Nagisa Sugimoto

TL;DR: The genome sequence of the lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii (Selaginella), the first nonseed vascular plant genome reported, is reported, finding that the transition from a gametophytes- to a sporophyte-dominated life cycle required far fewer new genes than the Transition from a non Seed vascular to a flowering plant.

TL;DR: A link between cell cycle reactivation and the acquisition of new cell-type characteristics through the activity of cyclin-dependent kinase A (CDKA) during reprogramming in the moss Physcomitrella patens is reported.

TL;DR: A water-soluble warped nanographene (WNG) that can be easily synthesized by sequential regioselective C-H borylation and cross-coupling reactions of the saddle-shaped WNG core structure and possesses a range of promising properties including good photostability and low cytotoxicity.

TL;DR: The microfluidic platforms designed in this study provide novel tools for the elucidation of the mechanical properties of tip-growing plant cells in extremely small spaces and reveal the dramatic physiological and developmental flexibility of Tip- growing plant cells.

TL;DR: The existence of anisotropic inhibitory signal to regulate stem cell formation in the moss Physcomitrella patens is shown and unequal conversion into stem cells was more prominent in cell pairs aligned parallel to the proximal-distal leaf axis than in those perpendicular to the axis.