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Gohta Goshima

Professor

ggoshima@gmail.com
+81-599-34-2216

Born: Osaka, 1974
Grown: Nagoya & Osaka

College: Kyoto University (Faculty of Science)
Ph.D: Department of Biophysics, Kyoto University, 2002 (Prof. Mitsuhiro Yanagida’s lab)
Post-doc: Ron Vale’s lab at UCSF (2002-2007)
Designated Associate Professor: Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University (2007 – 2010)
Professor: Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University (2010 - current)

Other research activities:
Teaching assistant, Physiology course, Woods Hole, USA (2004-2007)
Whitman Scientist, MBL, Woods Hole, USA (2011-15, 2018)
Sabbatical leave (University of Edinburgh, 2016)

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Gakuho Kurita

Graduate student

kurita.gakuho.b9@s.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp
+81-599-34-2216

Born & Grown: Ise, Mie

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Kanta Ochiai

Graduate student

ochiai.kanta.s1@s.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp
+81-599-34-2216

Born: Tokyo, Grown: Tokyo & Aichi

Harumi Ogawa

Graduate student

ogawa.harumi.c7@s.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp
+81-599-34-2216

Born & Grown: Gifu

Kyoka Adachi

Undergraduate student

adachi.kyoka.e2@s.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp
+81-599-34-2216

