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Hirano Sayuki

ヒラノ サユキ | Hirano Sayuki
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Assistant Professor
Research field  (3): Biophysics ,  Developmental biology ,  Cell biology
Research keywords  (6): Cell adhesion ,  cell migration ,  mechanical signal ,  planar cell polarity ,  Xenopus laevis ,  morphogenesis
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (6):
  • 2025 - 2027 Analysis of Autonomous Lumen Growth Mechanisms Mediated by Dynamic Regulation of Cellular Barrier Function
  • 2025 - 2027 Analysis of Intercellular Adhesion Remodeling During Cancer Cell Extrusion
  • 2023 - 2026 Regulation of cell adhesion and durotaxis via liquid-liquid phase separation
  • 2019 - 2022 脊椎動物の初期発生における機械的ストレス分布とその情報伝達的役割の解明
  • 2020 - 2020 Function Analysis of Mechanical Signal during PCP formation in neural plate of vertebrate
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Papers (6):
  • Farsai Taemaitree, Yuta Takano, Daisuke Yamaguchi, Kazushi Yamaguchi, Yudai Yamashita, Motosuke Tsutsumi, Chentao Wen, Kohei Otomo, Kenji Hirai, James Hutchison, et al. Cellular Responses to Photothermal Therapy: Heat-Induced ERK Signaling and Intercellular Communication in Solid Tumors. bioRxiv. 2025
  • Sayuki Hirano, Kazuhiro Aoki, Naoto Ueno. Dynamic behavior of cell-cell adhesion factors in collective cell migration. Cells & development. 2025. 203995-203995
  • Sayuki Hirano, Yohei Kondo, Noriyuki Kinoshita, Tetsuhisa Otani, Mikio Furuse, Naoto Ueno, Kazuhiro Aoki. ZO-1 shuttles between tight junctions and podosomes by riding ERK activation waves during collective cell migration. bioRxiv. 2024
  • Sayuki Hirano, Yusuke Mii, Guillaume Charras, Tatsuo Michiue. Alignment of the cell long axis by unidirectional tension acts cooperatively with Wnt signalling to establish planar cell polarity. Development. 2022. 149. 12
  • Sayuki Hirano, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Tatsuo Michiue. FRET-based tension measurement across actin-associated mechanotransductive structures using Lima1. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 2018. 62. 9-10. 631-636
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Lectures and oral presentations  (22):
  • Dynamic redistribution of adhesion-related molecules tunes collective cell behavior
    (International Symposium - Physical Biology of Multicellular Dynamics 2026)
  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of ZO-1 localization in epithelial cell collectives
    (Singapore-Japan Mini-workshop on Coordination and Competition in Multicellular Systems 2025)
  • ERK-dependent translocation of ZO-1 regulates epithelial cell invasion
    (The 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association 2025)
  • ERK-Driven Relocation of ZO-1 to Podosomes during Collective Cell Migration
    (Winter Q-Bio Conference 2025 2025)
  • ZO-1 shuttles between tight junctions and podosomes riding on ERK activation waves and facilitates cell invasion
    (The 47th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan 2024)
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Education (3):
  • 2019 - 2022 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Multi-Disciplinary Sciences Life Sciences, Doctor's course
  • 2017 - 2019 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Multi-Disciplinary Sciences Life Sciences, Master's course
  • 2012 - 2017 The University of Tokyo College of Arts and Sciences Integrated Sciences
Professional career (1):
  • Doctor of Philosophy (The University of Tokyo)
Work history (6):
  • 2025/03 - 現在 Kyoto University Graduate School of Biostudies Assistant Professor
  • 2024/04 - 2025/02 Kyoto University Graduate School of Biostudies Program-Specific Researcher (JSPS-PD)
  • 2023/04 - 2024/03 National Institutes of Natural Sciences Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS) JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 2022/04 - 2023/03 National Institute for Basic Biology Spectrography and Bioimaging Facility Project Research Stuff
  • 2019/04 - 2022/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow (DC1)
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Awards (3):
  • 2024/10 - The Naito Foundation Poster Award for Excellence in The 52nd Naito Conference ERK-driven translocation of ZO1 to cell-ECM adhesion structure exerts traction force for promoting collective cell migration and invasion
  • 2023/06 - Tight Junction Symposium 2023 The Best Selected Talk Award Subcellular Shuttling of ZO-1 Facilitates Collective Cell Migration
  • 2019/03 - The University of Tokyo Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Association Membership(s) (4):
Japan Society for Cell Biology ,  Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists ,  The Molecular Biology Society of Japan ,  The Zoological Society of Japan
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