Azuma Taoka

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Kanazawa University

Japan

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Azuma Taoka is an Associate Professor at Kanazawa University in Japan. His research areas encompass high-speed atomic force microscopy, magnetotactic bacteria, and the interactions of extracellular vesicles with microbial surfaces. He has contributed extensively to studies on magnetosome-associated proteins and their physical properties, as well as methods for isolating and purifying cellular components for advanced imaging techniques.

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Molecular mechanisms of the bacteri-al magnetic organelle surface proteins that functionalize the magnetosome as a biological magnetic needle.

Open Date: 2023-01-01

Close Date: 2026-01-01

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Optimization of multiple method baced on neutron reflectometry for analysis of biogenesis of Gram-negative bacterial membrane.

Open Date: 2021-10-07

Close Date: 2024-03-31

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Role of predator-prey interactions between magnetotactic bacteria and eukaryotic microorganisms on global iron cycle

Open Date: 2021-07-09

Close Date: 2024-03-31

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Elucidation of prokaryotic nanosized-organelle regulatory mechanism using molecular imaging

Open Date: 2019-04-01

Close Date: 2022-03-31

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Interactions between the cytoskeletal filaments and de novo synthesized magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacterial cells

Open Date: 2018-01-01

Close Date: 2020-12-31

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Noriyuki Kodera

Kanazawa University

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Nanoscopic Profiling of Small Extracellular Vesicles via High‐Speed Atomic Force Microscopy (HS‐AFM) Videography

Isolation and cultivation of a novel freshwater magnetotactic coccus FCR-1 containing unchained magnetosomes

S100A11 promotes focal adhesion disassembly via myosin II-driven contractility and Piezo1-mediated Ca2+ entry

An Efficient Method for Isolating and Purifying Nuclei from Mice Brain for Single-Molecule Imaging Using High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy

Recent advances in studies on magnetosome‐associated proteins composing the bacterial geomagnetic sensor organelle

Influence of protozoan grazing on magnetotactic bacteria on intracellular and extracellular iron content

McaA and McaB control the dynamic positioning of a bacterial magnetic organelle

Physical Properties and Shifting of the Extracellular Membrane Vesicles Attached to Living Bacterial Cell Surfaces

A Single Shot of Vesicles

Geometrical Characterization of Glass Nanopipettes with Sub-10 nm Pore Diameter by Transmission Electron Microscopy

Tree of motility – A proposed history of motility systems in the tree of life

Diversity of physical properties of bacterial extracellular membrane vesicles revealed through atomic force microscopy phase imaging

Diversity of physical properties of bacterial extracellular membrane vesicles revealed through atomic force microscopy phase imaging

Collaborators (15)

Noriyuki Kodera

Shinji Watanabe

Koji Nakayama

Kien Xuan NGO

Clemens Franz

Christopher T. Lefevre

Taro QP Uyeda

Nozomu Obana

robert robinson

Linhao Sun

Matthieu Amor

Elias Taylor-Cornejo

Keisuke Miyazawa

Nobuhiko Nomura

Kee Siang Lim

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