Kozo Tanaka
Professor
Laboratory of Molecular Oncology
Tohoku University
Japan
Biography
Dr. Kozo Tanaka is a Professor at Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Tohoku University. His Research Themes Mechanism of chromosomal instability in cancer, Mechanism of oncogenic transformation through chromosomal instability, Cancer therapy targeting mitosis.
Research Interest
chromosomal instability, oncogenesis, chromosome segregation, mitosis, cancer therapy, live cell imaging, cell culture, immunofluorescence staining, protein analysis, genetically modified mouse
Publications
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Tanaka, K., Mukae, N., Dewar, H., & van Breugel, M. (2005). Molecular mechanisms of kinetochore capture by spindle microtubules. Nature, 434(7036), 987.
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Varga, V., Helenius, J., Tanaka, K., Hyman, A. A., Tanaka, T. U., & Howard, J. (2006). Yeast kinesin-8 depolymerizes microtubules in a length-dependent manner. Nature cell biology, 8(9), 957.
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Klionsky, D. J., Abeliovich, H., Agostinis, P., Agrawal, D. K., Aliev, G., Askew, D. S., ... & Bamber, B. A. (2008). Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes. Autophagy, 4(2), 151-175.
