The Hakubi Project

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The following 12 researchers are working at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University. The Map of Hakubi Researchers. 

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Short Introduction

All living systems are composed of cells. Therefore, the cell can be regarded as the smallest unit of life. Within the cell, there exists a fibrous network structure called the cytoskeleton. It has long been known that cells can move and replicate themselves by deforming and remodeling the cytoskeleton. However, it is still poorly understood how the cytoskeleton is self-assembled and how the cytoskeleton regulates essential cellular processes, including cell motility and division. To understand these regulatory mechanisms, I have employed a bottom-up approach: decomposing living cells into parts (proteins, lipids, etc.), then rebuilding artificial cells from these parts and exploring the conditions within which cellular functions are reconstituted. I hope this approach will uncover the basic principle of living systems.

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Latest News

• Aug. 9, 2022

  Associate Professor Makito Miyazaki (Graduate School of Science) published a review article, アクチン細胞骨格構造と機能の再構成 (Igaku-Shoin).

• Jul. 22, 2022

  Associate Professor Makito Miyazaki (Graduate School of Science) published a paper online (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in USA (PNAS))

• Nov. 11, 2021

  Associate Professor Makito Miyazaki (Graduate School of Science) published a paper online. (Nano Letters)

• Sep. 24, 2021

  Associate Professor Makito MIYAZAKI (Graduate School of Science) and Assistant Professor Yusuke MAEDA (Graduate School of Science) (present: Associate Professor at Kyushu University) published a review article. (Butsuri [in Japanese])

• Jun. 17, 2020

  8th Associate Professor Makito MIYAZAKI (Graduate School of Science) , 3th Assistant Professor Yusuke Maeda（Graduate School of Science）published a paper.(Nature Communications)

• Jun. 4, 2020

  Associate Professor Makito MIYAZAKI (Graduate School of Science) contributed an article to Graphic Science Magazine Newton, Extra Issue: Saibou to Jintai (Cells and Human Body).

• Oct. 16, 2018

  Associate Professor Makito Miyazaki(Graduate School of Science) published a paper in The Nano Letters.

• Aug. 6, 2018

  Makito Miyazaki published a chapter titled “Self-organization mechanism of the cytoskeleton uncovered by the system-sized dependence of artificial cells” in Experimental Medicine, 36(13), pp.2186-2192 (Yodosha) (1 August 2018).