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Application of automated scoring system of dicentric chromosome for biodosimetry

In cases of mass-casualty radiation accidents/incidents, a rapid dose assessment is required for patient triage and medical management decision.

See Ishii K. et al. (2023) Cytologia 88, 281-282.

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Genome editing based on in vitro-assembled ribonucleoproteins in plants

See Liang B. et al. (2023) Cytologia 88, 283-288.

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Cytologia News

  • Celebration

    Sep. 5, 2023

    Congratulations to Dr. Takuya Sakamoto (Associate Professor, Kanagawa University, Japan) for receiving the CYTOLOGIA Encouragement Award.

    Dr. Sakamoto received the award for his studies on chromatin dynamics and cell nuclear structure.
    See Ito, N. et al. (2021) Cytologia 86: 183-187
    and Fujiwara, Y. et al. (2021) Cytologia 86: 3-9.

  • Announcement

    July 22, 2023

    Instruction for authors has been substantially revised, so please be sure to check it before submitting your manuscript. Short Communication and Karyotype Report have been added as new publication ttypes. The publication fee has also been revised.

  • Celebration

    May 9, 2022

    Congratulations to Dr. Wakana Tanaka (Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan) and Dr. Mio Shibuta (Assistant Professor, Yamagata University) for receiving the CYTOLOGIA Encouragement Award.

     

    Dr. Tanaka received the award for her developmental genetic studies on rice stem cells and morphogenesis.
    See Hirano, H.-Y. and Tanaka, W. (2020) Cytologia 85: 3-8
    and Tanaka, W. et al. (2019) Cytologia 84: 343-346.

  • Dr. Shibuta received the award for her studies on epigenetic regulatory mechanisms and cytological imaging.
    See Shibuta, M. K. et al. (2019) Cytologia 84: 107-111
    and Shibuta, M. K. and Matsunaga, S. (2019) Cytologia 84: 3-8.

  • Celebration

    April 11, 2022

    Congratulations to Dr. Tomoko Abe (Deputy Director, Nishina Center, RIKEN) for Receiving the 2021 Wada Memorial Prize entitled “Development of Breeding Methods Using Heavy Ion Beams and Research on Molecular Mechanisms of Chromosomal Rearrangement Mutations”.The linear energy transfer (LET) of heavy ion beams can be controlled by selecting the type and speed of ions. Using this technology, Dr. Abe discovered the LETmax at which the mutation rate is maximized, and found that the larger the LET, the larger the deletion size of DNA and the higher the rate of chromosome rearrangement mutations, and her achievements in perfecting the heavy ion beam breeding method are highly appreciated not only in Japan but also worldwide. She has also developed a mutation detection pipeline for whole genome resequencing and exome analysis, which has made it possible to detect mutations at the whole genome level and to rapidly identify the causative genes of mutants.
    See Ishii S. (2021) Cytologia 86, 273-274.

  • Careers

    April 8, 2022

    The position of Project Assistant Professor is available in the Laboratory of Integrated Biology Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
    See the web page for more information.

  • Meet the author

    Mar. 20, 2022

    Prof. Masanori Hiraoka (Kochi University)
    See Kinoshita, Y. et. al. (2022) Cytologia 87, 17-22.