Professor | Yohei Niikura | Asia Growth Partners

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Name

Yohei Niikura

Contact Information

niikura@nicemice.cn

Language ability

Japanese, English, Chinese

Province

Jiangsu

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Nanjing University
Faculty	Medical School
Academic Background & Achievements	2000 - PhD: University of Florence, Italy Postdoctoral training at Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland Postdoctoral training at National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan Postdoctoral training at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA
Work Experience	2008-2010 - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Researcher 2010-2016 - National Children's Hospital Research Institute, USA - Researcher 2016-2018 - Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, Texas State University, USA - Researcher 2018-present - Nanjing University Model Animal Research Institute - Principal Investigator
Awards	FASEB Young Investigator Award (2009): FASEB Mitosis Conference in Tuscany, Italy

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Nanjing University

Faculty

Medical School

Academic Background & Achievements

Work Experience

2008-2010 - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Researcher
2010-2016 - National Children's Hospital Research Institute, USA - Researcher
2016-2018 - Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, Texas State University, USA - Researcher
2018-present - Nanjing University Model Animal Research Institute - Principal Investigator

Awards

FASEB Young Investigator Award (2009): FASEB Mitosis Conference in Tuscany, Italy

Areas of Focus	Molecular mechanisms of mitosis, cell cycle, chromosomal instability, and epigenetics in tumor and brain cells
Publications	Mass Spectrometry Analysis to Identify Ubiquitylation of EYFP-tagged CENP-A (EYFP-CENP-A), Niikura Y, Fang L, Kitagawa R, Li P, Xi Y, You J, Gao Y, Kitagawa K, 2020 CENP-A Ubiquitylation Is Indispensable to Cell Viability, Niikura Y, Kitagawa R, Fang L, Kitagawa K, 2019 CENP-A Ubiquitylation Contributes to Maintaining the Chromosomal Location of the Centromere, Niikura Y, Kitagawa R, Kitagawa K, 2019 The position of the centromere is marked with ubiquitylation of CENP-A, Niikura Y, Kitagawa R, Ogi H, Kitagawa K, 2018 SGT1-HSP90 complex is required for CENP-A deposition at centromeres, Niikura Y, Kitagawa R, Kitagawa K, 2017 CENP-A Ubiquitylation Is Required for CENP-A Deposition at the Centromere, Niikura Y, Kitagawa R, Kitagawa K, 2017

Areas of Focus

Molecular mechanisms of mitosis, cell cycle, chromosomal instability, and epigenetics in tumor and brain cells

Publications

Mass Spectrometry Analysis to Identify Ubiquitylation of EYFP-tagged CENP-A (EYFP-CENP-A), Niikura Y, Fang L, Kitagawa R, Li P, Xi Y, You J, Gao Y, Kitagawa K, 2020
CENP-A Ubiquitylation Is Indispensable to Cell Viability, Niikura Y, Kitagawa R, Fang L, Kitagawa K, 2019
CENP-A Ubiquitylation Contributes to Maintaining the Chromosomal Location of the Centromere, Niikura Y, Kitagawa R, Kitagawa K, 2019
The position of the centromere is marked with ubiquitylation of CENP-A, Niikura Y, Kitagawa R, Ogi H, Kitagawa K, 2018
SGT1-HSP90 complex is required for CENP-A deposition at centromeres, Niikura Y, Kitagawa R, Kitagawa K, 2017
CENP-A Ubiquitylation Is Required for CENP-A Deposition at the Centromere, Niikura Y, Kitagawa R, Kitagawa K, 2017

Mitosis Cell Cycle Chromosomal Instability Epigenetics Tumor Cells Brain Cells Molecular Mechanisms Cenp-A Ubiquitylation Cell Viability

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