This is relatively a new team, starting from April 2023. We develop methods of local thermal excitation and thermometry using an optical microscope, and apply the methods to experimental systems at various spatial-scales in biology.
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With an enthusiasm of investigating thermogenesis at the cellular scale, we develop methods of local thermal excitation that simulate cellular thermogenesis and of thermometry using an optical microscope.
We apply these methods to experimental systems at various spatial-scales in biology, i.e., from biomolecules to organisms.
We are working on curiosity-driven projects in life sciences as well as disease-related ones with domestic and international collaborators.
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[16 Fabruary 2024] Our collaborator, Shuya, received the 2024 Cranefield Postdoctoral Fellow Award for his paper, “Myosin and tropomyosin–troponin complementarily regulate thermal activation of muscles,” which has been published in J. Gen. Physiol.
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[1 December 2023] An interview with Madoka was publisehd online in OU RESEARCH GAZETTE Vol.2, issued by Osaka University.
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[23 October 2023] Myosin and tropomyosin–troponin complementarily regulate thermal activation of muscles
Shuya Ishii†*, Kotaro Oyama†, Fuyu Kobirumaki-Shimozawa, Tomohiro Nakanishi, Naoya Nakahara, Madoka Suzuki*, Shin’ichi Ishiwata, Norio Fukuda* (†co-first, *corresponding authors)
J. Gen. Physiol., 155 (12), e202313414 (2023)
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[21 August 2023] Chujie's first paper. He is not the first author, but still, wonderful!
Trans-scale thermal signaling in biological systems
Madoka Suzuki*, Chujie Liu, Kotaro Oyama, Toshiko Yamazawa
J. Biochem., 174 (3), 217-225 (2023)
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[8 July 2023] Protein Data Bank Japan (PDBj) in our institute joined the outreach event of Osaka University "Co-Creation Day" that was held at a large shopping mall, Lalaport EXPOCITY. It was actually a wonderful day.
[25 May 2023] Chujie received a student presentation award at the 14th Chugoku-Shikoku Branch Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan (20-21 May 2023 at Tottori University).
[24 March 2023] Simulation toolkits at the molecular scale for trans-scale thermal signaling
Ikuo Kurisaki*, Madoka Suzuki* (*corresponding authors)
Comput. Struct. Biotechnol. J., 21, 2547-2557 (2023)
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