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Iwane Suzuki is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Their research primarily spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and energy, with a strong focus on algal biology and biofuel production, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and related ecological topics.

Their work is distributed over multiple subfields, including molecular biology, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, biochemistry, ecology, and oceanography. Key research topics addressed in their publications include algal biology and biofuel production, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, protist diversity and phylogeny, lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine and coastal ecosystems, and diatoms and algae research.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Suzuki are:

  • Improvement and screening of astaxanthin producing mutants of newly isolated Coelastrum sp. using ethyl methane sulfonate induced mutagenesis technique, 2021, Biotechnology Reports
  • Plastidic Δ6 Fatty-Acid Desaturases with Distinctive Substrate Specificity Regulate the Pool of C18-PUFAs in the Ancestral Picoalga Ostreococcus tauri, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Temperature Acclimation of the Picoalga Ostreococcus tauri Triggers Early Fatty-Acid Variations and Involves a Plastidial ω3-Desaturase, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Effect of organic carbon sources on growth, lipid production and fatty acid profile in mixotrophic culture of Scenedesmus dimorphus (Turpin) Kützing, 2024, The Microbe
  • Rapid phosphate uptake via an ABC transporter induced by sulfate deficiency in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, 2021, Algal Research

Suzuki collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Kohei Yoneda
  • Yoshiaki Maeda
  • Hirofumi Hara
  • Koji Iwamoto
  • Masanobu Kawachi

Their work has appeared in a variety of scientific venues, predominantly focused on marine biotechnology and algal research. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Marine Biotechnology
  • Algal Research
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Best Publications

  • Salt stress and hyperosmotic stress regulate the expression of different sets of genes in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

    Yu Kanesaki;Iwane Suzuki;Iwane Suzuki;Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Koji Mikami

  • The pathway for perception and transduction of low‐temperature signals in Synechocystis

    Iwane Suzuki;Dmitry A. Los;Dmitry A. Los;Yu Kanesaki;Koji Mikami

  • Cold-regulated genes under control of the cold sensor Hik33 in Synechocystis.

    Iwane Suzuki;Yu Kanesaki;Koji Mikami;Minoru Kanehisa

  • Complete genomic structure of the bloom-forming toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843.

    Takakazu Kaneko;Nobuyoshi Nakajima;Shinobu Okamoto;Iwane Suzuki

  • Genetic engineering of the unsaturation of fatty acids in membrane lipids alters the tolerance of Synechocystis to salt stress

    Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Yoshitaka Nishiyama;Iwane Suzuki;Yasushi Tasaka

  • Unsaturated fatty acids in membrane lipids protect the photosynthetic machinery against salt-induced damage in Synechococcus.

    Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Mikio Kinoshita;Mikio Kinoshita;Masami Inaba;Iwane Suzuki

  • The histidine kinase Hik33 perceives osmotic stress and cold stress in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803.

    Koji Mikami;Yu Kanesaki;Iwane Suzuki;Iwane Suzuki;Norio Murata;Norio Murata

  • Identification of histidine kinases that act as sensors in the perception of salt stress in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Kay Marin;Iwane Suzuki;Katsushi Yamaguchi;Kathrin Ribbeck

  • Systematic Analysis of the Relation of Electron Transport and ATP Synthesis to the Photodamage and Repair of Photosystem II in Synechocystis

    Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Yoshitaka Nishiyama;Shunichi Takahashi;Sachio Miyairi

  • Functional expression of a Δ12 fatty acid desaturase gene from spinach in transgenic pigs

    Kazuhiro Saeki;Kazuya Matsumoto;Mikio Kinoshita;Iwane Suzuki

  • Positive Regulation of Sugar Catabolic Pathways in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by the Group 2 σ Factor SigE

    Takashi Osanai;Yu Kanesaki;Yu Kanesaki;Takayuki Nakano;Hiroyuki Takahashi

  • The SphS-SphR Two Component System Is the Exclusive Sensor for the Induction of Gene Expression in Response to Phosphate Limitation in Synechocystis

    Shingo Suzuki;Shingo Suzuki;Ali Ferjani;Iwane Suzuki;Iwane Suzuki;Norio Murata;Norio Murata

  • Gene-engineered Rigidification of Membrane Lipids Enhances the Cold Inducibility of Gene Expression in Synechocystis

    Masami Inaba;Iwane Suzuki;Balázs Szalontai;Yu Kanesaki

  • Nitrogen Induction of Sugar Catabolic Gene Expression in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Takashi Osanai;Sousuke Imamura;Sousuke Imamura;Munehiko Asayama;Makoto Shirai

  • Five histidine kinases perceive osmotic stress and regulate distinct sets of genes in Synechocystis.

    Kalyanee Paithoonrangsarid;Maria A. Shoumskaya;Maria A. Shoumskaya;Yu Kanesaki;Yu Kanesaki;Syusei Satoh

  • Genomic structure of an economically important cyanobacterium, Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis NIES-39.

    Takatomo Fujisawa;Rei Narikawa;Shinobu Okamoto;Shigeki Ehira

  • Glucosylglycerol, a compatible solute, sustains cell division under salt stress.

    Ali Ferjani;Laszlo Mustardy;Laszlo Mustardy;Ronan Sulpice;Kay Marin

  • Gene Expression Profiling Reflects Physiological Processes in Salt Acclimation of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803

    Kay Marin;Yu Kanesaki;Dmitry A. Los;Norio Murata

  • Identical Hik-Rre systems are involved in perception and transduction of salt signals and hyperosmotic signals but regulate the expression of individual genes to different extents in synechocystis.

    Maria A. Shoumskaya;Kalyanee Paithoonrangsarid;Yu Kanesaki;Dmitry A. Los

  • The Cyanobacteria: Molecular Biology, Genomics and Evolution

    D.A. Los;I. Suzuki;V.V. Zinchenko;N. Murata

Frequent Co-Authors

Norio Murata
Norio Murata National Institute for Basic Biology
Dmitry A. Los
Dmitry A. Los Russian Academy of Sciences
Tatsuo Omata
Tatsuo Omata Nagoya University
Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev Russian Academy of Sciences
Martin Hagemann
Martin Hagemann University of Rostock
Antoni R. Slabas
Antoni R. Slabas Durham University
Sisinthy Shivaji
Sisinthy Shivaji L V Prasad Eye Institute
Minoru Kanehisa
Minoru Kanehisa Kyoto University
Richard L. Smith
Richard L. Smith Tohoku University
Satoshi Tabata
Satoshi Tabata Tokyo University of Science

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