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Ryosuke Sasaki

RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Shifts in high-light acclimation strategies associated with molecular evolutionary rates in duckweeds

Yawako W. Kawaguchi, Masaru Kono, Minakoq Isoda, Kensuke Kawade, Hiromitsu Tabeta, Ryosuke Sasaki, Akira Oikawa, Masami Yokota Hirai, Evelina Josephine, Levina Valerie, Natsu Katayama

The paper investigates how molecular evolutionary rates in duckweeds correlate with acclimation strategies to high light, finding differences in mutation rates and metabolic adaptations between lineages.

bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

NADPH phosphatase activity of Mesh1 controls sleep in Drosophila

Taro Ishikawa, Yohei Nitta, Jiro Osaka, Takanari Nemoto, Doshun Ito, Ryosuke Sasaki, Shouta Nonoyama, Akira Oikawa, Atsushi Sugie, Takashi Suzuki, Shinji Masuda

This study shows that the NADPH phosphatase activity of Drosophila Mesh1, specifically the W138 residue, is essential for normal sleep regulation.

bioRxiv · Dec 16, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology