Scott Takeo Aoki

An Open House event increased awareness and interest in post-bac STEM programs among underrepresented minorities through campus visits and interactions with faculty and students.

The paper shows that IFE-1 assembly into P granules is essential for its repressive function in C. elegans germ cells.

This paper uses {lambda}-dynamics to predict RNA binding preferences of human Pumilio, including modified RNAs, showing high accuracy compared to experimental data.

This study uses HaloTag in C. elegans to track intestinal histone turnover and shows protein stability changes during starvation.

The paper shows that expressing a histone H3.3 isoform in C. elegans intestine causes extra nuclei, suggesting a role for histone H3.3 in nuclear division beyond mitosis.

This paper uses in silico λ-dynamics to predict antibody binding specificities to RNA modifications, showing high agreement with experimental results.

This study develops an eight-week CRISPR training program for high school and undergraduate students using C. elegans, showing improved molecular biology skills and enthusiasm.

The paper improves a protein-mRNA tethering assay in C. elegans to study RNA binding protein function, finding that NOS-3 enhances reporter expression and mRNA stability.

The paper investigates how PGL dimerization is essential for P-granule assembly and mRNA repression in nematodes, identifying WAGO-1 as a key regulator.

The paper identifies FOG-3 as a Tob/BTG protein that forms polymers to regulate sperm fate in nematodes through RNA binding.