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| Award: RNA Frontier Meeting 2024「Best Presentation Award」 NEW Yosei Hanzawa（Suzuki Lab M1) |
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| Award: RNA Frontier Meeting 2024「Best Presentation Award」 NEW Taito Nishio（Suzuki Lab M1) |
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| TOPICS: Nature Chemical Biology
A tRNA modification with aminovaleramide facilitates AUA decoding in protein synthesis Press Release Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
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| Award: 25th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society of Japan (RNA2024)「Excellence Award」
Muto Masahiro (Suzuki lab M2) |
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| Award: 25th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society of Japan (RNA2024)「Organizer Awards」
Nakazaki Ren (Suzuki lab D2) |
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| Award: 25th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society of Japan (RNA2024)「Organizer Awards」
Niwa Sena (Suzuki lab D1) |
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| AGC Corporation and the "Fundamental Research Chair for RNA Drug Discovery", a socially cooperative course, was established. The aim is to create innovative new RNA analysis methods and apply them to drug discovery. Press Release Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo AGC Corporation |
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| TOPICS: Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Structural insights into the decoding capability of isoleucine tRNAs with lysidine and agmatidine Press Release Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
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| Award: School of Engineering Dean's Award 2023 (Master's)
Takegawa Masaki (M2) won the "School of Engineering Dean's Award 2023 (Master's)". |
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| TOPICS: Molecular Cell
Transfer RNA modifications and cellular thermotolerance | |
| TOPICS: Cell
Glycosylated queuosines in tRNAs optimize translational rate and post-embryonic growth Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo Press Release Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
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| Prof. Tsutomu Suzuki has been elected to be the Board of Director (2024-2025) of the RNA society. | |
| Award: 24th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society of Japan (RNA2023)「Excellent Research Awards」
Akiyama Naho（Suzuki lab D2) |
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| Award: 24th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society of Japan (RNA2023)「Organizer Awards」
Noguchi Ryo（Suzuki lab D1) |
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| Award: 24th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society of Japan (RNA2023)「Organizer Awards」
Nakazaki Ren（Suzuki lab D1) |
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| Award: 24th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society of Japan (RNA2023)「Organizer Awards」
Niwa Sena（Suzuki lab M2) |
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| Award:The 28th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society(RNA2023)「2023 RNA society poster presentation prize」
Akiyama Naho（Suzuki lab D2) School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo [TOPICS] |
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| TOPICS: Nature Communications
Quality control of protein synthesis in the early elongation stage Press Release Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
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| Award: Sigma-Aldrich Rising Star Award
Takakura Mayuko (D3) won the "Sigma-Aldrich Rising Star Award". |
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| Award:The 21st Conference of Japanese Society of Mitochondrial Research and Medicine, Best Presentation Award
Ena Tomoda（Suzuki Lab. D1） School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo[AWARDS] [TOPICS] |
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| TOPICS: Nucleic Acids Research
Restoration of mitochondrial function through activation of hypomodified tRNAs with pathogenic mutations associated with mitochondrial diseases Press Release Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
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| Takeo Suzuki (Lecturer) got appointed as a professor of Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus. Congratulations and best wishes on this new opportunity! |
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| Award:Extremophiles 2022, Special Poster Prize Masaki Takegawa（Suzuki Lab. M1） School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo[AWARDS] [TOPICS] |
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| Award:The RNA Society of Japan 23nd Annual Meeting AOBA Prize (Best presentation award for the young scientist) Naho Akiyama（Suzuki Lab. D1） School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo[AWARDS] [TOPICS] |
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| TOPICS: Nature Communications Regulation of A-to-I RNA editing and stop codon recoding to control selenoprotein expression during skeletal myogenesis Press Release Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
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| TOPICS: Nature Reversible RNA phosphorylation stabilizes tRNA for cellular thermotolerance News & Views Press Release Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
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| Mayuko Takakura's interview by School of Engineering has been released. Youtube:I want to contribute to the health of humankind. |
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| The website of JST ERATO Suzuki RNA modification Project is open. JST ERATO Suzuki RNA modification Project |
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| Award: The RNA Society of Japan 22nd Annual Meeting AOBA Prize (Best presentation award for the young scientist)
Mai Maeda（Suzuki Lab. M2） Award: The RNA Society of Japan 22nd Annual Meeting Excellent Research Award Naho Akiyama（Suzuki Lab. M2） |
