Yasunori Aizawa

Cell Biology

Yasunori Aizawa

Associate Professor

Cell biologyBasic Genome biology Molecular biology

2017-

Associate Professor, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2005-2017

Instructor, Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2005-2010

Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

2002-2005

Postdoctral Fellow, JHMI Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University,

2000-2002

Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute / Columbia University  

1999

Postdoctoral Scientist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University

2018

Ishiguro K, Higashino S, Hirakawa H2, Sato S, Aizawa Y, Establishment of a genome-wide and quantitative protocol for assessment of transcriptional activity at human retrotransposon L1 antisense promoters. Genes Genet Syst. 2018 Apr 10;92(5):243-249.

2018

Kitano S, Kurasawa H, Aizawa Y, Transposable elements shape the human proteome landscape via formation of cis-acting upstream open reading frames., Genes Cells. 2018 Apr;23(4):274-284.

2015

Fukuda M, Aizawa Y., Hypothetical gene C18orf42 encodes a novel protein kinase A-binding protein., Genes Cells. 2015 Apr;20(4):267-80.

2009

Kikuchi K, Fukuda M, Ito T, Inoue M, Yokoi T, Chiku S, Mitsuyama T, Asai K, Hirose T, Aizawa Y., Transcripts of unknown function in multiple-signaling pathways involved in human stem cell differentiation., Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 Aug;37(15):4987-5000.

2005

Wheelan SJ, Aizawa Y, Han JS, Boeke JD., Gene-breaking: a new paradigm for human retrotransposon-mediated gene evolution., Genome Res. 2005 Aug;15(8):1073-8.

2003

Aizawa Y, Xiang Q, Lambowitz AM, Pyle AM., The pathway for DNA recognition and RNA integration by a group II intron retrotransposon., Mol Cell. 2003 Mar;11(3):795-805.