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

Are focal adhesions dynamic?

Are focal adhesion dynamic? In migrating cells, turnover of adhesion components happens throughout the adhesion life cycle, with a shift in equilibrium between rates of recruitment and removal during the various stages. At the [...]

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Are focal adhesions dynamic?

Are focal adhesion dynamic? In migrating cells, turnover of adhesion components happens throughout the adhesion life cycle, with a shift in equilibrium between rates of recruitment and removal during the various stages. At the [...]

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How are focal adhesion dynamics regulated?

How are focal adhesion dynamics regulated? The highly dynamic and complex molecular composition of focal adhesions is regulated by a number of physico-chemical signals arising from its surroundings, such as extracellular matrix stiffness, topography, [...]

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How do nascent adhesions grow into mature focal adhesions?

How do nascent adhesions grow into mature focal adhesions? Nascent adhesions undergo a transient phase of rapid assembly and disassembly through which a fraction of adhesions survive to evolve into more stable and larger [...]

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What is the role of Rho GTPases in the regulation of focal adhesion assembly?

What is the role of Rho GTPases in the regulation of focal adhesion assembly? Synergistic integrin-syndecan signaling The rate and extent of focal adhesion formation and maturation are regulated by factors such as synergistic [...]

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What is the role of integrin clustering in focal adhesion assembly?

What is the role of integrin clustering in focal adhesion assembly? There is still much debate over the mechanisms of signal transduction following integrin-ligand binding, however recent studies reveal that irrespective of the global [...]

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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]
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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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