Shugo Watabe

The paper shows that zebrafish fibroblasts can undergo persistent myogenic-like transcriptional changes after transient 5-azacytidine exposure, suggesting potential for cultivated seafood applications.

The paper identifies that pearl oysters release exosomes containing species-specific RNA into the environment, suggesting a new role for aquatic exosomes in inter-organismal communication and ecological monitoring.

This study compares age-associated transcriptome changes in zebrafish and rat to identify common and species-specific aging features.

This study uses spatial transcriptomics to analyze zebrafish trunk muscle structure and growth, identifying spatial gene expression patterns and developmental processes in different muscle types.

The paper investigates the role of PIWI/piRNA in somatic tissues of the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata, showing that piRNA0001 regulates hundreds of endogenous genes through differential expression.

This paper introduces a method using hybrid organisms to generate high-resolution linkage maps at lower cost and higher density for pufferfish species.