Associate for Education and Public Outreach

Akemi Kurotani

  (黒谷 明美)

Profile Information

Affiliation
Associate Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Degree
Doctor of Engineering(Mar, 1988, Osaka University)
Master of Science(Mar, 1984, Ochanomizu University)

Other name(s) (e.g. nickname)
Akemi Izumi-Kurotani
J-GLOBAL ID
200901010521776467
researchmap Member ID
1000144546

Papers

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  • A. Izumi-Kurotani, M. Kiyomoto, M. Imai, H. Eguchi
    Advances in Space Research, 38(6) 1112-1116, 2006  Peer-reviewed
    To investigate the effects of gravity on morphogenesis at the cellular level, we have proposed a new experimental system with micromeres from sea urchin embryos [Izumi-Kurotani, A., Kiyomoto, M. Morphogenesis and gravity in a whole Amphibian Embryo and in isolated blastomeres of sea urchins, in: Marthy, H. -J. (Ed.), Developmental Biology Research in Space. Adv. Space Biol. Med. vol. 9, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 83-99, 2003]. We studied spicule formation in cultured micromeres of sea urchin embryo under various conditions of gravity: hypergravity by a centrifuge and simulated microgravity in a vertical clinostat. Spicule elongation was suppressed under both experimental conditions. © 2005 COSPAR.

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