Hironori Funabiki
@hirofunabiki.bsky.social
Mitosis and chromosome biology researcher @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social, New York, NY. Former backstroker. Choir part: bass. Brined turkey & りゅうひ巻き係
funabikilab.com
www.rockefeller.edu/our-scientists/heads-of-laboratories/1169-hironori-funabiki/
funabikilab.com
www.rockefeller.edu/our-scientists/heads-of-laboratories/1169-hironori-funabiki/
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Are you a grad student pursuing the life sciences or biomedical research outside the U.S.? Applications now open for the Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award until June 13. Enter to win $1,000 USD & a chance to present your work & network w/ MIT faculty.
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May 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Are you a grad student pursuing the life sciences or biomedical research outside the U.S.? Applications now open for the Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award until June 13. Enter to win $1,000 USD & a chance to present your work & network w/ MIT faculty.
buff.ly/F7s94vW
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The peer-reviewed VOR for the MagIC-cryo-EM paper by @yarimura.bsky.social and @1001hak.bsky.social is finally published!
Congrats Yasu!
Congrats Yasu!
Researchers in the #FunabikiLab have devised a way to visualize molecules that are very rare, very small, or hard to produce naturally—including some viruses.
@elife.bsky.social #RockefellerScience
@elife.bsky.social #RockefellerScience
New method dramatically improves cryo-EM’s imaging capabilities - News
Researchers have devised a way to visualize molecules that are very rare, very small, or hard to produce naturally, including viruses.
www.rockefeller.edu
May 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The peer-reviewed VOR for the MagIC-cryo-EM paper by @yarimura.bsky.social and @1001hak.bsky.social is finally published!
Congrats Yasu!
Congrats Yasu!
A great curiosity-driven research!
I am happy to share a preprint on the marine plankton project I started one year ago (thanks to Julius and Drahomira's help)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A great curiosity-driven research!
In preparation for the lecture tomorrow, I opened "The Cell in Development and Heredity" by E.B. Wilson (Columbia Univ), and realized that this 3rd edition was published in 100 years ago.
So many things happened since then, including the fact that I, a Japanese Prof in NY, own and read the book.
So many things happened since then, including the fact that I, a Japanese Prof in NY, own and read the book.
March 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In preparation for the lecture tomorrow, I opened "The Cell in Development and Heredity" by E.B. Wilson (Columbia Univ), and realized that this 3rd edition was published in 100 years ago.
So many things happened since then, including the fact that I, a Japanese Prof in NY, own and read the book.
So many things happened since then, including the fact that I, a Japanese Prof in NY, own and read the book.
Even "useless" objects can be appreciated - arts are indispensable for human society.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperar...
Biologists know that redundant or non-essential parts often play important roles.
Still, human society must decide on priorities, and this requires justifications.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperar...
Biologists know that redundant or non-essential parts often play important roles.
Still, human society must decide on priorities, and this requires justifications.
March 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Even "useless" objects can be appreciated - arts are indispensable for human society.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperar...
Biologists know that redundant or non-essential parts often play important roles.
Still, human society must decide on priorities, and this requires justifications.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperar...
Biologists know that redundant or non-essential parts often play important roles.
Still, human society must decide on priorities, and this requires justifications.
I must note that the Japanese scientist Akira Endo isolated statin (compactin) from the mold in 1972, after coming back to Japan from his 2 years of biochemistry study in Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, where he recognized the major heart health issues among people in the US. 1/
February 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I must note that the Japanese scientist Akira Endo isolated statin (compactin) from the mold in 1972, after coming back to Japan from his 2 years of biochemistry study in Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, where he recognized the major heart health issues among people in the US. 1/
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Please check out our preprint where we find that mitotic transcription helps ensure ecDNA inheritance through chromosomal tethering:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
February 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Please check out our preprint where we find that mitotic transcription helps ensure ecDNA inheritance through chromosomal tethering:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
February 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
A cool innovation to make live-immunofluorescence microscopy!
Making intrabodies from antibodies just got easier! Learn how we made 𝟭𝟵 intrabodies to bind and light up peptides and histone modifications in live cells. And thanks to Academia, all sequences are freely available. (video credit: Yuko Sato @YukoSatoT2) (1/15)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A cool innovation to make live-immunofluorescence microscopy!
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There is a 0.0% chance that this was written or approved by anyone at NIH with any experience.
2/n
2/n
a man wearing headphones is smiling with the words no way written above him
ALT: a man wearing headphones is smiling with the words no way written above him
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There is a 0.0% chance that this was written or approved by anyone at NIH with any experience.
2/n
2/n
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this is a very interesting slide deck from Ropes & Gray, one of the most prestigious & high-caliber law firms in the US
tl;dr we have very good litigators on this issue
tl;dr we have very good litigators on this issue
Here’s a document meant to prep for this possibility from a law firm:
www.ropesgray.com/-/media/File...
www.ropesgray.com/-/media/File...
www.ropesgray.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
this is a very interesting slide deck from Ropes & Gray, one of the most prestigious & high-caliber law firms in the US
tl;dr we have very good litigators on this issue
tl;dr we have very good litigators on this issue
Alarming news...
