PhD in Systems Biology, Harvard University, 2016
BSE in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 2010
Bragulat-Teixidor, H., Ishihara, K., Szücs, G.M., & Otsuka, S. (2024). The endoplasmic reticulum connects to the nucleus by constricted junctions that mature after mitosis. EMBO Rep, 25(7), 3137-3159.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s44319-024-00175-w.
Krammer, T., Stuart, H.T., Gromberg, E., Ishihara, K., Cislo, D., Melchionda, M., Becerril Perez, F., Wang, J., Costantini, E., Lehr, S., Arbanas, L., Hörmann, A., Neumüller, R.A., Elvassore, N., Siggia, E., Briscoe, J., Kicheva, A., & Tanaka, E.M. (2024). Mouse neural tube organoids self-organize floorplate through BMP-mediated cluster competition. Dev Cell, 59(15), 1940-1953.e10.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.04.021.
Bragulat-Teixidor, H., Ishihara, K., Szücs, G.M., & Otsuka, S. (2023). The endoplasmic reticulum connects to the nucleus by constricted junctions that mature after open mitosis in mammalian cells. 2023.01.31.526419.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2023.01.31.526419.
Ishihara, K., Mukherjee, A., Gromberg, E., Brugués, J., Tanaka, E.M., & Jülicher, F. (2023). Topological morphogenesis of neuroepithelial organoids. Nat Phys, 19(2), 177-183.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41567-022-01822-6.
Krammer, T., Stuart, H.T., Gromberg, E., Ishihara, K., Melchionda, M., Wang, J., Costantini, E., Lehr, S., Cislo, D., Arbanas, L., Hörmann, A., Neumüller, R.A., Elvassore, N., Siggia, E., Briscoe, J., Kicheva, A., & Tanaka, E.M. (2023). Neural tube organoids self-organise floorplate through BMP-mediated cluster competition. 2023.06.25.546258.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2023.06.25.546258.
Ishihara, K., Decker, F., Caldas, P., Pelletier, J.F., Loose, M., Brugués, J., & Mitchison, T.J. (2021). Spatial variation of microtubule depolymerization in large asters. In Surrey, T. (Ed.). Mol Biol Cell, 32(9), 869-879.American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). doi: 10.1091/mbc.E20-11-0723.
Ishihara, K., Mukherjee, A., Gromberg, E., Brugués, J., Tanaka, E.M., & Jülicher, F. (2021). Topological morphogenesis of neuroepithelial organoids. 2021.08.08.455385.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2021.08.08.455385.
Quail, T., Golfier, S., Elsner, M., Ishihara, K., Murugesan, V., Renger, R., Julicher, F., & Brugues, J. (2021). Force generation by protein-DNA co-condensation. NATURE PHYSICS, 17(9), 1007-+.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41567-021-01285-1.
Ishihara, K., Decker, F., Caldas, P., Pelletier, J.F., Loose, M., Brugués, J., & Mitchison, T.J. (2020). Spatial Variation of Microtubule Depolymerization in Large Asters Suggests Regulation by MAP Depletion. 2020.06.26.172783.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2020.06.26.172783.
Ishihara, K., George, A.B., Cornelius, R., & Korolev, K.S. (2020). Traveling fronts in self-replicating persistent random walks with multiple internal states. NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 22(8), 083034.IOP Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/aba219.
Ishihara, K., George, A.B., Cornelius, R., & Korolev, K.S. (2020). Traveling fronts in self-replicating persistent random walks with multiple internal states. 2020.04.15.042895.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2020.04.15.042895.
Quail, T., Golfier, S., Elsner, M., Ishihara, K., Murugesan, V., Renger, R., Jülicher, F., & Brugués, J. (2020). Force generation by protein-DNA co-condensation. 2020.09.17.302299.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2020.09.17.302299.
Rieckhoff, E.M., Berndt, F., Elsner, M., Golfier, S., Decker, F., Ishihara, K., & Brugués, J. (2020). Spindle Scaling Is Governed by Cell Boundary Regulation of Microtubule Nucleation. Curr Biol, 30(24), 4973-4983.e10.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.093.
