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Shunsuke Hirooka

National Institute of GeneticsORCID 0000-0001-6247-8104Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:C. elegans· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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Shin‐ya MiyagishimaiD· 2 shared Yuu HiroseiD· 2 shared Atsuko Hikikoshi IwaneiD· 1 shared Baifeng ZhouiD· 1 shared Dai TsujinoiD· 1 shared Fumi YagisawaiD· 1 shared Jian‐Ren SheniD· 1 shared Keisuke KawakamiiD· 1 shared

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Plant BiologyThe Plant CellPeer-reviewedMay 21, 2026

Sexual life cycle establishes the unicellular red algae Cyanidiophyceae as a genetically tractable model lineage for eukaryotic evolution

Shunsuke Hirooka, Takayuki Fujiwara, Mark Seger…·Shin‐ya Miyagishima

The paper identifies sexual life cycles in Cyanidiophyceae algae, develops genetic tools, and reveals phase-specific epigenetic regulation, positioning them as a model for eukaryotic evolution.

DOI 10.1093/plcell/koag148

C. elegansDNA methylation

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Plant BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedMar 5, 2024

Structure of PSI-LHCI from Cyanidium caldarium provides evolutionary insights into conservation and diversity of red-lineage LHCs

Koji Kato, Tasuku Hamaguchi, Minoru Kumazawa…·Ryo Nagao

The paper determines the structure of PSI-LHCI from Cyanidium caldarium and investigates its evolutionary relationships with other red-lineage LHCs.

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C. eleganscryo-EM

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