The 2025 fiscal year has been started!__
Yoichi Hosokawa has joined ths lab as a postdoctral fellow.
Yuto Shimada has been promoted to Nihon University as an assistant professor. Congraturations!
Collaboration paper with Dr. Fukuda (Tohoku Univ), Novel ultrastructural features of the nucleus of the ancestral dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina as revealed by freeze substitution fixation, Fukuda et al. was published from Front.
Collaboration paper with Dr. Kato (ExCELLS/IMS), Elucidating the Unique J-Shaped Protomer Structure of Amyloid-β(1-40) Fibril with Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Burton-Smith et al. was published from Int J Mol Sci.
Collaboration paper with Dr. Oda (JT Bio Res Hall), Nanoscale visualization of Drosophila E-cadherin ectodomain fragments and their interactions using DNA origami nanoblocks, Oda et al. was published from JMB.
Mounia Lahfa has joined ths lab as a postdoctral fellow.
Collaboration paper with Dr. Segawa (IMS), Structure Determination of Tweezer-shaped π-Extended Tetraphenylenes without Recrystallization by Microcrystal Electron Diffraction, Sugiyama et al. was published from Chemical Letters.
Collaboration paper with Dr. Takemura (Tokyo Univ Sci), Subnanometer structure of medusavirus capsid during maturation using cryo-electron microscopy, Watanabe et al. was published from J Virol.
Collaboration paper with Dr. Takemura (Tokyo Univ Sci), Complete genome sequence of Tornadovirus japonicus, a relative of Pacmanvirus, isolated from the Tamagawa River in Japan, Waschestjuk et al. was published from Microbiol Resour Announc.
Collaboration paper with Dr. Ueno (Tokyo Inst Tech), Fusion of amyloid beta with ferritin yields an isolated oligomeric beta-sheet-rich aggregate inside the ferritin cage, Maity et al. was published from Biomater Sci.
NIPS EM Workshop 2024 with TARA center "Expanding cryo-EM applications: from drug discovery to analysis of organic compounds" (Oct. 29~30th at Univ. Tsukuba). Registration is OPEN now. Deadline: Mon. Oct. 14th
Collaboration paper with Academic Scinica (Taiwan), Use of phase plate cryo-EM reveals conformation diversity of therapeutic IgG with 50 kDa Fab fragment resolved below 6 Å, Lin HH, et al. was published from Sci Rep.
Murata has been appointed as a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University. On May 11th, we will introduce our laboratory at the graduate school entrance examination information event.
Postdoc position for Cryo-TE is available. Details are here.
The new fiscal year has started!
Ryoto Watanabe received PhD from SOKENDAI. Congratulations！
We were in charge of the virus page for the Microworld Microbial Encyclopedia (Komine Shoten).
April 13 1pm~, SOKENDAI Open Campus Registration is now open!
Review paper, In situ cryo-electron tomography: a new method to elucidate cytoplasmic zoning at the molecular level, by Chen L, Fukata Y & Murata K was published in J. Biochemistry.
Review paper, Structural analysis of the reaction process of Enterococcus V-ATPase proteins by Burton-Smith & Murata was published in a japanese journal, ”Seikagaku”.
CryoEM workshop 2023 "Cryo-EM and related techniques" (Dec 28-29). Registration is open now.
Yuan-E Lee has joined ths lab as a postdoctral fellow.
Kentaro Hiraka has joined ths lab as a postdoctral fellow.
Structural analysis of proteins by cryo-EM by Song & Murata, a japanese book, ”Application examples of Protein structural analysis methods & In silico screening” was released by Gijyutu-Joho Co. (Aug, 2023)
Collaborative study with Prof. IIno (IMS), Six states of Enterococcus hirae V-type ATPase reveals non-uniform rotor rotation during turnover. Burton-Smith et al. was online published in Comm Biol.
Review paper, Cryo-electron Microscopy of Protein Cages, Burton-Smith & Murata was published in Methods in Molecular Biology book series, "Protein Cages".
Yuto Shimada has joined ths lab as a postdoctral fellow.
Collaborative study with Prof. Kanki (Niigata Univ), The mitochondrial intermembrane space protein mitofissin drives mitochondrial fission required for mitophagy. Fukuda et al. was online published in Mol Cell.
Collaborative study with Prof. Minagawa (NIBB), The photosystem I supercomplex from a primordial green alga Ostreococcus tauri harbors three light-harvesting complex trimers. Ishii et al. was online published in Elife.
Masayo Yokotsuji has joined ths lab as a technical assistant.
Akane Chihara, a student at SOKENDAI, received her doctorate with her thesis of "Structural studies of Marseilleviridae virus". Congraturations!
April 22, SOKENDAI Open Campus Registration is now open!
Raymond Burton-Smith has promoted to Project Assistant Professor. Congratulations!
Collaborative study with D. Takemura and D. Ogata, "Mamonoviridae", a proposed new family of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota. Zhang et al. was online published in Arch Viol.
Cryo-EM Handbook (Namba, Kato, Makino Ed.), which we also participated in writing, was released by NTS Co. (Jan. 2023).
We want posdoc、technician、graduate students (Sokendai) for studies using cryo-EM. Please make a contact with Murata for details.
