Takashi Hirano

This study shows WRN deficiency causes oncogenic rearrangements at TA-rich tandem repeats by destabilizing them, leading to chromosomal breaks and activation of TERT in melanoma.

This paper introduces a synthetic near-infrared luciferin, AkaSuke, that enhances deep-tissue bioluminescence imaging with firefly luciferases by improving detection sensitivity.

This study presents long-read genome assemblies of 12 Vigna species, revealing new WOX transcription factors and transcriptional changes linked to stress tolerance.

The paper identifies MYB26 as a genetic factor for twisting legume pods through fine-mapping of shattering-related traits in azuki and yard-long beans.

This study uses SMRT sequencing to assemble the azuki bean genome, achieving better contiguity and gene annotation compared to second-generation sequencing methods.