Publications
Publications
Original papers, patents, and media coverage and videos.
Original Papers
2020
2019
2018
- 6 Linear motor driven-rotary motion of a membrane-permeabilized ghost in Mycoplasma mobile.
- 5 Detailed analyses of stall force generation in Mycoplasma mobile gliding.
- 4 Unforeseen swimming and gliding mode of an insect gut symbiont, Burkholderia sp. RPE64, with wrapping of the flagella around its cell body.
Peer-reviewed original papers, from researchmap (2026-10-08) · All records on researchmap
Reviews & Book Chapters
- 2023 Review Flagellar polymorphism-dependent bacterial swimming motility in a structured environment. Yoshiaki Kinosita, Yoshiyuki Sowa Biophysics and Physicobiology 20: e200024
- 2023 Book chapter Direct observation of archaellar motor rotation by single-molecular imaging techniques. Yoshiaki Kinosita Methods in Molecular Biology 2646: 197-208
- 2023 Book chapter Detection of steps and rotation in the gliding motility of Mycoplasma mobile. Yoshiaki Kinosita, Mitsuhiro Sugawa, Makoto Miyata, Takayuki Nishizaka Methods in Molecular Biology 2646: 327-336
- 2021 Review Distinct modes of E. coli motility revealed by fluorescence imaging (in Japanese) Yoshiaki Kinosita, Yoshiyuki Sowa Seibutsu Butsuri (Biophysics), 61(5), pp. 316-320
- 2020 Review Tree of motility – A proposed history of motility systems in the tree of life. Makoto Miyata, Robert C. Robinson, Taro Q. P. Uyeda, et al. (incl. Yoshiaki Kinosita) Genes to Cells 25: 6-21
- 2019 Article The enigmatic third form of biological motility: archaeal swimming (in Japanese) Yoshiaki Kinosita Seibutsu-kogaku Kaishi (BioMedia), 97(9), pp. 571
- 2018 Review Cross-kymography analysis to simultaneously quantify the function and morphology of the archaellum. Yoshiaki Kinosita, Takayuki Nishizaka Biophysics and Physicobiology 15: 121-128
- 2018 Essay Letter from abroad: on changing one's environment (in Japanese) Yoshiaki Kinosita Seibutsu Butsuri (Biophysics), 58(6)
- 2017 Article Detecting rotation and steps of the archaeal flagellum (in Japanese) Yoshiaki Kinosita Seibutsu Butsuri (Biophysics), 57(2), pp. 101-102
- 2017 Article Precision microscopy for elucidating how archaeal flagella work (in Japanese) Yoshiaki Kinosita, Nariya Uchida, Daisuke Nakane, Takayuki Nishizaka BIO INDUSTRY (CMC Publishing), March 2017
- 2014 Book chapter New polarization imaging and tracking techniques (in Japanese) Takayuki Nishizaka, Yoshiaki Kinosita, Tomoko Masaike DOJIN BIOSCIENCE SERIES 17, Single-Molecule Biology, Ch. 14 (Kagaku-Dojin), pp. 193-194
Patents
- Apr 8, 2026 Published Temperature control device and culture device JP 2026-060875 A · Filed 2025-06-17 (JP 2025-101276) A temperature controller that places a thermoelectric element, heat sink and fan beneath the vessel holder, so that each culture vessel can be finely and individually temperature-controlled. Inventors: Atsushi Yamada, Takafumi Sakuma, Akira Takahira, Masataka Shinogi, Rikiya Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kinosita, Tatsuya Iida Applicants: RIKEN; Seiko Future Creation Inc.
- Apr 2, 2026 Published Shaking device and culture system WO2026/070242 A1 · PCT/JP2025/030950 International (PCT) application corresponding to JP 7656308 below. Inventors: Atsushi Yamada, Takafumi Sakuma, Akira Takahira, Masataka Shinogi, Rikiya Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kinosita, Tatsuya Iida Applicants: RIKEN; Seiko Future Creation Inc.
- Apr 2, 2026 Published Measurement device and culture system WO2026/070205 A1 · PCT/JP2025/030574 International (PCT) application corresponding to JP 7678537 below. Inventors: Takafumi Sakuma, Atsushi Yamada, Akira Takahira, Masataka Shinogi, Rikiya Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kinosita, Tatsuya Iida Applicants: RIKEN; Seiko Future Creation Inc.
- May 16, 2025 Granted Measurement device and culture system JP 7678537 B1 · Filed 2024-09-27 (JP 2024-168473) Shines excitation light on the interface between the culture vessel wall and the medium, and continuously measures turbidity from scattered-light images and the fluorescence of the target product from fluorescence images. Inventors: Takafumi Sakuma, Atsushi Yamada, Akira Takahira, Masataka Shinogi, Rikiya Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kinosita, Tatsuya Iida Applicants: RIKEN; Seiko Future Creation Inc.
- Apr 3, 2025 Granted Shaking device and culture system JP 7656308 B1 · Filed 2024-09-27 (JP 2024-168459) A shaker that drives the platform holding the culture vessels independently along two intersecting axes, making shaking conditions easy to adjust and change. Inventors: Atsushi Yamada, Takafumi Sakuma, Akira Takahira, Masataka Shinogi, Rikiya Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kinosita, Tatsuya Iida Applicants: RIKEN; Seiko Future Creation Inc.
Multimedia
- Jan 26, 2018 Media Swimming by wrapping flagella around the cell body: a "third mode of motility" in a symbiotic bacterium Kagaku Shimbun (p. 6)
- Jan 15, 2018 Media It's a wrap for Burkholderia flagella Nature Reviews Microbiology (Research Highlight)
- Dec 25, 2017 Media A third form of flagellar motility discovered in a symbiotic bacterium Tsukuba Science News
- 2017 Media Filming bacteria that move forward like a drill NHK Hokkaido (TV)
- Nov 2016 Media World first: a Faculty of Science student uncovers how the motor of a Dead Sea microbe works Gakushuin TIMES
- Nov 2016 Media Getting at the mechanism of the motor that drives the archaeal flagellum (author interview) Nature Microbiology author interview (Nature Japan)
- Oct 26, 2016 Press release First direct visualization of archaella's rotation using cross-kymography EurekAlert! (Gakushuin University)
- Sep 2, 2016 Media Archaeal flagella successfully filmed Kagaku Shimbun (front page)
- Aug 29, 2016 Media Gakushuin University reveals how a microbe from extreme environments moves — flagella rotate with a precise rhythm Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (p. 27)
- Aug 4, 2014 Media Mycoplasma walks — discovery by Gakushuin University and colleagues raises hopes of understanding infection The Mainichi Shimbun
- Aug 2014 Media Giant steps toward understanding a mycoplasma gliding motor Trends in Microbiology 22(8): 429–431 (Spotlight)
- May 29, 2014 Media Mycoplasma glides in equal-distance steps, as if walking — discovered at Gakushuin University Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (online)