YCU PR Office, Author at Yokohama City University

2019-01-02

A stigmatic gene confers interspecies incompatibility in the Brassicaceae

Pre-zygotic interspecies incompatibility in angiosperms is a male–female relationship that inhibits the formation of hybrids between two species. Here, we report on the identification of STIGMATIC PRIVACY 1 (SPRI1), an interspecies barrier gene in Arabidopsis thaliana. We show that the rejection activity of this stigma-specific plasma membrane protein is effective against distantly related Brassicaceae pollen tubes and is independent of self-incompatibility.

2018-09-12

Event Report: The 9th IACSC International Symposium/General Assembly

The 10th International Academic Consortium for Sustainable Cities (IACSC) International Symposium/General Assembly was held on August 26th and 27th, 2019, at Hasanuddin University in Indonesia.

2018-05-09

Self-Condensation Culture Enables Vascularization of Tissue Fragments for Efficient Therapeutic Transplantation

Clinical transplantation of tissue fragments, including islets, faces a critical challenge because of a lack of effective strategies that ensure efficient engraftment through the timely integration of vascular networks. We recently developed a complex organoid engineering method by “self-condensation” culture based on mesenchymal cell-dependent contraction, thereby enabling dissociated heterotypic lineages including endothelial cells to self-organize in a spatiotemporal manner.

2018-04-13

De Novo Hotspot Variants in CYFIP2 Cause Early-Onset Epileptic Encephalopathy

The cytoplasmic fragile X mental retardation 1 interacting proteins 2 (CYFIP2) is a component of the WAVE regulatory complex, which is involved in actin dynamics.