-scale whole genome assembly and annotation of the Jamaican field cricket Gryllus assimilis. Scientific Data, 12, 826.

As new school year has started, the member list of the lab has been updated.

As new school year has started, the member list and the publication list of the lab have been updated.

Kei Yura will make a presentation on the recent study of Thermus thermophilus at  ESAB Webinar next Friday. The detail is on ESAB webinar website.

Our paper on the transcriptome analysis of Watasenia scintillans and on the prediction of luciferase is cited by Inouye et al. “Enzymatic sulfation of coelenterazine by human cytosolic aryl sulfotransferase SULT1A1: Identification of coelenterazine C2-benzyl monosulfate by LC/ESI-TOF-MS“ on BBRC.