Takaharu Okajima

The paper uses AFM to show that vegetal hemisphere cells in ascidian embryos exhibit diverse rheological properties, unlike the uniform behavior of animal hemisphere cells.

This study uses atomic force microscopy to map single-cell stiffness in Xenopus laevis embryos, revealing mechanical differences between animal and vegetal hemispheres during early development.

This study uses AFM to analyze the rheological properties of ascidian embryo cells during cleavage stages, revealing power-law behavior and a master curve correlation between modulus and fluidity.