HIGUCHI Hideo

Professor
Department of Physics (UG), Department of Physics (GR), Grad
University of Tokyo
Japan

Academician Physics
Biography

HIGUCHI Hideo is currently working as Professor under Department of Physics (UG), Department of Physics (GR), Graduate School of Science

Research Intrest

Biophysics, Cell biology, Physiology Analysis of single molecular dynamics with angstrom precision Three dimensional analysis of physical state of motor proteins in cell Single molecule imaging in vivo mouse

List of Publications
Fujita H, H. Hatakeyama, TM. Watanabe, M. Sato, H. Higuchi and * M. Kanzaki. Identification of Three Distinct Functional Sites of Insulin-mediated GLUT4 Trafficking in Adipocytes Using Quantitative Single Molecule Imaging. Mol. Biol. Cell, 21, 2721-2731 (2010)
Kaya M. and *H. Higuchi. Non-linear elasticity and an 8 nm working stroke of single myosin molecules in myofilaments. Science, 329, 686-689 (2010)
Hirota Y., A. Meunier, S.Huang, T. Shimozawa, O.Yamada, Y.S Kida, M. Inoue, T. Ito, H. Kato, M. Sakaguchi, T. Sunabori, M. Nakaya, S. Nonaka, T. Ogura, H. Higuchi, H. Okano, N.Spassky, and *K. Sawamoto. Planar polarity of multiciliated ependymal cells involves the anterior mi-gration of basal bodies regulated by non-muscle myosin II. Development, In press (2010)