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Leo Otsuki
Giant lungfish genome reveals how vertebrates conquered land
For the first time, a team of international researchers with Elly Tanaka sequenced and fully assembled the genome of the Australian lungfish. This study uncovers the largest animal genome known to date and gives away some of the secrets on how vertebrates conquered land.


Introducing www.axolotl-omics.org – an integrated -omics data portal for the axolotl research community
Sergej Nowoshilow & Elly M.Tanaka, Experimental Cell Research, Volume 394, Issue 1, 1 September 2020
MERTK-Dependent Ensheathment of Photoreceptor Outer Segments by Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium
New study from Seba Almedawar published in Stem Cell Reports (March 2020).


Elly Tanaka receives the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2020
Elly receives the award for her pioneering work developing a molecular understanding of limb and spinal cord regeneration. She developed new methods to study the phenomenon, which had previously been considered too complex to understand at a cellular level. Through her work inside and outside the lab, Elly has galvanized regeneration research worldwide.