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Ryuji Yanase

@ryanase.bsky.social

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Senior Research Scientist at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS) studying the cell & molecular biology of parasitic Excavata & amoebae

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Ryuji Yanase @ryanase.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Pleased to share that our paper on Plasmodium NEK4 is now published in @natcomms.nature.com. We show that NEK4 act as a key regulator coupling meiotic entry with cytoskeletal morphogenesis, coordinating microtubule formation and nuclear dynamics in malaria parasites. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Ryuji Yanase @ryanase.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I have officially started my new position as a Senior Research Scientist at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) 🇯🇵. My new research group will focus on the cell/molecular biology of parasitic Excavata & amoebae (incl. Trypanosoma, Naegleria, Acanthamoeba, & more) (1/3)

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Ryuji Yanase @ryanase.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

A huge thank you to all my co-authors for this great collaboration! @ritatewari.bsky.social @davidguttery.bsky.social @zeeshanm.bsky.social @eelcotromer.bsky.social

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Ryuji Yanase @ryanase.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Our new preprint describes Plasmodium NEK4 as a key regulator coupling meiotic initiation and morphogenesis—a critical step for malaria transmission. This involves MTOC-driven nuclear movement strikingly analogous to "horsetail" movement in fission yeast. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Ryuji Yanase @ryanase.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Pleased to share our new preprint: "Plasmodium ARK1 regulates spindle formation during atypical mitosis and forms a divergent chromosomal passenger complex". Many thanks to our collaborators. @ritatewari.bsky.social @eelcotromer.bsky.social @davidguttery.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Ryuji Yanase @ryanase.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Excited to share our publication @lsajournal.org showing that divergent Plasmodium kinases drive MTOC, kinetochore and axoneme organisation during male gamete formation. Many thanks, @ritatewari.bsky.social, @davidguttery.bsky.social, @zeeshanm.bsky.social, Tony and David F. doi.org/10.26508/lsa...

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