Takayuki Nishizaka

This study shows that Chattonella marina adjusts its flagellar length and beat frequency during day and night, affecting swimming speed, likely as an energy-saving strategy linked to diurnal vertical migration.

The paper investigates the helicity switching mechanism of Spiroplasma MreB proteins using fluorescent labeling and inhibitors, finding that MreB5 dynamics are static during movement and sensitive to A22.

The paper shows that immotile cilia in mouse node cells detect mechanical forces from leftward fluid flow, leading to asymmetric molecular responses that break left-right symmetry.