Cryo-EM collaborative study, A novel capsid protein network allows the characteristic internal membrane structure of Marseilleviridae giant viruses", Chiraha et al. was online published in Scientific Reports.
Cryo-EM training course for Academia, ”Cryo-EM Single Particle Analysis", Jan 30-Feb 2 is open now. Registration will be closed when the people reach to 10. -> Closed
NIPS training course for industry, ”Cryo-EM Single Particle Analysis", Jan 16-19 is open now. Registration deadline is Dec 31.
Cryo-EM collaborative study, Durable gelfoams stabilized by compressible nanocomposite microgels", Nishizawa et al. was online published inChem Commun (Camb).
"Lin Chen" joines us as a Postdoctral fellow.
Cryo-FIB SEM workshop by JSM (Hybrid). Nov. 2nd, Wed. at NIPS. Registration opens now (Deadline Oct 26th)
"Mitsuru Ikeda" joines us as a cryo-EM technical support.
EM workshop 2022, "New generation of cryo-EM" (Hybrid). 10am~, Nov. 1st, Tue. at NIPS. Registration opens now (Daedline Oct 25th)!
Give a talk in AMED BINDS Symposium 2022 (Hitotubashi hall, Tokyo)
Our study will be introduced on NHK BS Premium, Cosmic Front "Virus Planet" from 22:00 on Thursday, July 21st. Please watch it.
【SEIRIKEN Public Lecture】Live YouTube delivery from 13:00 on Saturday, July 23! "What is the shape of a virus?" by Kazuyoshi Murata. Please watch it.
NIPS training course ”Cryo-EM Single Particle Analysis" Aug 2-5 is open now. Registration deadline is June 11.
Murata Lab. is urgently recruiting postdocs. If you are interested, please feel free to contact Murata.
Collaborative study Whole-Cell Observation of ZIO-Stained Golgi Apparatus in Rat Hepatocytes with Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscope, SBF-SEM", Johkura et al. was published in Microscopy.
Collaboration study Atomic structure of the human sapovirus capsid reveals a unique capsid protein conformation in caliciviruses", Miyazaki et al. was published inJ Virology. Press Release
Collaborative study "Connectome of the lamina reveals the circuit for early color processing in the visual pathway of a butterfly"", Matsushita et al. was published in Current Biology. Press Release
Haruka Kawabata, a new lab member, has been joined as "SOKENDAI" student.
The ExCELLS research support proposal using cryo-EM has been adopted by AMED BINDS.
Collaborative study, "Particle Morphology of Medusavirus Inside and Outside the Cells Reveals a New Maturation Process of Giant Viruses", Watanabe et al., was published in J Virology.
"ExCELLS Cryo-EM Syetem" can be found on YouTube now!
The opening ceremony of "ExCELLS Cryo-EM Facility" was held at the NIPS Grand Conference Hall.
"Research developmen of VHH Nano-antibody drugs" was accepted by Nex-generation Antibody Progect of AMED
Collaborative study, "Desiccation-induced fibrous condensation of CAHS protein from an anhydrobiotic tardigrade", Yagi-Utsumi et al., was published in Scientific Reports. Press release
Collaborative study, "Nasal delivery of single-domain antibody improves symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection in an animal model", Haga et al., was published in PLOS Pathogens.
Murata Lab. is urgently recruiting postdocs and technical support staff. If you are interested, please feel free to contact Murata.
Review paper, "Cryo-Electron Microscopy of the Giant Viruses", Burton-Smith & Murata was published in Microscopy.
"Virus, I want to see its unknown feature", Murata (Japanese) was published in Asahi news paper.
Collaborative study, "Cotonvirus japonicus using Golgi apparatus of host cells for its virion factory phylogenetically links tailed tupanvirus and icosahedral mimivirus", Takahashi et al. was published in J Virol.
Collaborative study, "A novel characteristic of a phytoplankton as a potential source of straight-chain alkanes", Harada et al. was published in Sci Rep. Here is the press release.
Collaborative study, "Structural basis of LhcbM5-mediated state transitions in green algae", Pan et al. was published in Nature Plant. Here is the press release.
"Let's start structural analysis of biomolecules with cryo-EM ", Song & Murata (Japanese) was published in the journal of the Crystallographic Society of Japan.
Book, "Neovirology" Y. Kawaoka Ed. Was published.
At the 31st NINS Symposium-What is Living- (online delivery on March 13), I gave a lecture on "Exploring the Boundary between Substances and Life from Giant Viruses".
Collaborative study, "Structural Fluctuations of the Human Proteasome α7 Homo-Tetradecamer Double Ring Imply the Proteasomal α-Ring Assembly Mechanism", Song et al. was published in Int J Mol Sci.
Collaborative study, "Below 3 Å structure of apoferritin using a multipurpose TEM with a side entry cryoholder", Kayama et al. was published in Scitific Reports.
Collaborative study, "A dynein-associated photoreceptor protein prevents ciliary acclimation to blue light", Kutomi et al. was published in Science Advances.
Our laboratory has restarted as the "Material-Life Boundary Area Research Group” in ExCELLS.
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