ZFIN Lab: Ogura Lab

ZFIN ID: ZDB-LAB-131029-1

ZFIN ID: ZDB-LAB-131029-1

Ogura Lab

PI/Director:	Ogura, Toshihiko
Co-PI / Senior Researcher:	Miyasaka, Kota Watanabe, Yusuke
Contact Person:	Ogura, Toshihiko
Email:	ogura@idac.tohoku.ac.jp
URL:
Address:	Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1, Seiryo, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan 980-8575
Country:	Japan
Phone:	+81-22-717-8564
Fax:	+81-22-717-8565
Line Designation:	js

GENOMIC FEATURES ORIGINATING FROM THIS LAB

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STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS

Mechanical interpretation of morphogenesis (cardiogenesis, osteogenesis etc)
Mechanical regulation of metabolism
Development of novel techniques for mechanical manipulation of embryos, organs, tissues, cells and organelles
Identification of force-sensitive factors and their biological/medical functions
Transcription factors and epigenetic regulation of gene expression

LAB MEMBERS

ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS OF LAB MEMBERS

Huynen, L., Suzuki, T., Ogura, T., Watanabe, Y., Millar, C.D., Hofreiter, M., Smith, C., Mirmoeini, S., Lambert, D.M. (2014) Reconstruction and in vivo analysis of the extinct tbx5 gene from ancient wingless moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14:75

Aoki, Y., Niihori, T., Banjo, T., Okamoto, N., Mizuno, S., Kurosawa, K., Ogata, T., Takada, F., Yano, M., Ando, T., Hoshika, T., Barnett, C., Ohashi, H., Kawame, H., Hasegawa, T., Okutani, T., Nagashima, T., Hasegawa, S., Funayama, R., Nagashima, T., Nakayama, K., Inoue, S.I., Watanabe, Y., Ogura, T., and Matsubara, Y. (2013) Gain-of-Function Mutations in RIT1 Cause Noonan Syndrome, a RAS/MAPK Pathway Syndrome. American journal of human genetics. 93(1):173-80

Miyasaka, K.Y., Kida, Y.S., Banjo, T., Ueki, Y., Nagayama, K., Matsumoto, T., Sato, M., and Ogura, T. (2011) Heartbeat regulates cardiogenesis by suppressing retinoic acid signaling via expression of miR-143. Mechanisms of Development. 128(1-2):18-28

Miyasaka, K.Y., Kida, Y.S., Sato, T., Minami, M., and Ogura, T. (2007) Csrp1 regulates dynamic cell movements of the mesendoderm and cardiac mesoderm through interactions with Dishevelled and Diversin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104(27):11274-11279

Kida, Y.S., Sato, T., Miyasaka, K.Y., Suto, A., and Ogura, T. (2007) Daam1 regulates the endocytosis of EphB during the convergent extension of the zebrafish notochord. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104(16):6708-6713