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Original paper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Temporal changes in surface tension guide microtubule organization and accurate asymmetric division of Arabidopsis zygotes.
Kang Z,\u00a0Nakagawa S<\/span>,\u00a0Matsumoto H<\/span>, Ishimoto Y, Nonoyama T,\u00a0Hanaki Y<\/span>, Tsugawa S,\u00a0Ueda M<\/span>\u00a0(2026)\u00a0Nature Communications<\/strong><\/em>, DOI:\u00a010.1038\/s41467-026-72280-4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KymoTip: high-throughput characterization of tip-growth dynamics in plant cells.
Kang Z, Kimata Y<\/span>, Nonoyama T, Ikeuchi T, Kuchitsu K, Tsugawa S, Ueda M<\/span> (2026), Plant J<\/em><\/strong> 125 (2): e70691, DOI: 10.1111\/tpj.70691<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A simple and versatile plasma membrane staining method for visualizing living cell morphology in reproductive tissues across diverse plant species.
Hanaki Y<\/span>, Suzuki H<\/span>, Nakamura S<\/span>, Nakagawa S<\/span>, Tada K<\/span>, Matsumoto H<\/span>, Kimata Y<\/span>, Sato Y, Ueda M<\/span> (2025) Plant Methods <\/strong><\/em>21, DOI: 10.1186\/s13007-025-01465-7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agent-based simulation of cortical microtubule band movement in arabidopsis zygotes.
Nonoyama T, Kang Z, Matsumoto H<\/span>, Nakagawa S<\/span>, Ueda M<\/span>, Tsugawa S (2025), Scientific Reports<\/em><\/strong> 15: 25787, DOI: 10.1038\/s41598-025-11078-8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brassinosteroids promote pollen tube guidance by coordinating gene expression in male and female reproductive tissues.
Matsuura-Tokita K, Suzuki T, Kimata Y<\/span>, Takebayashi Y, Ueda M<\/span>, Nakano T, Sakakibara H, Nakano A, Higashiyama T (2025), Cell Reports<\/strong><\/em> 44 (7), DOI: 10.1016\/j.celrep.2025.115815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distinct actin microfilament localization during early cell plate formation through deep learning-based image restoration.
Kikuchi S, Kotaka T, Hanaki Y<\/span>, Ueda M<\/span>, Higaki T (2025), Plant Cell Reports<\/em><\/strong> 44: 115, DOI: 10.1007\/s00299-025-03498-7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deep learning-based cytoskeleton segmentation for accurate high-throughput measurement of cytoskeleton density.
Horiuchi R, Kamimura A, Hanaki Y<\/span>, Matsumoto H<\/span>, Ueda M<\/span>, Higaki T (2024), Protoplasma<\/em><\/strong>, DOI: 10.1007\/s00709-024-02019-9<\/a>

HD-ZIP IV genes are essential for embryo initial cell polarization and the radial axis formation in\u00a0Arabidopsis<\/em>.
Tanaka S<\/span>, Matsushita Y, Hanaki Y<\/span>, Higaki T, Kamamoto N, Matsushita K, Higashiyama T, Fujimoto K, Ueda M<\/span> (2024), Current Biology<\/em><\/strong>, DOI: 10.1016\/j.cub.2024.08.038<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A viscoelastic-plastic deformation model of hemisphere-like tip growth in Arabidopsis zygotes.
Kang Z, Nonoyama T, Ishimoto Y, Matsumoto H<\/span>, Nakagawa S<\/span>, Ueda M<\/span>, Tsugawa S (2024), Quant Plant Biol<\/em><\/strong> 5: e13, DOI: 10.1017\/qpb.2024.13<\/a>

Comprehensive and quantitative analysis of intracellular structure polarization at the apical\u2013basal axis in elongating Arabidopsis zygote.
Hiromoto Y, Minamino N, Kikuchi S, Kimata Y<\/span>, Matsumoto H<\/span>, Nakagawa S<\/span>, Ueda M<\/span>, Higaki T (2023), Scientific Reports<\/strong><\/em> 13: 22879, DOI: 10.1038\/s41598-023-50020-8<\/a>

