A joint research conference with the Academic Transformative Research (B) "Membrane Permeation Science" was held in Kyoto from September 20th to 21st, 2025. At the conference, cutting-edge research on "biomembranes" in physics, chemistry, and biology, which is being promoted by both fields, was introduced, and lively discussions were held from various perspectives of various fields. The discussions were very lively, and many suggestions were made about the possibility of futu

The November 2025 issue of the Japanese Journal of Pharmacology features a special article entitled "The dawn of 'flexibility' biology unraveled from the cell membrane microenvironment," which includes commentary from each team member in this field. This special feature defines "resilience" as the ability of cells to cope with various stresses, and aims to develop indicators to quantify resilience and elucidate its molecular nature, providing cutting-edge topics on new techno

Mg2+ influx mediated by TRPM7 triggers the initiation of muscle stem cell activation   Kotaro Hirano, Chika Nakabayashi, Mao Sasaki, Miki...