Author interview with Dr Koichiro Shiokawa

Dr Shiokawa is the author of Gene expression in pre-MBT embryos and activation of maternally-inherited program of apoptosis to be executed at around MBT as a fail-safe mechanism in Xenopus early embryogenesis which was recently published in Gene Regulation and Systems Biology.

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What is the primary focus of your research?

Control of Gene expression in Xenopus embryogenesis.

What are the most exciting developments arising from current research in your area?

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Who are your main collaborators? Please describe your work with them

Professor Kazuei Igarashi, who supported me in the above study as a specialist for polyamine research.

How did you come to be working in your research area?

My thesis was on this subject, Gene Expression in Xenopus early embryogenesis.

What do you think about the development of open access publishing? What motivated you to use it?

This is very good, because it is open to a wide variety of related researchers.

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