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Successful Measurement of Membrane Viscosity
*Yuka Sakuma, Kazunori Yamamoto, Saya Ichihara, Toshihiro Kawakatsu, Kenya Haga, Masayuki Imai, Akatsuki Kimura. Long-range viscosity of the plasma me […] -
3D Simulation of Cytoplasmic Streaming Developed
*Takuji Ishikawa, Takayuki Torisawa, Hirofumi Wada, *Akatsuki Kimura. Swirling Instability mediated by Elastic and Hydrodynamic Couplings in Cytoplasm […] -
Measuring Nuclear Forces with a Centrifugal Microscope
Makoto Goda, Michael Shribak, Zenki Ikeda, Naobumi Okada, Tomomi Tani, Gohta Goshima, Rudolf Oldenbourg, *Akatsuki Kimura. Live-cell imaging under cen […] -
What Determines the Size of the Cell Nucleus?
Rolf Fickentscher, Tomoko Ozawa, Akatsuki Kimura, and *Matthias Weiss. Dynamic allometry of nuclei in early embryos of Caenorhabditis elegans. Phys Re […] -
A Unified Understanding of Nuclear Centration and Spindle Elongation
Shohei Tada, Yoshitaka Yamazaki, Kazunori Yamamoto, Ken Fujii, Takahiro G. Yamada, Noriko F. Hiroi, *Akatsuki Kimura, *Akira Funahashi. Switching from […] -
Analyzing Centrosome Repulsion Using Enucleated Cells
Ken Fujii, Tomo Kondo, *Akatsuki Kimura. Enucleation of the C. elegans embryo revealed dynein-dependent spacing between microtubule asters. Life Scien […] -
Mechanism of Nuclear Oscillation in Fission Yeast
Ikumi Fujita, Akatsuki Kimura, *Akira Yamashita. A force balance model for a cell size-dependent meiotic nuclear oscillation in fission yeast. EMBO Re […] -
Nuclear Influx of Dynein Complex Components
Takayuki Torisawa, *Akatsuki Kimura. Sequential accumulation of dynein and its regulatory proteins at the spindle region in the Caenorhabditis elegans […] -
How the Extra-Embryonic Space Shapes Cell Arrangement in Early Embryos
*Sungrim Seirin-Lee, Kazunori Yamamoto, *Akatsuki Kimura. The extra-embryonic space and the local contour are critical geometric constraints regulatin […] -
Polymer Physics Explains Chromosome Behavior in Early C. elegans Embryos
Aiya K. Yesbolatova, Ritsuko Arai, *Takahiro Sakaue, *Akatsuki Kimura. Formulation of chromatin mobility as a function of nuclear size during C. elega […] -
Modeling Kinetochore Oscillation in Human Cells
Manuel Alejandro Campos Medina, Kenji Iemura, Akatsuki Kimura, *Kozo Tanaka. A mathematical model of kinetochore-microtubule attachment regulated by A […] -
Cytoplasmic Streaming Contributes to the Final Step of Anterior–Posterior Axis Formation in C. elegans Embryos
*Kenji Kimura, Akatsuki Kimura. Cytoplasmic streaming drifts the polarity cue and enables posteriorization of the Caenorhabditis elegans zygote at the […]