Taro Nakamura

Fast-annealed 3'-extended dsDNA templates facilitate efficient epitope-tag knock-in in emerging model insects

The paper develops fast-annealed 3'-extended dsDNA templates to improve CRISPR-Cas9-mediated knock-in efficiency in emerging model insects.

Establishment of CRISPR/Cas9-based knock-in in a hemimetabolous insect: targeted gene tagging in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

The paper establishes a CRISPR/Cas9 method for targeted gene knock-in in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, enabling functional genetic studies in a hemimetabolous insect.

Insights into the genomic evolution of insects from cricket genomes

The paper compares cricket genomes to understand the evolutionary drivers of large genome sizes and DNA methylation in hemimetabolous insects.

Local density determines nuclear movements during syncytial blastoderm formation in a cricket

This study shows that local nuclear density, not cytoplasmic flows or synchronized divisions, drives nuclear movements during syncytial blastoderm formation in cricket embryos.

Hox genes limit germ cell formation in the short germ insect Gryllus bimaculatus.

This study shows Hox genes restrict germ cell formation to specific abdominal segments in Gryllus bimaculatus, revealing a segmental Hox code for PGC placement.