Ayako YAMAKAWA

Adept at critical thinking and deep-dive data analysis, I spearheaded collaborative microbiology research projects at LMGM, CBI Toulouse, CNRS, and Tokyo Institute of Technology. My work led to groundbreaking insights into bacterial toxin proteins, significantly advancing scientific understanding. Skilled in scientific writing and presentations, I excel in transforming complex data into actionable knowledge. Effective Student committed to learning, developing skills in Biology and team contribution. Self-directed and energetic with superior performance in both autonomous or collaborative environments working independently and collaborating with others on group projects.

1. Yamakawa A, Niwa T, Chadani Y, Kobo A, Taguchi H. A method to enrich polypeptidyl-tRNAs to capture snapshots of translation in the cell. Nucleic Acids Res Jan 30:gkac1276.(2023) doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac1276. (open access)

2. Ito Y, Chadani Y, Niwa T, Yamakawa A, Machida K, Imataka H, Taguchi H. Nascent peptide- induced translation discontinuation in eukaryotes impacts biased amino acid usage in proteomes. Nat Commun 13:7451 (2022) doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35156-x.

3. Yushin Ando, Akinao Kobo, Tatsuya Niwa, Ayako Yamakawa, Suzuna Konoma, Yuki Kobayashi, Osamu Nureki, Hideki Taguchi, Yuzuru Itoh, Yuhei Chadani
A newly-identified mini-hairpin shaped nascent peptide blocks translation termination by a novel mechanism. bioRxiv   doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.31.596752