Coordinate Normalization of Live-Cell Imaging Data Reveals Growth Dynamics of the Arabidopsis Zygote.
Kang Z, Matsumoto H<\/span>, Nonoyama T, Nakagawa S<\/span>, Ishimoto Y, Tsugawa S, Ueda M<\/span> (2023), Plant & Cell Physiology<\/em><\/strong> 64 (11): 1279\u20131288, DOI: 10.1093\/pcp\/pcad020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novel inhibitors of microtubule organization and phragmoplast formation in diverse plant species.
Kimata Y<\/span>, Yamada M, Murata T, Kuwata K, Sato A, Suzuki T, Kurihara D, Hasebe M, Higashiyama T, Ueda M<\/span> (2023), Life Science Alliance<\/em><\/strong> 6 (5). DOI: 10.26508\/lsa.202201657<\/a>

Dynamic Rearrangement and Directional Migration of Tubular Vacuoles are Required for the Asymmetric Division of the Arabidopsis Zygote.
Matsumoto H<\/span>, Kimata Y<\/span>, Higaki T, Higashiyama T, Ueda M<\/span> (2021), Plant & Cell Physiology<\/em><\/strong> 62 (9). DOI: 10.1093\/pcp\/pcab075<\/a>
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Dynamics of the cell fate specifications during female gametophyte development in Arabidopsis<\/em>.
Susaki D, Suzuki T, Maruyama D, Ueda M<\/span>, Higashiyama T, Kurihara D (2021),
PLoS Biol <\/em><\/strong>19 (3): e3001123. DOI: 10.1371\/journal.pbio.3001123<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitochondrial dynamics and segregation during the asymmetric division of Arabidopsis zygotes.
Kimata Y<\/span>, Higaki T, Kurihara D, Ando N, Matsumoto H<\/span>, Higashiyama T, Ueda M<\/span> (2020), Quant Plant Biol <\/em><\/strong>1: e3, DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/qpb.2020.4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new role for histone demethylases in the maintenance of plant genome integrity.
Antunez-Sanchez J, Naish M, Ramirez-Prado JS, Ohno S, Huang Y, Dawson A, Opassathian K, Manza-Mianza D, Ariel F, Raynaud C, Wibowo A, Daron J, Ueda M<\/span>, Latrasse D, Slotkin RK, Weigel D, Benhamed M, Gutierrez-Marcos J (2020), eLife<\/em><\/strong> 9: e58533, DOI: 10.7554\/eLife.58533<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polar vacuolar distribution is essential for accurate asymmetric division of Arabidopsis<\/em> zygotes.
Kimata Y<\/span>, Kato T, Higaki T, Kurihara D, Yamada T, Segami S, Morita MT, Maeshima M, Hasezawa S, Higashiyama T, Tasaka M, Ueda M<\/span> (2019), Proc Natl Acad Sci<\/em><\/strong> 116 (6) :2338-2343, DOI: 10.1073\/pnas.1814160116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Vitro<\/em> Ovule Cultivation for Live-cell Imaging of Zygote Polarization and Embryo Patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana<\/em>.
Kurihara D, Kimata Y<\/span>, Higashiyama T, Ueda M<\/span> (2017), JoVE<\/em><\/strong> 127: 55975, DOI: 10.3791\/55975<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transcriptional integration of paternal and maternal factors in the Arabidopsis <\/em>zygote.
Ueda M<\/span>, Aichinger E, Gong W, Groot E, Verstraeten I, Vu LD, De Smet I, Higashiyama T, Umeda M, Laux T (2017), Genes Dev<\/em><\/strong> 31 (6): 617-627, DOI: 10.1101\/gad.292409.116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cytoskeleton dynamics control the first asymmetric cell division in Arabidopsis zygote.
Kimata Y<\/span>, Higaki T, Kawashima T, Kurihara D, Sato Y, Yamada T, Hasezawa S, Berger F, Higashiyama T, Ueda M<\/span> (2016), Proc Natl Acad Sci<\/em><\/strong> 113 (49):14157-14162, DOI: 10.1073\/pnas.1613979113<\/a>
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Combination of Synthetic Chemistry and Live-Cell Imaging Identified a Rapid Cell Division Inhibitor in Tobacco and Arabidopsis thaliana<\/em>.
Nambo M, Kurihara D, Yamada T, Nishiwaki-Ohkawa T, Kadofusa N, Kimata Y<\/span>, Kuwata K, Umeda M, Ueda M<\/span> (2016), Plant Cell Physiol <\/em><\/strong>57 (11): 2255-2268, DOI: 10.1093\/pcp\/pcw140<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live-cell imaging and optical manipulation of Arabidopsis<\/em> early embryogenesis.
Gooh K, Ueda M<\/span>, Aruga K, Park J, Arata H, Higashiyama T, Kurihara D (2015), Dev Cell<\/strong><\/em> 34 (2): 242-51, DOI: 10.1016\/j.devcel.2015.06.008<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rapid Elimination of the Persistent Synergid through a Cell Fusion Mechanism.
Maruyama D, V\u00f6lz R, Takeuchi H, Mori T, Igawa T, Kurihara D, Kawashima T, Ueda M<\/span>, Ito M, Umeda M, Nishikawa S, Gro\u00df-Hardt R, Higashiyama T (2015), Cell<\/em><\/strong> 161 (4): 907-18, DOI: 10.1016\/j.cell.2015.03.018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment-sensitive fluorescent probe: a benzophosphole oxide with an electron-donating substituent.
Yamaguchi E, Wang C, Fukazawa A, Taki M, Sato Y, Sasaki T, Ueda M<\/span>, Sasaki N, Higashiyama T, Yamaguchi S (2015), Angew Chem Int Ed Engl<\/em><\/strong> 54 (15): 4539-43, DOI: 10.1002\/anie.201500229<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dual-color marker system for in vivo visualization of cell cycle progression in Arabidopsis<\/em>.
Yin K, Ueda M<\/span>, Takagi H, Kajihara T, Sugamata Aki S, Nobusawa T, Umeda-Hara C, Umeda M (2014) Plant J<\/em><\/strong> 80 (3): 541-52, DOI: 10.1111\/tpj.12652<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ATM-mediated phosphorylation of SOG1 is essential for the DNA damage response in Arabidopsis<\/em>.
Yoshiyama KO, Kobayashi J, Ogita N, Ueda M<\/span>, Kimura S, Maki H, Umeda M (2013) EMBO Rep<\/em><\/strong>14 (9): 817-22, DOI: 10.1038\/embor.2013.112<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transcriptional activation of Arabidopsis<\/em> axis patterning genes WOX8\/9<\/em> links zygote polarity to embryo development.
Ueda M<\/span>, Zhang Z, Laux T (2011) Dev Cell<\/em><\/strong> 20 (2): 264-70, DOI: 10.1016\/j.devcel.2011.01.009<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Differential expression of WOX<\/em> genes mediates apical-basal axis formation in the Arabidopsis<\/em> embryo.
Breuninger H, Rikirsch E, Hermann M, Ueda M<\/span>, Laux T (2008), Dev Cell<\/em><\/strong> 14 (6): 867-76, DOI: 10.1016\/j.devcel.2008.03.008<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Review\/Book chapter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Orchestrating polarity in embryo: From molecular programming to geometric rules
Kimata Y<\/span>, Ueda M<\/span> (2026), Curr Opin Plant Biol<\/em><\/strong> 91, DOI: 10.1016\/j.pbi.2026.102874<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polarity establishment in the plant zygote at a glance
Matsumoto H<\/span>, Ueda M<\/span> (2024), J Cell Sci<\/em><\/strong> 137 (5), DOI: 10.1242\/jcs.261809<\/a>