Born & Grown: Kasugai, Aichi

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Rie Inaba

Technician

smilie@bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp
+81-52-747-6590

 Former members
Ph.d in the Goshima lab

Publications:
Gluszek AA*, Cullen CF*, Li W*, Battaglia RA, Radford SJ, Costa MF, McKim KS, Goshima G and Ohkura H. (2015) "The microtubule catastrophe promoter Sentin delays stable kinetochore-microtubule attachment in oocytes." J. Cell Biol. 211(6):1113-1120 *equal contribution
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Li W, Moriwaki T, Tani T, Watanabe T, Kaibuchi K, Goshima G. (2012) "Reconstitution of dynamic microtubules with Drosophila XMAP215, EB1, and Sentin" J. Cell Biol.199(5):849-62
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Li W, Miki T, Watanabe T, Kakeno M, Sugiyama I, Kaibuchi K, Goshima G. (2011) "EB1 promotes microtubule dynamics by recruiting Sentin in Drosophila cells." J. Cell Biol. 193:973-83. (cover)
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Publications:
Yamada M, Miki T, Goshima G. (2016) "Imaging mitosis in the moss Physcomitrella patens. " Methods Mol Biol. 1413:263-282
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Miki T*, Nakaoka Y*, Goshima G. (2016) "Live cell microscopy-based RNAi screening in the moss Physcomitrella patens. " Methods Mol Biol. 1470:225-246 *equal contribution
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Miki T, Nishina M, Goshima G. (2015) "RNAi screening identifies the armadillo repeat-containing kinesins responsible for microtubule-dependent nuclear positioning in Physcomitrella patens. " Plant Cell Physiol.
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Miki T, Naito H, Nishina M, Goshima G. (2014) "Endogenous localizome identifies 43 mitotic kinesins in a plant cell." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 10.1073/pnas.1311243111
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Nakaoka Y*, Miki T*, Fujioka R, Uehara R, Tomioka A, Obuse C, Kubo M, Hiwatashi Y, Goshima G. (2012) "An inducible RNA interference system in Physcomitrella patens reveals a dominant role of augmin in phragmoplast microtubule generation." Plant Cell. 24(4):1478-93. Epub 2012 Apr 13. *equal contribution
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Li W, Miki T, Watanabe T, Kakeno M, Sugiyama I, Kaibuchi K, Goshima G. (2011) "EB1 promotes microtubule dynamics by recruiting Sentin in Drosophila cells." J. Cell Biol. 193:973-83. (cover)
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Publications:
Miki T*, Nakaoka Y*, Goshima G. (2016) "Live cell microscopy-based RNAi screening in the moss Physcomitrella patens." Methods Mol Biol. 1470:225-246 *equal contribution
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Nakaoka Y, Kimura A, Tani T, Goshima G. (2015) "Cytoplasmic nucleation and atypical branching nucleation generate endoplasmic microtubules in Physcomitrella patens. " Plant Cell. 27(1):228-242.
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Nakaoka Y*, Miki T*, Fujioka R, Uehara R, Tomioka A, Obuse C, Kubo M, Hiwatashi Y, Goshima G. (2012) "An inducible RNA interference system in Physcomitrella patens reveals a dominant role of augmin in phragmoplast microtubule generation." Plant Cell. 24(4):1478-93. Epub 2012 Apr 13. *equal contribution
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Publications:
Moriwaki T, Goshima G. (2016) "Five factors can reconstitute all three phases of microtubule polymerization dynamics" J. Cell Biol. 215(3):357-368
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bioRxiv
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Li W, Moriwaki T, Tani T, Watanabe T, Kaibuchi K, Goshima G. (2012) "Reconstitution of dynamic microtubules with Drosophila XMAP215, EB1, and Sentin" J. Cell Biol. 199(5):849-62
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Publications:
Tungadi EA*, Ito A*, Kiyomitsu T, Goshima G. (2017) "Human microcephaly ASPM protein is a spindle pole-focusing factor that functions redundantly with CDK5RAP2." J. Cell Sci. 130:3676-3684 *equal contribution
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Ito A, Goshima G. (2015) "Microcephaly protein Asp focuses the minus ends of spindle microtubules at the pole and within the spindle." J. Cell Biol. 211(5):999-1009
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Publications:
Leong SY, Edzuka T, Goshima G, Yamada M. (2020)
Kinesin-13 and Kinesin-8 Function during Cell Growth and Division in the Moss Physcomitrella patens
Plant Cell. 32(3):683-702
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Edzuka T, Goshima G. (2019)
Drosophila kinesin-8 stabilizes the kinetochore–microtubule interaction.
J. Cell Biol. 218(2):474-488
>>Link
bioRxiv
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Edzuka T, Yamada L, Kanamaru K, Sawada H, Goshima G. (2014)
Identification of the augmin complex in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans.
PLoS One. 9(7):e101471
>>Link
Publications:
Leong SY, Edzuka T, Goshima G, Yamada M. (2020)
Kinesin-13 and Kinesin-8 Function during Cell Growth and Division in the Moss Physcomitrella patens
Plant Cell. 32(3):683-702
Yoshida MW, Yamada M, Goshima G. (2019)
Moss Kinesin-14 KCBP Accelerates Chromatid Motility in Anaphase
Cell Struct Funct. 44(2):95-104
Yamada M, Goshima G. (2018)
The KCH Kinesin Drives Nuclear Transport and Cytoskeletal Coalescence to Promote Tip Cell Growth in Physcomitrella patens
Plant Cell. 30(7):1496-1510
Leong SY, Yamada M, Yanagisawa N, Goshima G. (2018)
SPIRAL2 Stabilises Endoplasmic Microtubule Minus Ends in the Moss Physcomitrella patens
Cell Struct Funct. 43(1):53-60
Kosetsu K, Murata T, Yamada M, Nishina M, Boruc J, Hasebe M, Van Damme D, Goshima G. (2017)
Cytoplasmic MTOCs control spindle orientation for asymmetric cell division in plants
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 114(42):E8847-E8854
Yamada M, Tanaka-Takiguchi Y, Hayashi M, Nishina M, Goshima G. (2017)
Multiple kinesin-14 family members drive microtubule minus-end-directed transport in plant cells
J. Cell Biol. 216(6):1705-1714
Yamada M, Goshima G. (2017)
Mitotic Spindle Assembly in Land Plants: Molecules and Mechanisms
Biology (Basel). 6(1)
Yamada M, Miki T, Goshima G. (2016)
Imaging mitosis in the moss Physcomitrella patens
Methods Mol Biol. 1413:263-282
Jonsson E, Yamada M, Vale RD, Goshima G. (2015)
Clustering of a kinesin-14 motor enables processive retrograde microtubule-based transport in plants
Nat Plants. 1: 15087
Publications:
Tsuchiya K, Goshima G. (2021)
Microtubule-associated proteins promote microtubule generation in the absence of γ-tubulin in human colon cancer cells
J Cell Biol. 220(12):e202104114
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Tsuchiya K, Hayashi H, Nishina M, Okumura M, Kanemaki MT, Goshima G, Kiyomitsu T. (2021)
Ran-GTP is non-essential to activate NuMA for mitotic spindle-pole focusing, but dynamically regulates and maintains HURP near chromosomes.
Curr Biol. 31(1):115-127
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Publications:
Kim J, Goshima G. (2022)
Mitotic spindle formation in the absence of Polo kinase
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 119(12):e2114429119
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Publications:
Tungadi EA*, Ito A*, Kiyomitsu T, Goshima G. (2017)
Human microcephaly ASPM protein is a spindle pole-focusing factor that functions redundantly with CDK5RAP2
J. Cell Sci. 130:3676-3684
*equal contribution
Publications:
Yoshida MW, Oguri N, Goshima G. (2023)
Physcomitrium patens SUN2 mediates MTOC association to the nuclear envelope and facilitates chromosome alignment during spindle assembly
Plant Cell Physiol. 64(9):1106-1117
Yoshida MW, Hakozaki M, Goshima G. (2023)
Armadillo repeat-containing kinesin represents the versatile plus-end-directed transporter in Physcomitrella
Nat Plants. 9(5):733-748
Ta KN*, Yoshida MW*, Tezuka T, Shimizu-Sato S, Nosaka-Takahashi M, Toyoda A, Suzuki T, Goshima G, Sato Y. (2023)
Control of plant cell growth and proliferation by MO25A, a conserved major component of the Mammalian Sterile20-like kinase pathway
Plant and Cell Physiology. 64(3):336-351
*equal contribution
Yoshida MW, Kozgunova E. (2023)
Microfluidic Device for High-Resolution Cytoskeleton Imaging and Washout Assays in Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens.
Methods Mol Biol. 2604:143-158
Kozgunova E, Yoshida MW, Reski R, Goshima G. (2022)
Spindle motility skews division site determination during asymmetric cell division in Physcomitrella
Nat Commun. 13(1):2488
Yoshida MW, Yamada M, Goshima G. (2019)
Moss Kinesin-14 KCBP Accelerates Chromatid Motility in Anaphase
Cell Struct Funct. 44(2):95-104

