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TO THE AZUMA GROUP

We seek to uncover the protein cage’s potentials as powerful tools for molecular and synthetic biology.

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Our collaboration featured by EMBO

September 3, 2026

EMBO has highlighted our work with Takahiro Kosugi, a partnership that began at the 2023 EMBO–JST networking workshop in Tokyo and led to our recent Nature Communications paper.

Farewell, Hualin!

September 1, 2026

This summer, it was our great pleasure to host Hualin Li, a PhD student from the Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly Tokyo Tech), for two months of specialized cryo-EM data analysis. Thank you for the great time. We wish you continued success with your PhD!

New publication
in Nature Communications

May 16, 2026

Here's a basket full of mushrooms, a good natural source of vitamin B2. But, did you know some bacteria produce the same nutrient in molecular 'cages'? Our new cryo-EM study reveals their elegant mechanism of enzyme compartmentalization.

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