Nobuyoshi Kosaka

The paper shows that migrating stem cells in planarians experience DNA damage, which is repaired to allow migration to wound sites.

This study shows that MLL3/4 tumour suppressor function in planarian stem cells is conserved across evolution, suggesting a conserved epigenetic regulatory program.

The paper shows that condensin I is essential for planarian stem cell maintenance and that only sigma-neoblasts can self-renew.

The paper develops a method to study stem cell migration in planarians and shows that EMT transcription factors are required for migration to wound sites and migratory cell morphology.