2019 - 2022 Creation of fundamental and universal female and male concepts
2017 - 2020 Genetic engineering study on increasing the production rate of algal biofuel using a novel culture system
2013 - 2018 Establishment of worldwide taxonomic system of the genus Volvox and unveiling the evolution of oogamy
2010 - 2011 Identification and functional analysis of the stress tolerance-related genes of the extreme environmental algae
Papers (72):
Shoichi Kato, Osami Misumi, Shinichiro Maruyama, Hisayoshi Nozaki, Yayoi Tsujimoto-Inui, Mari Takusagawa, Shigekatsu Suzuki, Keiko Kuwata, Saki Noda, Nanami Ito, et al. Genomic analysis of an ultrasmall freshwater green alga, Medakamo hakoo. Communications Biology. 2023. 6. 1
Mari Takusagawa, Shoichi Kato, Sachihiro Matsunaga, Shinichiro Maruyama, Yayoi Tsujimoto-Inui, Hisayoshi Nozaki, Fumi Yagisawa, Mio Ohnuma, Haruko Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, et al. Complete Mitochondrial and Plastid DNA Sequences of the Freshwater Green Microalga Medakamo hakoo. 2021
Mari Takusagawa, Yusuke Kobayashi, Yoichiro Fukao, Kumi Hidaka, Masayuki Endo, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Takashi Hamaji, Yoshinobu Kato, Isamu Miyakawa, Osami Misumi, et al. HBD1 protein with a tandem repeat of two HMG-box domains is a DNA clip to organize chloroplast nucleoids in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2021. 118. 20. e2021053118-e2021053118
Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, Fumi Yagisawa, Takayuki Fujiwara, Osami Misumi, Noriko Nagata, Yuuta Imoto, Yamato Yoshida, Yuko Mogi, Shin-ya Miyagishima, Haruko Kuroiwa. Smooth Loop-Like Mitochondrial Nucleus in the Primitive Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae Revealed by Drying Treatment. CYTOLOGIA. 2021. 86. 1. 89-96
Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, Shinya Miyagishima, Sachihiro Matsunaga, Naoki Sato, Hisayoshi Nozaki, Kan Tanaka, Osami Misumi. Cyanidioschyzon merolae: A new model eukaryote for cell and organelle biology. Cyanidioschyzon merolae: A New Model Eukaryote for Cell and Organelle Biology. 2018. 1-365
Osami Misumi, Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa. Part VII: Application. Cyanidioschyzon merolae: A New Model Eukaryote for Cell and Organelle Biology. 2018. 323