Masako Kawada

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
21 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Masako Kawada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Masako Kawada has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Masako Kawada's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (7 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (4 papers). Masako Kawada is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (7 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (4 papers). Masako Kawada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Spain. Masako Kawada's co-authors include Yoshiki Sasai, Mototsugu Eiraku, Nozomu Takata, Kiyotoshi Sekiguchi, Keiko Muguruma, Shigenobu Yonemura, Satoru Okuda, Taiji ADACHI, Hiroki Ishibashi and Eriko Sakakura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Masako Kawada

21 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis in three-dimensional culture

2011 1.5k citations Mototsugu Eiraku, Nozomu Takata et al. Nature profile →
Self-Organized Formation of Polarized Cortical Tissues from ESCs and Its Active Manipulation by Extrinsic Signals

2008 1.1k citations Mototsugu Eiraku, Kiichi Watanabe et al. Cell stem cell profile →
Self-Formation of Optic Cups and Storable Stratified Neural Retina from Human ESCs

2012 1.1k citations Tokushige Nakano, Satoshi Ando et al. Cell stem cell profile →

Peers

Masako Kawada

CMN

Nozomu Takata Japan

Tokushige Nakano Japan

Tessa Homfray United Kingdom

Mototsugu Eiraku Japan

Michiru Matsumura Japan

Ayaka Nishiyama Japan

Guðrún A. Jónsdóttir United States

Irina Klimanskaya United States

Guangming Wu Germany

Georgia Panagiotakos United States

Nozomu Takata Japan

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Countries citing papers authored by Masako Kawada

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masako Kawada

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masako Kawada

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masako Kawada. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masako Kawada based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Masako Kawada. Masako Kawada is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Maeda, Tomoya, et al.. (2022). Analysis of the evolution of resistance to multiple antibiotics enables prediction of the Escherichia coli phenotype-based fitness landscape. PLoS Biology. 20(12). e3001920–e3001920. 13 indexed citations

Kotani, Hazuki, et al.. (2022). Development of a device that generates a temperature gradient in a microtiter plate for microbial culture. SLAS TECHNOLOGY. 27(5). 279–283. 1 indexed citations

Maeda, Tomoya, et al.. (2021). Laboratory evolution of Mycobacterium on agar plates for analysis of resistance acquisition and drug sensitivity profiles. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 15136–15136. 15 indexed citations

Maeda, Tomoya, et al.. (2021). Mutational property of newly identified mutagen l-glutamic acid γ-hydrazide in Escherichia coli. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 823. 111759–111759. 5 indexed citations

Maeda, Tomoya, et al.. (2020). High-throughput laboratory evolution reveals evolutionary constraints in Escherichia coli. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5970–5970. 50 indexed citations

Maeda, Tomoya, et al.. (2019). Complete Genome Sequences of Three Star-Shaped Bacteria, Stella humosa, Stella vacuolata, and Stella Species ATCC 35155. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(32). 3 indexed citations

Satoh, Katsuya, et al.. (2019). Complete Genome Sequence of a Radioresistant Bacterial Strain, Deinococcus grandis ATCC 43672. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(45). 5 indexed citations

Okuda, Satoru, Nozomu Takata, Masako Kawada, et al.. (2018). Strain-triggered mechanical feedback in self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis. Science Advances. 4(11). eaau1354–eaau1354. 70 indexed citations

Nakano, Tokushige, Satoshi Ando, Nozomu Takata, et al.. (2012). Self-Formation of Optic Cups and Storable Stratified Neural Retina from Human ESCs. Cell stem cell. 10(6). 771–785. 1079 indexed citations breakdown →

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Danjo, Teruko, Mototsugu Eiraku, Keiko Muguruma, et al.. (2011). Subregional Specification of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Ventral Telencephalic Tissues by Timed and Combinatory Treatment with Extrinsic Signals. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(5). 1919–1933. 141 indexed citations

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KAMIYA, Daisuke, Noriaki Sasai, Masatoshi Ohgushi, et al.. (2011). Intrinsic transition of embryonic stem-cell differentiation into neural progenitors. Nature. 470(7335). 503–509. 168 indexed citations

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Eiraku, Mototsugu, Nozomu Takata, Hiroki Ishibashi, et al.. (2011). Self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis in three-dimensional culture. Nature. 472(7341). 51–56. 1470 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ikeya, Makoto, Masako Kawada, Sachiko Onishi, et al.. (2009). Cv2, functioning as a pro-BMP factor via twisted gastrulation, is required for early development of nephron precursors. Developmental Biology. 337(2). 405–414. 36 indexed citations

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Ikeya, Makoto, Tetsuya Nosaka, Masako Kawada, et al.. (2008). Twisted gastrulation mutation suppresses skeletal defect phenotypes in Crossveinless 2 mutant mice. Mechanisms of Development. 125(9-10). 832–842. 14 indexed citations

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Eiraku, Mototsugu, Kiichi Watanabe, Mami Matsuo‐Takasaki, et al.. (2008). Self-Organized Formation of Polarized Cortical Tissues from ESCs and Its Active Manipulation by Extrinsic Signals. Cell stem cell. 3(5). 519–532. 1103 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wataya, Takafumi, Satoshi Ando, Keiko Muguruma, et al.. (2008). Minimization of exogenous signals in ES cell culture induces rostral hypothalamic differentiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(33). 11796–11801. 202 indexed citations

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Ikeya, Makoto, Masako Kawada, Hiroshi Kiyonari, et al.. (2007). Essential pro-BMP roles of Crossveinless2 in mouse organogenesis. Developmental Biology. 306(1). 425–426. 4 indexed citations

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Sakuragi, Makoto, Noriaki Sasai, Makoto Ikeya, et al.. (2006). Functional analysis of chick ONT1 reveals distinguishable activities among olfactomedin-related signaling factors. Mechanisms of Development. 123(2). 114–123. 12 indexed citations

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Ikeya, Makoto, Masako Kawada, Hiroshi Kiyonari, et al.. (2006). Essential pro-Bmp roles of crossveinless 2 in mouse organogenesis. Development. 133(22). 4463–4473. 100 indexed citations

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Ikeya, Makoto, Masako Kawada, Makoto Sakuragi, et al.. (2005). Gene disruption/knock-in analysis of mONT3: vector construction by employing both in vivo and in vitro recombinations. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 49(7). 807–823. 32 indexed citations

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