Toyama Group

Yusuke HARA

Alumni, Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore

mbiyusu@nus.edu.sg
Level 10 T-Lab
National University of Singapore
5A Engineering Drive 1
Singapore 117411

Seeking Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the research group of Dr. Tsuyoshi Hirashima at the Mechanobiology Institute, NUS ( Cloned )

We are seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Collective Cell Dynamics in Mammalian Development and Reproduction Laboratory at the Mechanobiology Institute, NUS.

By Hidden|Oct 26th, 2026|Categories: Jobs|Comments Off on Seeking Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the research group of Dr. Tsuyoshi Hirashima at the Mechanobiology Institute, NUS ( Cloned )

MBI Researchers Identify a Signalling Pathway in Stiff Ovarian Tissue Affecting Egg Maturation

A joint study between the Li and Young Labs at MBI, together with A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, pinpoints the molecular switch responsible for matrix stiffness in ageing ovaries, offering an alternative way to treat age-related infertility without having to reverse stiffness.

By Andrew Ming-Shang|Oct 23rd, 2026|Categories: Li Lab, News, Young Lab|Comments Off on MBI Researchers Identify a Signalling Pathway in Stiff Ovarian Tissue Affecting Egg Maturation

Yusuke Hara

Alumni

Principal Investigator

Yusuke Toyama

Research Interests

Mechanotransduction in Tissues

Recent Publications

  1. Sun Z, Amourda C, Shagirov M, Hara Y, Saunders TE, and Toyama Y. Author Correction: Basolateral protrusion and apical contraction cooperatively drive Drosophila germ-band extension. Nat. Cell Biol. 2018;. [PMID: 29507405]
  2. Hara Y. Contraction and elongation: Mechanics underlying cell boundary deformations in epithelial tissue. Dev. Growth Differ. 2017;. [PMID: 28573735]
  3. Ding WY, Ong HT, Hara Y, Wongsantichon J, Toyama Y, Robinson RC, Nédélec F, and Zaidel-Bar R. Plastin increases cortical connectivity to facilitate robust polarization and timely cytokinesis. J. Cell Biol. 2017;. [PMID: 28400443]
  4. Sun Z, Amourda C, Shagirov M, Hara Y, Saunders TE, and Toyama Y. Basolateral protrusion and apical contraction cooperatively drive Drosophila germ-band extension. Nat. Cell Biol. 2017;. [PMID: 28346438]
  5. Bertocchi C, Wang Y, Ravasio A, Hara Y, Wu Y, Sailov T, Baird MA, Davidson MW, Zaidel-Bar R, Toyama Y, Ladoux B, Mege R, and Kanchanawong P. Nanoscale architecture of cadherin-based cell adhesions. Nat. Cell Biol. 2016;. [PMID: 27992406]
  6. Hara Y, Shagirov M, and Toyama Y. Cell Boundary Elongation by Non-autonomous Contractility in Cell Oscillation. Curr. Biol. 2016; 26(17):2388-96. [PMID: 27524484]
By Management|2018-02-20T13:14:57+08:00Apr 20th, 2017|Categories: Alumni, Toyama Alumni|Comments Off on Yusuke Hara

About the National University of Singapore

About NUSA leading global university centred in Asia, NUS is Singapore's flagship university, offering a global approach to education and research with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise.

About the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore

About MBIOne of four Research Centres of Excellence at NUS, MBI is working to identify, measure and describe how the forces for motility and morphogenesis are expressed at the molecular, cellular and tissue level.
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