S. Toyabe

Blocking uncertain mispriming errors of PCR

This paper demonstrates that a mixture of multiple blocker sequences can suppress PCR errors even with partial contaminating sequence information, improving the fidelity of PCR and related techniques.

Design of artificial molecular motor inheriting directionality and scalability.

This paper designs an artificial molecular motor that achieves directionality and scalability using DNA origami and validates its function through simulations.

Collective gradient sensing by dilute swimming bacteria without clustering

This study shows that dilute swimming bacteria enhance taxis through collective migration without clustering, by suppressing orientation fluctuations and preventing population dispersion.

Error-suppression mechanism of PCR by blocker strands

This study investigates how blocker strands suppress PCR errors by combining experiments and modeling, showing they destabilize mishybridized complexes and create kinetic barriers.

Cooperative stator assembly of bacterial flagellar motor mediated by rotation

The paper shows that stator units in bacterial flagellar motors bind cooperatively, with rotation enhancing binding and triggering a chain reaction of stator assembly.