Masaru Tomita

The paper analyzes genomic data from CPR bacteria to show they have smaller ribosomes with simplified surface structures due to missing proteins and rRNA regions.

The paper identifies the multicomponent nature of spider dragline silk and shows that its mechanical properties arise from the combination of specific spidroin and SpiCE proteins.

This study identifies a novel Mn-dependent peroxidase involved in tardigrade anhydrobiosis through transcriptomic and crystallographic analyses.

This study identifies novel anhydrobiosis-related proteins in the heterotardigrade Echiniscus testudo, showing structural changes similar to eutardigrades but lacking sequence conservation, suggesting convergent evolution.

The paper introduces SPADE, a software that detects periodic DNA and protein repeats in large genomic datasets with high-throughput and unsupervised methods, outperforming existing tools.

The paper compares the genomes of two tardigrade species to investigate their evolutionary relationships and mechanisms of extreme survival.

The paper describes a method to sequence the genome of a single tardigrade using an ultra-low input library protocol to reduce contamination.