2015 Farewell Party
On March 30, 2015, we held a farewell party.
New Paper Accepted
The paper “SV40 VP1 major capsid protein in its self-assembled form allows VP1 pentamers to coat various types of artificial beads in vitro regardless of their sizes and shapes” has been published in Biotechnology Reports. The first author of the paper is Masaaki Kawano, a graduate of our lab (currently Assistant Professor at Saitama Medical
New Paper Accepted
The paper “Inhibition of protein SUMOylation by davidiin, an ellagitannin from Davidia involucrata” was published in the Journal of Antibiotics. The first author of the paper is Misao Takemoto (formerly Yoneyama), a former student of our lab who completed the PhD program. This paper has screened a natural product library to identify novel small molecule
New Paper Accepted
The paper “DSIF and NELF interact with Integrator to specify the correct post-transcriptional fate of snRNA genes” has been published in Nature Communications (Nature’s sister journal). The first author of the paper is Junichi Yamamoto, a post-doctoral researcher in our lab. The discovery of the mechanism by which NELF directly interacts with RNA polymerase II,
Gene symbols for NELF subunits
More than a year ago, I received an email from the international committee that determines human gene symbols. Each NELF subunit has unrelated gene symbols that look nonsensical to an outsider, such as WHSC2, COBRA, TH1L, and RDBP. The email asked the researchers involved if it was acceptable to rename them. Since then, the gene
Transcription Cycle Seminar Held
With support from the KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Transcription Cycle,” we are pleased to invite Professor Cheng-Ming Chiang (UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas) to our university to hold a seminar on Friday, December 6 from 16:30 to 18:00 at B2 Building 226 Lecture Room The seminar was entitled “Epigenetic Control
Congratulatory Party for Professor Yamaguchi’s Inauguration
In commemoration of Professor Yamaguchi’s promotion to Professor Handa’s successor as of July 1, a celebration was held on Saturday, November 23. More than 100 people, mostly alumni of the laboratory, attended the event. On the same day, a commemorative lecture was held at 12:30 p.m. in the Royal Blue Hall of Tokyo Tech’s Kuramae
Outreach Activity
On November 9, Professor Yamaguchi gave an outreach lecture to first and second graders at Seibi Gakuen High School.