Post-docs

Publications:
Uehara R, Kamasaki T, Hiruma S, Poser I, Yoda K, Yajima J, Gerlich DW, Goshima G. (2016) "Augmin shapes the anaphase spindle for efficient cytokinetic furrow ingression and abscission." Mol. Biol. Cell. 27(5):812-827
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Uehara R, Tsukada Y, Kamasaki T, Poser I, Yoda K, Gerlich DW, Goshima G.(2013) "Aurora B and Kif2A control microtubule length for assembly of a functional central spindle during anaphase." J. Cell Biol. 202(4):623-36
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Nakaoka Y*, Miki T*, Fujioka R, Uehara R, Tomioka A, Obuse C, Kubo M, Hiwatashi Y, Goshima G. (2012) "An inducible RNA interference system in Physcomitrella patens reveals a dominant role of augmin in phragmoplast microtubule generation." Plant Cell. 24(4):1478-93. Epub 2012 Apr 13. *equal contribution
>>Link
Uehara R, Goshima G. (2010) "Functional central spindle assembly requires de novo microtubule generation in the interchromosomal region during anaphase." J. Cell Biol. 191:259-267. (cover)
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Uehara R, Goshima G, Mabuchi I, Vale RD, Spudich JA, Griffis ER. (2010) "Determinants of myosin II cortical localization during cytokinesis." Curr. Biol. 20:1080-1085.
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Uehara R, Nozawa RS, Tomioka A, Petry S, Vale RD, Obuse C, Goshima G.(2009) "The augmin complex plays a critical role in spindle microtubule generation for mitotic progression and cytokinesis in human cells." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106:6998-7003.
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Publications:
Uehara R, Kamasaki T, Hiruma S, Poser I, Yoda K, Yajima J, Gerlich DW, Goshima G. (2016) "Augmin shapes the anaphase spindle for efficient cytokinetic furrow ingression and abscission." Mol. Biol. Cell. 27(5):812-827
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Uehara R, Tsukada Y, Kamasaki T, Poser I, Yoda K, Gerlich DW, Goshima G. (2013) "Aurora B and Kif2A control microtubule length for assembly of a functional central spindle during anaphase." J. Cell Biol. 202(4):623-36
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Kamasaki T, O'Toole E, Kita S, Osumi M, Usukura J, McIntosh JR, Goshima G. (2013) "Augmin-dependent microtubule nucleation at microtubule walls in the spindle." J. Cell Biol. 202(1):25-33
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Publications:
Kosetsu K, Murata T, Yamada M, Nishina M, Boruc J, Hasebe M, Van Damme D, Goshima G. (2017) "Cytoplasmic MTOCs control spindle orientation for asymmetric cell division in plants." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 114(42):E8847-E8854
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Kosetsu K, de Keijzer J, Janson ME, Goshima G. (2013) "MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN65 is essential for maintenance of phragmoplast bipolarity and formation of the cell plate in Physcomitrella patens." Plant Cell. 25(11):4479-92
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Publications:
Watanabe S, Shioi G, Furuta Y, Goshima G. (2016) "Intra-spindle Microtubule Assembly Regulates Clustering of Microtubule-Organizing Centers during Early Mouse Development" Cell Rep. 15(1):54-60
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Watanabe S, Goshima G. (2014) "Friction on MAP Determines Its Traveling Direction on Microtubules." Dev Cell. 29(1):5-6 (Review)
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Watanabe S, De Zan T, Ishizaki T, Yasuda S, Kamijo H, Yamada D, Aoki T, Kiyonari H, Kaneko H, Shimizu R, Yamamoto M, Goshima G, Narumiya S. (2013) "Loss of a Rho-Regulated Actin Nucleator, mDia2, Impairs Cytokinesis during Mouse Fetal Erythropoiesis." Cell Rep. 5(4):926-932
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Publications:
Kozgunova E, Yoshida MW, Goshima G. (2020) "Spindle position dictates division site during asymmetric cell division in moss" bioRxiv
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Kozgunova E, Goshima G. (2019) "A versatile microfluidic device for highly inclined thin illumination microscopy in the moss Physcomitrella patens"Sci Rep. 9(1):15182
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Kozgunova E, Nishina M, Goshima G. (2019) "Kinetochore protein depletion underlies cytokinesis failure and somatic polyploidization in the moss Physcomitrella patens" eLife pii:e43652
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Publications:
Yi P, Goshima G. (2020)
Rho of Plants GTPases and Cytoskeletal Elements Control Nuclear Positioning and Asymmetric Cell Division during Physcomitrella patens Branching.
Curr Biol. 30(14):2860-2868
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Yi P, Goshima G. (2020)
Transient cotransformation of CRISPR/Cas9 and oligonucleotide templates enables efficient editing of target loci in Physcomitrella patens.
Plant Biotechnol J. 18(3):599-601
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Yi P, Goshima G. (2018)
Microtubule nucleation and organization without centrosomes.
Curr Opin Plant Biol. 46:1-7
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Publications:
Leong SY, Edzuka T, Goshima G, Yamada M. (2020)
Kinesin-13 and Kinesin-8 Function during Cell Growth and Division in the Moss Physcomitrella patens
Plant Cell. 32(3):683-702
>>Link
Edzuka T, Goshima G. (2019)
Drosophila kinesin-8 stabilizes the kinetochore–microtubule interaction.
J. Cell Biol. 218(2):474-488
>>Link
bioRxiv
>>Link
Edzuka T, Yamada L, Kanamaru K, Sawada H, Goshima G. (2014)
Identification of the augmin complex in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans.
PLoS One. 9(7):e101471
>>Link

