Kazutaka Ito

1 month ago | asahi.com | Kazutaka Ito

Far away from her embattled homeland, Ukrainian researcher Maya Sobchuk is doing her part in the war, researching Russian propaganda and information operations and spreading a warning. Sobchuk, 24, is based at the University of Tokyo. She is researching in Russian, English and Ukrainian languages about how Russia is spreading disinformation and propaganda and waging an information war against the West and Japan. Sobchuk was born in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

Sep 18, 2023 | nature.com | Alexander Wolff |Eriko Nango |Aaron Brewster |Minoru Kubo |Benjamin A. Barad |Kazutaka Ito | +9 more

AbstractUnderstanding and controlling protein motion at atomic resolution is a hallmark challenge for structural biologists and protein engineers because conformational dynamics are essential for complex functions such as enzyme catalysis and allosteric regulation. Time-resolved crystallography offers a window into protein motions, yet without a universal perturbation to initiate conformational changes the method has been limited in scope.