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Usukura Jiro

ウスクラ ジロウ | Usukura Jiro
Research field  (3)： Morphology, anatomy ,  Cell biology ,  Biophysics
Research keywords  (12)： membrane cytoskeleton ,  Freeze etching replica ,  actin filaments ,  Unroofing ,  Cryo-electron microsacopy ,  Atomic force microscopy ,  視細胞 ,  電子顕微鏡 ,  細胞膜 ,  electron microscopy ,  cytoskeleton ,  Cell membrane
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (45)：
  • 2020 - 2023 Development and dissemination of unroof and perforation methods for cryo-EM and AFM
  • 2017 - 2019 Development of cryo-in lens-S(T)EM for analysis of native cell structure and its commercialization
  • 2014 - 2017 Development of Cryo-FLM-in lens-S(T)EM for analysis of native cell structure
  • 2013 - 2017 High Voltage Electron Phase Differential Microscopy of Metal-Ion Conductor Interfaces
  • 2014 - 2016 Improved unroofing method in AFM and cryo-electron microscopy to observe the interaction between organelles and cytoskeleton.
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Papers (133)：
  • Junpei Fukumoto, Minako Yoshida, Suzumi M. Tokuoka, Eri Saki H. Hayakawa, Shinya Miyazaki, Takaya Sakura, Daniel Ken Inaoka, Kiyoshi Kita, Jiro Usukura, Hideo Shindou, et al. Pivotal roles ofPlasmodium falciparumlysophospholipid acyltransferase 1 in cell cycle progression and cytostome internalization. 2024
  • Eri Saki H Hayakawa, Marina Wayama, Fuyuki Tokumasu, Nobuhiko Ohno, Mami Matsumoto, Jiro Usukura. Budding pouches and associated bubbles: 3D visualization of exo-membrane structures in plasmodium falciparum gametocytes. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 2022. 12. 962495-962495
  • Jiro Usukura, Akihiro Narita, Tomoharu Matsumoto, Eiji Usukura, Takeshi Sunaoshi, Syunya Watanabe, Yusuke Tamba, Yasuhira Nagakubo, Takashi Mizuo, Junzo Azuma, et al. A cryo-TSEM with temperature cycling capability allows deep sublimation of ice to uncover fine structures in thick cells. Sci. Rep. 2021. 11. 1. 21406-21406
  • Eri H Hayakawa, Hirotomo Kato, Glenn A Nardone, Jiro Usukura. A prospective mechanism and source of cholesterol uptake by Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes co-cultured with HepG2 cells. Parasitol. Int. 2021. 80. 102179
  • Nobuhiro Morone, Eiji Usukura, Akihiro Narita, Jiro Usukura. Improved unroofing protocols for cryo-electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and freeze-etching electron microscopy and the associated mechanisms. Microscopy (Oxford, England). 2020
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MISC (130)：
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Books (20)：
  • 顕微鏡学ハンドブック
    朝倉書店 2018
  • よくわかる生物電子顕微鏡技術ーープロトコル・ノウハウ・原理
    共立出版 2009
  • 生物物理学ハンドブック
    朝倉書店 2007
  • シリーズ21世紀の動物科学 第6巻 「細胞の生物学」(動物学会編)
    培風館 2007
  • 実験医学別冊 生命科学のための機器分析ハンドブック
    羊土社 2007
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Lectures and oral presentations  (196)：
  • インフルエンザAウイルスのゲノムパッケージングにおけるアクチン膜細胞骨格の役割
    (日本顕微鏡学会第79回学術講演会 2023)
  • 細胞膜内表面上のアクトミオシンによるインフルエンザAウイルスのゲノムパッケージング
    (日本解剖学会 2023)
  • AFM live-cell imaging と免疫freeze etching電顕によるインフルエンザ感染過程の解析
    (日本顕微鏡学会学術講演会 2022)
  • Development of cryo-electron microscope for STEM, SEM simultaneous imaging and its application to structural analysis of unroofed cells.
    (Annual meeting of Korean Society of Microscopy, 2019)
  • Cryo-in lens-S(T)EMの開発により分かってきた問題点と新しい応用法
    (SCAN TECH 2019 2019)
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Education (4)：
  • 1977 - 1981 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine Department of Anatomy
  • 1975 - 1977 The University of Tokyo School of Medicine Department of Anatomy
  • 1973 - 1975 Tokyo Kyoiku University Graduate School of Sciences Zoology
  • 1968 - 1972 Yokohama City University Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science (Natural Sciences) Department of Biology
Professional career (2)：
  • Master of Science (Tokyo Kyouiku University)
  • Doctor of Medicine (The University of Tokyo)
Work history (9)：
  • 2024/04 - 現在 Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University Facility of High Voltage Electron Microscopy Visiting Professor
  • 2020/12 - 現在 Nagoya University
  • 2019/04 - 2020/11 Nagoya University Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability Designated Professor
  • 2014/04 - 2019/03 Nagoya University Structural Biology Research Center, Graduate School of Sciences invited Researcher
  • 2013/04 - 2014/03 Nagoya University EcoTopia Science Institute Designatged Professor
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Committee career (6)：
  • 2009 - 日本顕微鏡学会 欧文誌副編集委員長、理事、監事
  • 2005 - International Society for Oculer Cell Biology Fundmental member
  • 2000 - 日本細胞生物学会 評議員、欧文誌編集委員、評議員
  • 1993 - 日本バイオイメージング学会 編集委員
  • 1992 - 日本生物物理学会 編集委員
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Awards (5)：
  • 2019/06 - The Japanese Society of Microscopy The Japanese Society of Microscopy Award for the Scientific Paper Direct observation of the actin filament by tip-scan atomic force microscopy
  • 2018/05 - The Japanese Society of Microscopy The Japanese Society of Microscopy Award for the Scientific paper A new approach for the direct visualization of the membrane cytoskeleton in cryo-electron microscopy: a comparative study with freeze-etching electron microscopy
  • 2014/05 - The Japanese Society of Microscopy The Japanese Society of Microscopy Award for the Scientific Paper Use of the unroofing technique for atomic force microscopic imaging of the intra-cellular cytoskeleton under aqueous conditions
  • 1994 - The Japanese Society of Electron Microscopy The Society Award (Setoh Award) Development of rapid freezing method and its application to analysis of cell structures.
  • 1983/05 - The Japanese Society of Electron Microscopy The Japanese Society of Microscopy award for the Scientific Paper An improved device for rapid freezing using liquid helium.
Association Membership(s) (4)：
日本生物物理学会 ,  日本細胞生物学会 ,  日本顕微鏡学会 ,  日本解剖学会
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