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Masayuki Onishi

Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
130 Science Dr., Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
124 Science Dr., FFSC 3105, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Cleavage Furrow Formation without Actomyosin Ring and its Coordination with Organelle Division · September 2022 Invited Talk Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Embryology, Baltimore, MD
Association of Chlamydomonas septin and chloroplast suggests an ancient role in regulation of organelle division - Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton Gordon Research Conference · August 2022 Invited Talk Proctor Academy, Andover, NH
Diversity and Evolution of Septins - Special Interest Subgroup: Evolution and Diversity of the Cytoskeleton and Cell Division Machinery, American Society of Cell Biology Meeting · December 2021 Invited Talk American Society of Cell Biology, Online
Cytokinesis without F-actin in Chlamydomonas - Exploiting phylogenetic diversity to elucidate general principles of cell biology · November 2021 Interview University of Georgia Athens, Athens, GA
Cytokinesis without F-actin in Chlamydomonas - Exploiting phylogenetic diversity to elucidate general principles of cell biology · November 2021 Invited Talk West Virginia University, Online
Actin-independent, microtubule-dependent cytokinesis in Chlamydomonas · May 2021 Invited Talk University or Rochester,
Branching out of the “yeast to human” box: Actin-independent, microtubule-dependent cytokinesis in Chlamydomonas - iBGS/MiBio Symposium · April 2021 Invited Talk iBGS/MiBio, Online
Roles of actin and microtubules during cytokinesis in Chlamydomonas - Japan’s Chlamydomonas Meeting · March 2021 Invited Talk Online
Actin-independent and microtubule-dependent cytokinesis in Chlamydomonas - ASCB/Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting · November 2020 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Genetic interrogation into actin-independent cytokinesis in Chlamydomonas - University Program in Genetics and Genomics · November 2020 Invited Talk Duke University,
Actin-independent and microtubule-dependent cytokinesis in Chlamydomonas · October 2020 Invited Talk Cell and Developmental Biology Center, NHLBI, NIH,
Cytokinesis without F-actin – Exploiting phylogenetic diversity to elucidate general principles of cell biology · February 2020 Invited Talk Department of Biology, UNC Chapel Hill,
Actin-independent and microtubule-dependent cytokinesis in Chlamydomonas - American Society of Cell Biology Meeting · December 2019 International Meeting or Conference American Society of Cell Biology,
Cytokinesis without myosin II in Chlamydomonas: roles of actin, microtubules and septin. - Gordon Research Conference on Motile and Contractile Systems · August 2019 International Meeting or Conference Gordon Research Conference,
Roles of actin, microtubules, and septin in cytokinesis without myosin II in Chlamydomonas - ASCB Bay Area Cytoskeleton Symposium · April 2019 Invited Talk
Cleavage-furrow formation without F-actin in Chlamydomonas - Special interest subgroup, American Society of Cell Biology Meeting · December 2018 Invited Talk

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Bass Connections Team Leader - Effects of Climate Change on Microbial Food Webs · 2022 - 2023 Projects & Field Work
Co-organizer/co-chair - Special Interest Subgroup: Evolution and Diversity of the Cytoskeleton and Cell Division Machinery, American Society of Cell Biology Meeting · December 2021 Event/Organization Administration American Society of Cell Biology , Online
Co-organizer/co-chair - Emerging Ssytems, American Society of Cell Biology Meeting · December 2021 Event/Organization Administration American Society of Cell Biology , Online

Service to Duke


Participant . Faculty Success Program · 2023 Professional Development National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD),