Kenji Kimura

This study shows tetraploid C. elegans embryos have greater osmotic tolerance due to compositional changes that buffer volume fluctuations.

This study identifies DRAG-1 as a repulsive guidance molecule involved in axon branching of HSNs in C. elegans, showing its requirement in hypodermal cells and interaction with UNC-40 receptor.

The paper shows that cytoplasmic streaming in C. elegans zygotes dynamically positions the SPCC, determining the anterior-posterior axis through stochastic movement.