Technicians

Publications:
Nakaoka Y*, Miki T*, Fujioka R, Uehara R, Tomioka A, Obuse C, Kubo M, Hiwatashi Y, Goshima G. (2012) "An inducible RNA interference system in Physcomitrella patens reveals a dominant role of augmin in phragmoplast microtubule generation." Plant Cell.2012 Apr;24(4):1478-93. Epub 2012 Apr 13. *equal contribution
>>Link
Uehara R, Nozawa RS, Tomioka A, Petry S, Vale RD, Obuse C, Goshima G.(2009) "The augmin complex plays a critical role in spindle microtubule generation for mitotic progression and cytokinesis in human cells." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106:6998-7003.
>>Link
Publications:
Kozgunova E, Nishina M, Goshima G. (2019) "Chromosome missegregation causes somatic polyploidization in plants" eLife pii:e43652
>>Link
Kosetsu K, Murata T, Yamada M, Nishina M, Boruc J, Hasebe M, Van Damme D, Goshima G. (2017) "Cytoplasmic MTOCs control spindle orientation for asymmetric cell division in plants." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 114(42):E8847-E8854
>>Link
Yamada M, Tanaka-Takiguchi Y, Hayashi M, Nishina M, Goshima G. (2017) "Multiple kinesin-14 family members drive microtubule minus-end-directed transport in plant cells" J. Cell Biol. 216(6):1705-1714
>>Link
bioRxiv
>>Link
Miki T, Nishina M, Goshima G. (2015) "RNAi screening identifies the armadillo repeat-containing kinesins responsible for microtubule-dependent nuclear positioning in Physcomitrella patens. " Plant Cell Physiol. 56(4):737-749
>>Link
Miki T, Naito H, Nishina M, Goshima G. (2014) "Endogenous localizome identifies 43 mitotic kinesins in a plant cell." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 10.1073/pnas.1311243111
>>Link

Short-term visiting researchers
Mirjam Mayer (Max-Planck-Institute, Dresden), 2007. 10~11

Roy Wollman (UC Davis) ,2007.11

Vanessa Zuzarte-Luis (University of Cantabria, Spain), 2007.11~12

Jeroen de Keijzer (University of Wageningen, The Nertherlands), 2011.11-2012.2