*corresponding author(s), #co-first, team member(s)

2024-present  @RIKEN

• Asuka Yamaguchi#, Takeshi Sasamura#, Kohei Yoshimura, Hiroki Taniguchi, Daisuke Kurisu, Takamasa Higashi, Yasuhiko Sato, Florian L. Neugebauer, Shuya Ishii, Makito Miyazaki, Mikiko Inaki, Yasuhiro Inoue, Masakazu Akiyama*, Takeshi Haraguchi*, Kohji Ito*, and Kenji Matsuno*, “Myosin1D directs circumferential F-actin flow to define cell chirality”, Journal of Cell Biology, accepted.

• Kei Yamamoto* and Makito Miyazaki*, “Optical control of actin network assembly on the supported lipid bilayer”, Bio-protocol 16, e5656 (2026). [Link]

• Makito Miyazaki#*, Fahmida S. Laboni#, and Taeyoon Kim*, “Reconstitution of actomyosin networks in cell-sized liposomes reveals distinct mechanical roles of cytoskeletal organization in membrane shape remodeling”, bioRxiv [Link].

• Hibiki Sakata#, Hitomi Matsubara#, Kanako Gomi, and Makito Miyazaki*, “Lipid composition effects on the number and size of liposomes formed by the inverted emulsion method”, Biophysical Journal 125, 731–744 (2026). [Link | bioRxiv]

• Priyanka Sasmal, Makito Miyazaki, Frédérique Carlier-Grynkorn, and Phong T. Tran*, “Chimeras of Kinesin-6 and Kinesin-14 reveal head-neck-tail domain functions and dysfunctions that lead to aneuploidy in fission yeast”, Current Biology 36, 415–425 (2026). [Link | bioRxiv]

• Archit Negi, Ryota Sakamoto, Makito Miyazaki, and Yusuke T. Maeda*, “Myosin-driven advection and actin reorganization control the geometry of confined actomyosin gel”, Nano Letters 25, 17979–17987 (2025). [Link | arXiv | プレスリリース（京大）]

• Mayu Yamaguchi#, Reiko Nakagawa#, Linh T. Tran, Yoshihiro Shimizu, and Makito Miyazaki*, “Kinetic scheme of myosin phosphorylation by ZIP kinase”, Biochemistry 64, 4805–4817 (2025). [Link | bioRxiv]

• Kei Yamamoto* and Makito Miyazaki*, “Optogenetic actin network assembly on lipid bilayer uncovers the network density-dependent functions of actin-binding proteins”, Nature Communications 16, 7583 (2025). [Link | bioRxiv | プレスリリース（理研）]

• Masahiro Noji, Yukihiko Sugita, Yosuke Yamazaki, Makito Miyazaki, and Yuta Suzuki*, “Protein design of two-component tubular assemblies similar to cytoskeletons”, Nature Communications 16, 6738 (2025). [Link | bioRxiv | プレスリリース（京大） | プレスリリース（理研） ]

• Yosuke Yamazaki, Yuuri Miyata, Kenichi Morigaki*, and Makito Miyazaki*, “Controlling physical and biochemical parameters of actin nucleation using a patterned model lipid membrane”, Nano Letters 24, 1825–1834 (2024). [Link | プレスリリース]

2018-2023  @Kyoto U.

• Ryota Sakamoto*, Makito Miyazaki, and Yusuke T. Maeda*, “State transitions of a confined actomyosin system controlled through contractility and polymerization rate”, Physical Review Research 5, 013208 (2023). [Link]

• Makito Miyazaki* and Takahiro Kosugi*, “Uncovering the design principles of supramolecular assemblies through manipulation of the structures, dynamics, and functions”, Biophysics and Physicobiology 19, e190031 (2022). [Link]

• Makito Miyazaki, Yosuke Yamazaki, and Yamato Hasegawa*, “Analysis of Brownian motion by elementary school students”, The Physics Teacher 60, 478–483 (2022). [Link | arXiv]

• *Ryota Sakamoto, Ziane Izri, Yuta Shimamoto, Makito Miyazaki, and Yusuke T. Maeda*, “Geometric trade-off between contractile force and viscous drag determines the actomyosin-based motility of a cell-sized droplet”, PNAS 119, e2121147119 (2022). [Link | プレスリリース]

• Hiroaki Kubota#, Hiroyuki Ogawa#, Makito Miyazaki#, Shuya Ishii, Kotaro Oyama, Yuki Kawamura, Shin’ichi Ishiwata*, and Madoka Suzuki*, “Microscopic temperature control reveals cooperative regulation of actin–myosin interaction by drebrin E”, Nano Letters 21, 9526–9533 (2021). [Link | プレスリリース]

• Ryota Sakamoto#, Masatoshi Tanabe#, Tetsuya Hiraiwa, Kazuya Suzuki, Shin’ichi Ishiwata, Yusuke T. Maeda, and Makito Miyazaki*, “Tug-of-war between actomyosin-driven antagonistic forces determines the positioning symmetry in cell-sized confinement”, Nature Communications 11, 3063 (2020). [Link | プレスリリース]

