M. Kurokawa

Local adaptation mediated niche expansion in correlation with genetic richness

The paper investigates the relationship between genetic richness, local adaptation, and niche expansion in Escherichia coli through experimental evolution and fitness assays.

MECOM permits pancreatic acinar cell dedifferentiation avoiding cell death under stress conditions

The paper identifies MECOM as a critical regulator that suppresses acinar cell death by enabling dedifferentiation under stress conditions in both human and mouse models.

PRDM3 attenuates pancreatitis and pancreatic tumorigenesis by regulating inflammatory response

This study shows PRDM3 suppresses pancreatitis and pancreatic tumorigenesis by modulating inflammation and Kras-driven oncogenesis in acinar cells.

A decay effect of bacterial growth rate associated with genome reduction

This study identifies a decay effect in bacterial growth rate measurements using optical turbidity and links it to genome reduction and cell size changes.