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  1. Linear contraction of stress fibers generates cell body rotation

    Article • Cell Reports Physical Science, February 2025, Elsevier

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  2. A low-cost electric micromanipulator and its application to single-cell electroporation

    Article • Biophysics and Physicobiology, January 2025, Biophysical Society of Japan

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  3. Bayesian traction force estimation using cell boundary-dependent force priors

    Article • Biophysical Journal, December 2023, Elsevier

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  4. Leading-edge elongation by follower cell interruption in advancing epithelial cell sheets

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  5. Discovery of an F-actin–binding small molecule serving as a fluorescent probe and a scaffold for functional probes

    Article • Science Advances, November 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  6. Comparative mapping of crawling-cell morphodynamics in deep learning-based feature space

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, August 2021, PLOS

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  7. Actin-binding domains mediate the distinct distribution of two Dictyostelium Talins through different affinities to specific subsets of actin filaments during directed cell migration

    Article • PLOS One, April 2019, PLOS

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  8. Cracking pattern of tissue slices induced by external extension provides useful diagnostic information

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Kenichi Yoshikawa, Yoshiaki Iwadate

  9. Rotation of stress fibers as a single wheel in migrating fish keratocytes

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  10. Sensing of substratum rigidity and directional migration by fast-crawling cells

    Article • May 2018, American Physical Society (APS)

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  11. Directional Cell Migration in Response to Repeated Substratum Stretching

    Article • Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, October 2017, Physical Society of Japan

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  12. Kinetics of Coloration in Photochromic Tungsten(VI) Oxide/Silicon Oxycarbide/Silica Hybrid Xerogel: Insight into Cation Self-diffusion Mechanisms

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, May 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  13. Hybrid mechanosensing system to generate the polarity needed for migration in fish keratocytes

    Article • Cell Adhesion & Migration, April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  14. Fast-crawling cell types migrate to avoid the direction of periodic substratum stretching

    Article • Cell Adhesion & Migration, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  15. Shape and Area of Keratocytes Are Related to the Distribution and Magnitude of Their Traction Forces

    Article • Cell Structure and Function, January 2016, Japan Society for Cell Biology

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  16. The Role of Stress Fibers in the Shape Determination Mechanism of Fish Keratocytes

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2016, Elsevier

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  17. Ciliary metachronal wave propagation on the compliant surface ofParameciumcells

    Article • Cytoskeleton, December 2015, Wiley

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  18. The molecular dynamics of crawling migration in microtubule-disrupted keratocytes

    Article • Biophysics and Physicobiology, January 2015, Biophysical Society of Japan

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  19. Myosin-II-Mediated Directional Migration of Dictyostelium Cells in Response to Cyclic Stretching of Substratum

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2013, Elsevier

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  20. Electroporation of adherent cells with low sample volumes on a microscope stage

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, January 2013, The Company of Biologists

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  21. Stretching Actin Filaments within Cells Enhances their Affinity for the Myosin II Motor Domain

    Article • PLOS One, October 2011, PLOS

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  22. Cyclic stretch of the substratum using a shape-memory alloy induces directional migration in Dictyostelium cells

    Article • BioTechniques, September 2009, Future Science

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  23. PTEN is a mechanosensing signal transducer for myosin II localization inDictyosteliumcells

    Article • Genes to Cells, July 2009, Wiley

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  24. Calcium regulates independently ciliary beat and cell contraction in Paramecium cells

    Article • Cell Calcium, August 2008, Elsevier

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  25. Molecular dynamics and forces of a motile cell simultaneously visualized by TIRF and force microscopies

    Article • BioTechniques, May 2008, Future Science

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  26. Actin-based propulsive forces and myosin-II-based contractile forces in migratingDictyosteliumcells

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, April 2008, The Company of Biologists

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  27. Multiple Myosin II Heavy Chain Kinases: Roles in Filament Assembly Control and Proper Cytokinesis inDictyostelium

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, September 2005, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  28. Ciliary reorientation is evoked by a rise in calcium level over the entire cilium

    Article • Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, April 2004, Wiley

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  29. Photolysis of caged calcium in cilia induces ciliary reversal inParamecium caudatum

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, April 2003, The Company of Biologists

    Yoshiaki Iwadate

  30. Contribution of Calcium Influx on Trichocyst Discharge in Paramecium caudatum

    Article • ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, May 2001, Zoological Society of Japan

    Yoshiaki Iwadate