Rieckhoff, E.M., Ishihara, K., & Brugués, J. (2019). How to tune spindle size relative to cell size?. Curr Opin Cell Biol, 60, 139-144.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2019.06.007.
Ishihara, K., & Tanaka, E.M. (2018). Spontaneous symmetry breaking and pattern formation of organoids. Current Opinion in Systems Biology, 11, 123-128.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.coisb.2018.06.002.
Ishihara, K., Ranga, A., Lutolf, M.P., Tanaka, E.M., & Meinhardt, A. (2017). Reconstitution of a Patterned Neural Tube from Single Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. In Organ Regeneration. 1597, (pp. 43-55).Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6949-4_4.
Ishihara, K., Korolev, K.S., & Mitchison, T.J. (2016). Physical basis of large microtubule aster growth. Elife, 5, e19145.eLife. doi: 10.7554/eLife.19145.
Ishihara, K., Korolev, K.S., & Mitchison, T.J. (2016). Physical Basis of Large Microtubule Aster Growth. 055939.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/055939.
Mitchison, T.J., Ishihara, K., Nguyen, P., & Wühr, M. (2015). Size Scaling of Microtubule Assemblies in Early Xenopus Embryos. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 7(10), a019182.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a019182.
Wühr, M., Güttler, T., Peshkin, L., McAlister, G.C., Sonnett, M., Ishihara, K., Groen, A.C., Presler, M., Erickson, B.K., Mitchison, T.J., Kirschner, M.W., & Gygi, S.P. (2015). The Nuclear Proteome of a Vertebrate. Curr Biol, 25(20), 2663-2671.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.047.
Field, C.M., Nguyen, P.A., Ishihara, K., Groen, A.C., & Mitchison, T.J. (2014). Xenopus egg cytoplasm with intact actin. Methods Enzymol, 540, 399-415.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397924-7.00022-4.
Groen, A.C., Ngyuen, P.A., Field, C.M., Ishihara, K., & Mitchison, T.J. (2014). Glycogen-supplemented mitotic cytosol for analyzing Xenopus egg microtubule organization. Methods Enzymol, 540, 417-433.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397924-7.00023-6.
Ishihara, K., Nguyen, P.A., Groen, A.C., Field, C.M., & Mitchison, T.J. (2014). Microtubule nucleation remote from centrosomes may explain how asters span large cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 111(50), 17715-17722.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1418796111.
Ishihara, K., Nguyen, P.A., Wühr, M., Groen, A.C., Field, C.M., & Mitchison, T.J. (2014). Organization of early frog embryos by chemical waves emanating from centrosomes. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 369(1650), 20130454.The Royal Society. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0454.
Nguyen, P.A., Groen, A.C., Loose, M., Ishihara, K., Wühr, M., Field, C.M., & Mitchison, T.J. (2014). Spatial organization of cytokinesis signaling reconstituted in a cell-free system. Science, 346(6206), 244-247.American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). doi: 10.1126/science.1256773.
Kim, Y., Iagovitina, A., Ishihara, K., Fitzgerald, K.M., Deplancke, B., Papatsenko, D., & Shvartsman, S.Y. (2013). Context-dependent transcriptional interpretation of mitogen activated protein kinase signaling in the Drosophila embryo. Chaos, 23(2), 025105.AIP Publishing. doi: 10.1063/1.4808157.
Petry, S., Groen, A.C., Ishihara, K., Mitchison, T.J., & Vale, R.D. (2013). Branching microtubule nucleation in Xenopus egg extracts mediated by augmin and TPX2. Cell, 152(4), 768-777.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.12.044.
Mitchison, T., Wühr, M., Nguyen, P., Ishihara, K., Groen, A., & Field, C.M. (2012). Growth, interaction, and positioning of microtubule asters in extremely large vertebrate embryo cells. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken), 69(10), 738-750.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/cm.21050.
Nguyen, P.A., Ishihara, K., Wühr, M., & Mitchison, T.J. (2012). Pronuclear migration: no attachment? No union, but a futile cycle!. Curr Biol, 22(10), R409-R411.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.062.