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Alarming news...
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Useful and great guidance and a script on how to contact your congressional representatives to advocate for federal scientific funding. Thank you @ascbiology.bsky.social!
If this is your battle, start here!
If this is your battle, start here!
Your Action Is Needed!
Congress needs to hear from scientists. Call your representatives to oppose funding freezes and restrictions on research. Find contact info at govtrack.us and make your voice heard today! #SciencePolicy
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
Congress needs to hear from scientists. Call your representatives to oppose funding freezes and restrictions on research. Find contact info at govtrack.us and make your voice heard today! #SciencePolicy
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
February 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Useful and great guidance and a script on how to contact your congressional representatives to advocate for federal scientific funding. Thank you @ascbiology.bsky.social!
If this is your battle, start here!
If this is your battle, start here!
Enjoying a great okonomiyaki in Bushwick, Brooklyn, after being inspired by "Solitary Gourmet"
February 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Enjoying a great okonomiyaki in Bushwick, Brooklyn, after being inspired by "Solitary Gourmet"
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So sad to hear of the passing of Scott Hawley. In 2008, Michael Ashburner, Scott Hawley, and Casey Bergman held a Drosophila genetics and genomics course in China. This course was instrumental in shaping me as a junior researcher, and I am forever grateful about this eye-opening experience.
January 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So sad to hear of the passing of Scott Hawley. In 2008, Michael Ashburner, Scott Hawley, and Casey Bergman held a Drosophila genetics and genomics course in China. This course was instrumental in shaping me as a junior researcher, and I am forever grateful about this eye-opening experience.
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Part of a letter I sent today to my Congressional Representative and Senators.
January 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Part of a letter I sent today to my Congressional Representative and Senators.
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I just contacted my representatives about the nomination of RFK, Jr and the recent executive orders. Here is what I wrote in my email or said to the staffer on the phone:
Hello-
I am writing/calling on several topics:
Hello-
I am writing/calling on several topics:
January 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I just contacted my representatives about the nomination of RFK, Jr and the recent executive orders. Here is what I wrote in my email or said to the staffer on the phone:
Hello-
I am writing/calling on several topics:
Hello-
I am writing/calling on several topics:
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Check out a fantastic @elife.bsky.social article highlighting @yarimura.bsky.social’s MagIC #cryoEM technique - a method using specialized magnetic beads that makes it possible to study the structure of proteins from dilute samples. elifesciences.org/articles/105...
Cryogenic Electron Microscopy: MagIC beads for scarce macromolecules
Specialized magnetic beads that bind target proteins to a cryogenic electron microscopy grid make it possible to study the structure of protein complexes from dilute samples.
elifesciences.org
January 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Check out a fantastic @elife.bsky.social article highlighting @yarimura.bsky.social’s MagIC #cryoEM technique - a method using specialized magnetic beads that makes it possible to study the structure of proteins from dilute samples. elifesciences.org/articles/105...
Pleased to share my thoughts on the new eLife publication model.
elifesciences.org/inside-elife...
elifesciences.org/inside-elife...
January 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Pleased to share my thoughts on the new eLife publication model.
elifesciences.org/inside-elife...
elifesciences.org/inside-elife...
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Happy New Year!
今晩の会食で、谷崎潤一郎が話題に。思春期に祖父の書棚で見つけた『鍵』を密かに手にした体験が、40年以上の時を経て、初めて伏線として回収される。
December 7, 2024 at 3:30 AM
今晩の会食で、谷崎潤一郎が話題に。思春期に祖父の書棚で見つけた『鍵』を密かに手にした体験が、40年以上の時を経て、初めて伏線として回収される。
A thought on stupidity and creativity
Last week, I visited a floor where I spent 6 years as a PhD student in Kyoto Univ. The room used to be my lab was converted into a women's restroom. I feel a bit sad, but it was an important improvement for female researchers. 1/
Last week, I visited a floor where I spent 6 years as a PhD student in Kyoto Univ. The room used to be my lab was converted into a women's restroom. I feel a bit sad, but it was an important improvement for female researchers. 1/
December 1, 2024 at 5:37 AM
A thought on stupidity and creativity
Last week, I visited a floor where I spent 6 years as a PhD student in Kyoto Univ. The room used to be my lab was converted into a women's restroom. I feel a bit sad, but it was an important improvement for female researchers. 1/
Last week, I visited a floor where I spent 6 years as a PhD student in Kyoto Univ. The room used to be my lab was converted into a women's restroom. I feel a bit sad, but it was an important improvement for female researchers. 1/
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We are seeking a motivated postdoc to join our lab! Our research focuses on live-cell imaging/analysis to reveal how chromatin behaves in living cells and how its behavior contributes to cellular functions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
November 30, 2024 at 12:32 PM
We are seeking a motivated postdoc to join our lab! Our research focuses on live-cell imaging/analysis to reveal how chromatin behaves in living cells and how its behavior contributes to cellular functions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
Well, here is the new start...
(Yoshida shrine, Kyoto)
(Yoshida shrine, Kyoto)
November 29, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Well, here is the new start...
(Yoshida shrine, Kyoto)
(Yoshida shrine, Kyoto)