Biophysics

Nuclear Fusion & Plasma Physics (selected)

A.T. Layton,* Y. Toyama,* G-Q. Yang,* G.S. Edwards, D.P. Kiehart, S. Venakides

* These authors equally contributed to this work.

“Drosophila Morphogenesis: Tissue Force Laws and the Modeling of Dorsal Closure”

HFSP Journal, 3, 441 (2009) [Link]

> Also selected to appear in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, January 15, 2010.

Y. Toyama, X.G. Peralta, A.R. Wells, D.P. Kiehart, G.S. Edwards

“Apoptotic Force and Tissue Dynamics During Drosophila Embryogenesis”

Science 321, 1683 (2008)  [PubMed]

> Commentaries and News on this manuscript

   - Perspective

      L.A. Davidson, Apoptosis Turbocharges Epithelial Morphogenesis. Science 321, 1641 (2008) [Pubmed].

   - Editors' Choice

      A.M. VanHook, Creating Force from Destruction. Science Signal. 1, ec334 (2008) [Link].

   - Research highlights

      A. Mullard, A force to be reckoned with. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 9, 3539 (2008) [Link].

   - Faculty of 1000 Biology:

     evaluations for Toyama Y et al Science 2008 Sep 19 321 (5896) :1683-6 [Link]

   - Press release

     K.L. Bates, Programmed Cell Death Contributes Force to the Movement of Cells. (Sep. 2008) [Link1].

> Also selected to appear in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, October 1, 2008.

A. Rodríguez-Díaz, Y. Toyama, D.L. Abravanel, J.M. Wiemann, A.R. Wells, U.S. Tulu, G.S. Edwards, D.P. Kiehart

“Actomyosin purse strings: renewable resources that make morphogenesis robust and resilient”

HFSP (Human Frontier Science Program) Journal 2, 220 (2008)  [Open Access]

> Also selected to appear in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, August 15, 2008.

X.G. Peralta, Y. Toyama, D.P. Kiehart, G.S. Edwards

“Emergent properties during dorsal closure in Drosophila morphogenesis”

Physical Biology 5, 015004 (2008)  [PubMed]

X.G. Peralta, Y. Toyama, M.S. Hutson, R. Montague, S. Venakides, D.P. Kiehart, G.S. Edwards

“Upregulation of forces and morphogenic asymmetries in dorsal closure during Drosophila development”

Biophysical Journal 92, 2583 (2007)  [PubMed]

D.P. Kiehart, Y. Tokutake, M.S. Chang, M.S. Hutson, J. Wiemann, X.G. Peralta, Y. Toyama,

A.R. Wells, A. Rogriguez, G.S. Edwards

“Ultraviolet Laser Microbeam for Dissection of Drosophila Embryos”,

Cell Biology: A Laboratory Handbook, 3rd edition, edited by J.E. Celis (2006), pp. 87-103, Elsevier (Chapter 9)

R. Kodama, Y. Sentoku, Z.L. Chen, G.R. Kumar, S.P. Hatchett, Y. Toyama, T.E. Cowan,

R.R. Freeman, J. Fuchs, Y. Izawa, M.H. Key, Y. Kitagawa, K. Kondo, T. Matsuoka,

H. Nakamura, M. Nakatsutsumi, P.A. Norreys, T. Norimatsu, R.A. Sunavely,

R.B. Stephans, M. Tampo, K.A. Tanaka, T. Yabuuchi

“Plasma devices to guide and collimate a high density of MeV electrons”

Nature 432, 7020 (2004)  [PubMed]

R. Kodama, H. Shiraga, K. Shigemori, Y. Toyama, S. Fujioka, H. Azechi, H. Fujita,

H. Habara, T. Hall, Y. Izawa, T. Jitsuno, Y. Kitagawa, K.M. Krushelnick, K.L. Lancaster, K. Mima, K. Nagai, M. Nakai, H. Nishimura, T. Norimatsu, P.A. Norreys, S. Sakabe,

K.A. Tanaka, A. Youssef, M. Zepf, T. Yamanaka

"Fast heating scalable to laser fusion ignition"

Nature 418, 933 (2002)  [PubMed]

R. Kodama, P. A. Norreys, K. Mima, A. E. Dangor, R. G. Evans, H. Fujita, Y. Kitagawa,

K. Krushelnick, T. Miyakoshi, N. Miyanaga, T. Norimatsu, S. J. Rose, T. Shozaki,

K. Shigemori, A. Sunahara, M. Tampo, K. A. Tanaka, Y. Toyama, T. Yamanaka, M. Zepf

"Fast heating of ultrahigh-density plasma as a step towards laser fusion ignition"

Nature 412, 798 (2001)  [PubMed]

Biophysics (in preparation)

Y. Toyama, D.A. Staub, X.G. Peralta, D.P. Kiehart, G.S. Edwards

“Mechanical Force Upregulation via Apoptosis During Drosophila Embryogenesis”