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Tadashi Uemura

Tadashi Uemura

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
15586
World Ranking
13001
National Ranking
900

Overview

Tadashi Uemura is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work encompasses a range of subfields, including Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Immunology, and Cell Biology.

Key topics addressed in Uemura's research include:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

They have contributed recently to several scientific publications, with notable papers including:

  • "Image-based parameter inference for epithelial mechanics" (2022) published in PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Augmin complex activity finetunes dendrite morphology through non-centrosomal microtubule nucleation in vivo" (2024) published in Journal of Cell Science
  • "Divergence of Drosophila species: Longevity and reproduction under different nutrient balances" (2020) published in Genes to Cells
  • "Inter-organ Wingless/Ror/Akt signaling regulates nutrient-dependent hyperarborization of somatosensory neurons" (2022) published in eLife
  • "Dynamic de novo adipose tissue development during metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster" (2023) published in Development

Uemura regularly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Genes to Cells, Journal of Experimental Biology, and PLoS Computational Biology.

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Their most common co-authors include Yukako Hattori, Tadao Usui, Kaori Watanabe, Ayumi Mure, and Yuma Tsukasa.

Best Publications

  • Flamingo, a seven-pass transmembrane cadherin, regulates planar cell polarity under the control of Frizzled.

    Tadao Usui;Yasuyuki Shima;Yuko Shimada;Shinji Hirano

  • Searching for pattern and mutation in the Drosophila genome with a P-lacZ vector.

    E Bier;H Vaessin;S Shepherd;K Lee

  • DNA topoisomerase II is required for condensation and separation of mitotic chromosomes in S. pombe.

    Tadashi Uemura;Hiroyuki Ohkura;Yasuhisa Adachi;Kazuhiko Morino

  • Control of Actin Reorganization by Slingshot, a Family of Phosphatases that Dephosphorylate ADF/Cofilin

    Ryusuke Niwa;Kyoko Nagata-Ohashi;Masatoshi Takeichi;Kensaku Mizuno

  • numb, a gene required in determination of cell fate during sensory organ formation in Drosophila embryos

    Tadashi Uemura;Susan Shepherd;Larry Ackerman;Lily Yeh Jan

  • Isolation of type I and II DNA topoisomerase mutants from fission yeast: single and double mutants show different phenotypes in cell growth and chromatin organization.

    T. Uemura;M. Yanagida

  • A Drosophila Homolog of Cadherin Associated with Armadillo and Essential for Embryonic Cell-Cell Adhesion

    Hiroki Oda;Tadashi Uemura;Yoshito Harada;Youichi Iwai

  • α-Catenin-Vinculin Interaction Functions to Organize the Apical Junctional Complex in Epithelial Cells

    Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida;Naoshige Uchida;Yuzo Imamura;Akira Nagafuchi

  • Lack of cadherins Celsr2 and Celsr3 impairs ependymal ciliogenesis, leading to fatal hydrocephalus

    Fadel Tissir;Yibo Qu;Mireille Montcouquiol;Libing Zhou

  • Isolation and characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe cutmutants that block nuclear division but not cytokinesis.

    Tatsuya Hirano;Shin-ichi Funahashi;Tadashi Uemura;Mitsuhiro Yanagida

  • Mitotic spindle pulls but fails to separate chromosomes in type II DNA topoisomerase mutants: uncoordinated mitosis.

    Tadashi Uemura;Mitsuhiro Yanagida

  • GETDB, a database compiling expression patterns and molecular locations of a collection of gal4 enhancer traps

    Shigeo Hayashi;Kei Ito;Yukiko Sado;Misako Taniguchi

  • Axon Patterning Requires D N-cadherin, a Novel Neuronal Adhesion Receptor, in the Drosophila Embryonic CNS

    Youichi Iwai;Tadao Usui;Shinji Hirano;Ruth Steward

  • Zygotic Drosophila E-cadherin expression is required for processes of dynamic epithelial cell rearrangement in the Drosophila embryo.

    T Uemura;H Oda;R Kraut;S Hayashi

  • Polarized Transport of Frizzled along the Planar Microtubule Arrays in Drosophila Wing Epithelium

    Yuko Shimada;Shigenobu Yonemura;Hiroyuki Ohkura;David Strutt

  • Homophilic Dscam Interactions Control Complex Dendrite Morphogenesis

    Michael E. Hughes;Rachel Bortnick;Asako Tsubouchi;Philipp Bäumer

  • Control of growth cone motility and morphology by LIM kinase and Slingshot via phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of cofilin.

    Mitsuharu Endo;Kazumasa Ohashi;Yukio Sasaki;Yoshio Goshima

  • Asymmetric colocalization of Flamingo, a seven-pass transmembrane cadherin, and Dishevelled in planar cell polarization.

    Yuko Shimada;Tadao Usui;Shin-ichi Yanagawa;Masatoshi Takeichi

  • A pathway of neuregulin-induced activation of cofilin-phosphatase Slingshot and cofilin in lamellipodia.

    Kyoko Nagata-Ohashi;Yusaku Ohta;Kazumichi Goto;Shuhei Chiba

  • Spatial control of branching within dendritic arbors by dynein-dependent transport of Rab5-endosomes.

    Daisuke Satoh;Daichi Sato;Taiichi Tsuyama;Motoki Saito

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryusuke Niwa
Ryusuke Niwa University of Tsukuba
Kensaku Mizuno
Kensaku Mizuno Tohoku University
Mitsuhiro Yanagida
Mitsuhiro Yanagida Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Kazumasa Ohashi
Kazumasa Ohashi Tohoku University
Masanori Matsuzaki
Masanori Matsuzaki University of Tokyo
Akira Murakami
Akira Murakami Kyoto University
Ryu Ueda
Ryu Ueda National Institute of Genetics
Naoshige Uchida
Naoshige Uchida Harvard University
Tomoo Hirano
Tomoo Hirano Kyoto University

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