Masakazu Hoshino

This study identifies PKN as a female-specific protein in brown algae that mediates species-specific fertilization by enabling male-female recognition.

This study uses transcriptomic data from brown algae to show that regulatory evolution drives multicellular innovation despite conserved genome architecture.

This paper develops a high-efficiency, transgene-free CRISPR-Cas12 genome editing method for brown algae, applicable across multiple species and enabling functional genomics studies.

The paper analyzes brown algal genomes to trace the origin and evolution of U/V sex chromosomes, revealing gene gain-driven evolution and the demise of these systems through hermaphroditism and gene hierarchy shifts.

DESS (DMSO/EDTA/saturated NaCl) kept DNA at room temperature in animals, seagrasses and a brown alga, even after evaporating from bird muscle, but dissolves gastropod shells and holothurian ossicles.