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Manabu Yoshida

Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of TokyoORCID 0000-0003-4927-868XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Developmental Biology· 2 Cell Biology· 1

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Organism:C. elegans· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:synaptic & neural circuits· 1

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Kazuo InabaiD· 2 shared Kogiku ShibaiD· 2 shared Michio OgasawaraiD· 2 shared Satoe Aratake· 2 shared Yasunori SasakuraiD· 2 shared Aika Shibata· 1 shared Akihiro YoshikawaiD· 1 shared Daisuke KurokawaiD· 1 shared

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Developmental BiologyDevelopmentPeer-reviewedMay 18, 2026

Establishing genetically controlled, closed 1 colonies of an ascidian

Yutaka Satou, Manabu Yoshida, Reiko Yoshida…·Yasunori Sasakura

The paper establishes and maintains genetically controlled, closed ascidian colonies to improve experimental reproducibility in non-model organisms.

4 citationstop 2%

C. elegansDNA methylation

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Cell BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 16, 2025

Spiral-Sensing and Fold-Change Detection Direct Ascidian Sperm to the Egg

Makoto Iima, Kogiku Shiba, Manabu Yoshida…·Toshiyuki Nakagaki

This study proposes a minimal model to explain ascidian sperm chemotaxis by combining spiral swimming paths with fold-change detection signaling.

DOI 10.1101/2025.09.16.676465

deep learningstatistical model

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Developmental BiologyFrontiers in Cell and Developmental BiologyPeer-reviewedNov 2, 2023

CatSper mediates the chemotactic behavior and motility of the ascidian sperm

Taiga Kijima, Daisuke Kurokawa, Yasunori Sasakura…·Manabu Yoshida

This study shows that CatSper is essential for sperm motility and chemotaxis in ascidians, similar to its role in mammals.

11 citations

C. elegansexperimental assay

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