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| TOPICS: Nature Communications A single m6A modification in U6 snRNA diversifies exon sequence at the 5’ splice site Press Releases Yuma ishigami's paper has been selected as an article listed in Editors’ Highlights. Nature Communications editors select a small number of articles recently published in Nature Communications that they believe are particularly interesting or important. :+1: 1 |
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| Award: Awards for Science and Technology (Research Category) Prof. Tsutomu Suzuki received the awards for Science and Technology (Research Category) at the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. |
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| A review article on tRNA modification written by Prof. Tsutomu Suzuki has been published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. The expanding world of tRNA modifications and their disease relevance |
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| Recruiting：Project Researcher We are recruiting project researchers now. Please click here for the details. |
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| Award: The Japanese Society for Extremophiles 21st Annual Meeting Best presentation award Soushi Nozawa（Suzuki Lab. M2） |
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| Prof. Tsutomu Suzuki started JST ERATO project as a director. The title of the project is "SUZUKI RNA modification project". Press release |
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| TOPICS: Nature Communications Complete chemical structures of human mitochondrial tRNAs Press Releases Press Releases |
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| Award: President's Grand Prize Shinichiro Akichika(Suzuki Lab. D3) received President's Grand Prize (Category: Academics Achievement, Doctoral Students) |
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| Award: President's Grand Prize Naho Akiyama (Suzuki Lab. B4) received President's Grand Prize (Category: Academic Achievement, undergraduate students) |
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| Award: 10th JSPS Ikushi Prize Shinichiro Akichika（Suzuki Lab. D3）"Identification and functional analysis of the cap-specific m6A methyltransferase" 10th JSPS Ikushi Prize |
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| TOPICS: Nature Communications Biogenesis and functions of aminocarboxypropyluridine in tRNA | |
| Award: The RNA Society of Japan 21st Annual Meeting AOBA Prize (Best presentation award for the young scientist)
Shinichiro Akichika（Suzuki Lab. D3） Award: The RNA Society of Japan 21st Annual Meeting Excellent Research Award Mayuko Takakura（Suzuki Lab. M2） |
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| TOPICS: Nature Communications Dual pathways of tRNA hydroxylation ensure efficient translation by expanding decoding capability TOPICS: UTokyo Focus How cells translate genetic information -Chemical modifications give tRNA its ability to wobble- | |
| Award: Excellent Poster Award in the 20th Takeda Science Foundation Symposium on Bioscience, RNA Neobiology Shin-ichiro Akichika（Suzuki Lab. D2） | |
| TOPICS: UTokyo focus
Acetate-dependent tRNA acetylation required for decoding fidelity in protein synthesis Small molecule's unsuspected involvement in RNA modification | |
TOPICS: F1000Prime
Our article ”Cap-specific terminal N6-methylation of RNA by an RNA polymerase II-associated methyltransferase” has been recommended in F1000Prime.
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| TOPICS: Science Cap-specific terminal N6-methylation of RNA by an RNA polymerase II-associated methyltransferase Press Releases Press Releases | |
| TOPICS: Our new publication was picked up on the front cover of Nature Chemical Biology, Volume 14 Issue 11, November 2018 Preventing codon slippage & New arrival review has been released New arrival review Acetate-dependent tRNA acetylation required for decoding fidelity in protein synthesis  | |
| TOPICS: Nature Chemical Biology Acetate-dependent tRNA acetylation required for decoding fidelity in protein synthesis | |
| Award: The RNA Society of Japan 20th Annual Meeting Excellent Research Award Keiichi Minowa（Suzuki Lab. M2） Award: The RNA Society of Japan 20th Annual Meeting poster award Ittoku Kikuchi（Suzuki Lab. M2） |
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| TOPICS: Nature Communications CO2-sensitive tRNA modification associated with human mitochondrial disease TOPICS: UTokyo focus Carbon dioxide sensitive RNA chemical modification Relationship between tRNA modification and Warburg effect | |
| Award: The Young Scientists’ Prize by the Minister of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2018 Takayuki Ohira (Suzuki Lab. Assistant Professor) |
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| Award: The 26th Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award Prof. Tsutomu Suzuki "Elucidation of the biological role of RNA modification" | |
| TOPICS: NAR Breakthrough Article Metabolic and chemical regulation of tRNA modification associated with taurine deficiency and human disease |
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| TOPICS: Hydroxylation of a conserved tRNA modification establishes non-universal genetic code in echinoderm mitochondria. | |
| Award: The RNA Society of Japan 19th Annual Meeting Excellent Research Award Kensuke Ishiguro（Suzuki Lab. D2） |
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| Award: The RNA Society of Japan 19th Annual Meeting Excellent Research Award Yutaro Yamaguchi（Suzuki Lab. M2） |
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| Award: GPLLI 5th General Meeting Best Poster Award Layla Kawarada （Suzuki Lab. M2） 「ALKBH1 is an RNA dioxygenase responsible for mitochondrial and cytoplasmic tRNA modifications」 |
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| Award: The 43rd Naito Conference ( Noncoding RNA : Biology, Chemistry, & Diseases ) Poster award Yuma Ishigami (Suzuki Lab. D2) " U6 snRNA m6A stabilizes 5’ splice site recognition " |
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| Award: The 17th BIO UT Poster award Shin-ichiro Akichika (Suzuki Lab. D1) "Mass spectrometric characterization of post-transcriptional modifications in mRNAs and spliced-leader RNA from Trypanosoma brucei" |
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| We have renewed our website. | |
| TOPICS: Precursors of tRNAs are stabilized by methylguanosine cap structures. | |
| TOPICS: NSUN3 methylase initiates 5-formylcytidine biogenesis in human mitochondrial tRNA(Met). |
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