What is quantitative plant biology?
Autran D, Bassel GW, Chae E, Ezer D, Ferjani A, Fleck C, Hamant O, Hartmann FP, Jiao Y, Johnston IG, Kwiatkowska D, Lim BL, Mah\u00f6nen AP, Morris RJ, Mulder BM, Nakayama N, Sozzani R, Strader LC, Tusscher K, Ueda M, Wolf S. (2021),Quantitative Plant Biology<\/em><\/strong> 2: e10, DOI:https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/qpb.2021.8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intracellular dynamics and transcriptional regulations in plant zygotes: a case study of Arabidopsis<\/em>.
Kimata Y<\/span> & Ueda M<\/span> (2020) Plant Reproduction<\/em><\/strong> 33: 89\u201396, DOI: 10.1007\/s00497-020-00389-7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live-Cell Imaging of Zygotic Intracellular Structures and Early Embryo Pattern Formation in Arabidopsis thaliana<\/em>.
Ueda M<\/span>, Kimata Y<\/span>, Kurihara D (2020), Methods in Molecular Biology<\/em><\/strong> 2122, Humana press, DOI: 10.1007\/978-1-0716-0342-0_4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New cues for body axis formation in plant embryos.
Ueda M<\/span> & Berger F (2019), Curr Opin Plant Biol <\/em><\/strong>47:16-21, DOI: 10.1016\/j.pbi.2018.08.005<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The origin of the plant body axis.
Ueda M<\/span>, Laux T (2012), Curr Opin Plant Biol<\/strong><\/em> 15 (6): 578-84, DOI: 10.1016\/j.pbi.2012.08.001<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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