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Negative autoregulation controls size scaling in confined gene expression reactions by Maeda, Yusuke T.

“…Gene expression via transcription-translation is the most fundamental reaction to sustain biological systems, and complex reactions occur in a small…”
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Development of an artificial cell, from self-organization to computation and self-reproduction by Noireaux, Vincent, Maeda, Yusuke T, Libchaber, Albert

“…This article describes the state and the development of an artificial cell project. We discuss the experimental constraints to synthesize the most elementary…”
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Edge current and pairing order transition in chiral bacterial vortices by Beppu, Kazusa, Izri, Ziane, Sato, Tasuku, Yamanishi, Yoko, Sumino, Yutaka, Maeda, Yusuke T.

“…Bacterial suspensions show turbulence-like spatiotemporal dynamics and vortices moving irregularly inside the suspensions. Understanding these ordered vortices…”
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Phase Separation and Protein Partitioning in Compartmentalized Cell-Free Expression Reactions by Kato, Shuzo, Garenne, David, Noireaux, Vincent, Maeda, Yusuke T

“…Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is important to control a wide range of reactions from gene expression to protein degradation in a cell-sized space. To…”
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Anomalous Scaling of Gene Expression in Confined Cell-Free Reactions by Sakamoto, Ryota, Noireaux, Vincent, Maeda, Yusuke T.

“…Cellular surface breaks the symmetry of molecular diffusion across membrane. Here, we study how steric interactions between the surface and the bulk of…”
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Geometry-driven collective ordering of bacterial vortices by Beppu, Kazusa, Izri, Ziane, Gohya, Jun, Eto, Kanta, Ichikawa, Masatoshi, Maeda, Yusuke T

“…Controlling the phases of matter is a challenge that spans from condensed materials to biological systems. Here, by imposing a geometric boundary condition, we…”
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Mechanically Distinct Microtubule Arrays Determine the Length and Force Response of the Meiotic Spindle by Takagi, Jun, Sakamoto, Ryota, Shiratsuchi, Gen, Maeda, Yusuke T., Shimamoto, Yuta

“…The microtubule-based spindle is subjected to various mechanical forces during cell division. How the structure generates and responds to forces while…”
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Effects of long DNA folding and small RNA stem–loop in thermophoresis by Maeda, Yusuke T, Tlusty, Tsvi, Libchaber, Albert

“…In thermophoresis, with the fluid at rest, suspensions move along a gradient of temperature. In an aqueous solution, a PEG polymer suspension is depleted from…”
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Thermal separation: interplay between the Soret effect and entropic force gradient by Maeda, Yusuke T, Buguin, Axel, Libchaber, Albert

“…Thermophoresis, the Soret effect, depletes a high concentration of a polyethylene glycol polymer solution from the hot region and builds a concentration…”
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Controlling Collective Motion of Kinesin-Driven Microtubules via Patterning of Topographic Landscapes by Araki, Shunya, Beppu, Kazusa, Kabir, Arif Md. Rashedul, Kakugo, Akira, Maeda, Yusuke T

“…Biomolecular motor proteins that generate forces by consuming chemical energy obtained from ATP hydrolysis play pivotal roles in organizing cytoskeletal…”
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Insights into the Micromechanical Properties of the Metaphase Spindle by Shimamoto, Yuta, Maeda, Yusuke T., Ishiwata, Shin'ichi, Libchaber, Albert J., Kapoor, Tarun M.

“…The microtubule-based metaphase spindle is subjected to forces that act in diverse orientations and over a wide range of timescales. Currently, we cannot…”
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Tug-of-war between actomyosin-driven antagonistic forces determines the positioning symmetry in cell-sized confinement by Sakamoto, Ryota, Tanabe, Masatoshi, Hiraiwa, Tetsuya, Suzuki, Kazuya, Ishiwata, Shin’ichi, Maeda, Yusuke T., Miyazaki, Makito

“…Symmetric or asymmetric positioning of intracellular structures including the nucleus and mitotic spindle steers various biological processes such as cell…”
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Morphological growth dynamics, mechanical stability, and active microtubule mechanics underlying spindle self-organization by Fukuyama, Tatsuya, Yan, Lucan, Tanaka, Masahito, Yamaoka, Megumi, Saito, Kei, Ti, Shih-Chieh, Liao, Chung-Chi, Hsia, Kuo-Chiang, Maeda, Yusuke T, Shimamoto, Yuta

“…The spindle is a dynamic intracellular structure self-organized from microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins. The spindle's bipolar morphology is…”
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Protein Needles Designed to Self‐Assemble through Needle Tip Engineering by Kikuchi, Kosuke, Fukuyama, Tatsuya, Uchihashi, Takayuki, Furuta, Tadaomi, Maeda, Yusuke T., Ueno, Takafumi

“…The dynamic process of formation of protein assemblies is essential to form highly ordered structures in biological systems. Advances in structural and…”
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Collective motion of epithelial cells along a wrinkled 3D-buckled hydrogel by Shigeta, Kazuyuki, Fukuyama, Tatsuya, Takahashi, Riku, Beppu, Kazusa, Tanaka, Aya, Maeda, Yusuke T

“…Epithelial cells migrate autonomously by aligning and inducing a collective motion. Controlling the collective motion of epithelial cells in geometrically…”
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Unveiling the physics underlying symmetry breaking of the actin cytoskeleton: An artificial cell-based approach by Sakamoto, Ryota, Maeda, Yusuke T.

“…Single-cell behaviors cover many biological functions, such as cell division during morphogenesis and tissue metastasis, and cell migration during cancer cell…”
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Exploring order in active turbulence: Geometric rule and pairing order transition in confined bacterial vortices by Beppu, Kazusa, Maeda, Yusuke T.

“…Ordered collective motion emerges in a group of autonomously motile elements (known as active matter) as their density increases. Microswimmers, such as…”
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Opto-thermal diffusiophoresis of soft biological matter: from physical principle to molecular manipulation by Fukuyama, Tatsuya, Maeda, Yusuke T.

“…Transport of ions and molecules under external field gradients is fundamental phenomena relevant to many biological systems including molecular motors in…”
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Ordered patterns of cell shape and orientational correlation during spontaneous cell migration by Maeda, Yusuke T, Inose, Junya, Matsuo, Miki Y, Iwaya, Suguru, Sano, Masaki

“…In the absence of stimuli, most motile eukaryotic cells move by spontaneously coordinating cell deformation with cell movement in the absence of stimuli. Yet…”
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Directing and Boosting of Cell Migration by the Entropic Force Gradient in Polymer Solution by Fukuyama, Tatsuya, Fuke, Ariko, Mochizuki, Megumi, Kamei, Ken-ichiro, Maeda, Yusuke T

“…Noncontact manipulation of nano/micromaterials presents a great challenge in fields ranging from biotechnology to nanotechnology. In this study we developed a…”
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