Education

Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Department of Life Science, Rikkyo University, Japan, 2014

Current position

Postdoctoral Fellow, Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Publication (since 2009)

1. Takada, H., Morita, M., Shiwa, Y., Sugimoto, R., Suzuki, S., Kawamura, F. and Yoshikawa, H. (2014). Cell motility and biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis are affected by the ribosomal proteins, S11 and S21. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 78(5): 898-907.
   
2. Suzuki, S., Tanigawa, O., Akanuma, G., Nanamiya, H., Kawamura, F., Tagami, K., Nomura, N., Kawabata, T. and Sekine, Y. (2014). Enhanced expression of Bacillus subtilis yaaA can restore both the growth and the sporulation defects caused by mutation of rplB, encoding ribosomal protein L2. Microbiology 160(Pt 6): 1040-1053.
   
3. Yano, K., Wada, T., Suzuki, S., Tagami, K., Matsumoto, T., Shiwa, Y., Ishige, T., Kawaguchi, Y., Masuda, K., Akanuma, G., Nanamiya, H., Niki, H., Yoshikawa, H. and Kawamura, F. (2013). Multiple rRNA operons are essential for efficient cell growth and sporulation as well as outgrowth in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology 159(Pt 11): 2225-2236.
   
4. Akanuma, G., Suzuki, S., Yano, K., Nanamiya, H., Natori, Y., Namba, E., Watanabe, K., Tagami, K., Takeda, T., Iizuka, Y., Kobayashi, A., Ishizuka, M., Yoshikawa, H. and Kawamura, F. (2013). Single mutations introduced in the essential ribosomal proteins L3 and S10 cause a sporulation defect in Bacillus subtilis. J Gen Appl Microbiol 59(2): 105-117.
   
5. Akanuma, G., Nanamiya, H., Natori, Y., Yano, K., Suzuki, S., Omata, S., Ishizuka, M., Sekine, Y. and Kawamura, F. (2012). Inactivation of ribosomal protein genes in Bacillus subtilis reveals importance of each ribosomal protein for cell proliferation and cell differentiation. J Bacteriol 194(22): 6282-6291.
   
6. Tagami, K., Nanamiya, H., Kazo, Y., Maehashi, M., Suzuki, S., Namba, E., Hoshiya, M., Hanai, R., Tozawa, Y., Morimoto, T., Ogasawara, N., Kageyama, Y., Ara, K., Ozaki, K., Yoshida, M., Kuroiwa, H., Kuroiwa, T., Ohashi, Y. and Kawamura, F. (2012). Expression of a small (p)ppGpp synthetase, YwaC, in the (p)ppGpp(0) mutant of Bacillus subtilis triggers YvyD-dependent dimerization of ribosome. Microbiologyopen 1(2): 115-134.
   
7. Nanamiya, H., Sato, M., Masuda, K., Sato, M., Wada, T., Suzuki, S., Natori, Y., Katano, M., Akanuma, G. and Kawamura, F. (2010). Bacillus subtilis mutants harbouring a single copy of the rRNA operon exhibit severe defects in growth and sporulation. Microbiology 156(Pt 10): 2944-2952.
   
8. Natori, Y., Tagami, K., Murakami, K., Yoshida, S., Tanigawa, O., Moh, Y., Masuda, K., Wada, T., Suzuki, S., Nanamiya, H., Tozawa, Y. and Kawamura, F. (2009). Transcription activity of individual rrn operons in Bacillus subtilis mutants deficient in (p)ppGpp synthetase genes, relA, yjbM, and ywaC. J Bacteriol 191(14): 4555-4561.