• Hiroaki Kubota, Makito Miyazaki*, Taisaku Ogawa, Togo Shimozawa, Kazuhiko Kinosita Jr., and Shin’ichi Ishiwata*, “Processive nanostepping of formin mDia1 loosely coupled with actin polymerization”, Nano Letters 18, 6617–6624 (2018). [Link]

Before 2018

• Hiroaki Kubota, Makito Miyazaki*, Taisaku Ogawa, Togo Shimozawa, Kazuhiko Kinosita Jr., and Shin’ichi Ishiwata*, “Biphasic effect of profilin impacts the formin mDia1 force-sensing mechanism in actin polymerization”, Biophysical Journal 113, 461–471 (2017). [Link]

• Shin’ichi Ishiwata*, Makito Miyazaki, Katsuhiko Sato, Koutaro Nakagome, Seine A. Shintani, Fuyu Kobirumaki-Shimozawa, Norio Fukuda, Kazuya Suzuki, Jun Takagi, Yuta Shimamoto, and Takeshi Itabashi, “Dynamic properties of bio-motile systems with a liquid-crystalline structure”, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 647, 127–150 (2017). [Link]

• Kazuya Suzuki, Makito Miyazaki*, Jun Takagi, Takeshi Itabashi, and Shin’ichi Ishiwata, “Spatial confinement of active microtubule networks induces large-scale rotational cytoplasmic flow”, PNAS 114, 2922–2927 (2017). [Link]

• Kotaro Oyama#*, Tomomi Arai#, Akira Isaka#, Taku Sekiguchi, Hideki Itoh, Yusuke Seto, Makito Miyazaki, Takeshi Itabashi, Takashi Ohki, Madoka Suzuki*, and Shin'ichi Ishiwata*, “Directional bleb formation in spherical cells under temperature gradient”, Biophysical Journal 109, 355–364 (2015). [Link]

• Makito Miyazaki, Masataka Chiba, Hiroki Eguchi, Takashi Ohki, and Shin’ichi Ishiwata*, “Cell-sized spherical confinement induces the spontaneous formation of contractile actomyosin rings in vitro”, Nature Cell Biology 17, 480–489 (2015). [Link | プレスリリース | Science Portal]

• Makito Miyazaki*, Masataka Chiba, and Shin’ichi Ishiwata, “Preparation of cell-sized water-in-oil droplets for in vitro reconstitution of biological processes in cellular compartments”, Protocol Exchange doi: 10.1038/protex.2015.029. [Link]

• Masataka Chiba#, Makito Miyazaki#, and Shin’ichi Ishiwata*, “Quantitative analysis of the lamellarity of giant liposomes prepared by the inverted emulsion method”, Biophysical Journal 107, 346–354 (2014). [Link]

• Makito Miyazaki, Kazuhiko Kinosita Jr., and Katsuyuki Shiroguchi*, “Accurate polarity control and parallel alignment of actin filaments for myosin-powered transport systems”, RSC Advances 3, 8728–8733 (2013). [Link]

• Makito Miyazaki* and Takahiro Harada, “Go-and-Back method: Effective estimation of the hidden motion of proteins from single-molecule time series”, Journal of Chemical Physics 134, 135104 (2011). [Link]

• Makito Miyazaki* and Takahiro Harada, “Bayesian estimation of the internal structure of proteins from single-molecule measurements”, Journal of Chemical Physics 134, 085108 (2011). [Link]

2018-present

• 宮﨑 牧人，総説「人工細胞で探るアクチン骨格機能の自己組織化メカニズム」，生物物理 65(4)，日本生物物理学会 , pp.192–196 (2025) [Link].

• 宮﨑 牧人，News & Hot Paper Digest「シミュレーションで解く紡錘体の設計原理」実験医学 43(11), pp.1744–1745，羊土社 (2025) [Link].

• 馬渕 一誠，石渡 信一，宮﨑 牧人，村田 隆，篠原 彰，五島剛太，北島智也，胡桃坂仁志，「Chapter 4. 超精密！細胞分裂のメカニズム」 Newton別冊「人体ではたらく細胞のすべて」pp.114–136，ニュートンプレス (2024). [Link]

• 宮﨑 牧人，News & Hot Paper Digest「再構成で捉えたアクチン骨格分解の分子機序」実験医学 42(9), pp.1381–1382，羊土社 (2024) [Link].

• 宮﨑 牧人，News & Hot Paper Digest「微小管の新しい修復メカニズム」実験医学 41(13), pp.2134–2135，羊土社 (2023) [Link].

• 宮﨑 牧人，「アクチン細胞骨格構造と機能の再構成」生体の科学 73, pp.327–332，医学書院 (2022). [Link]

• 馬渕 一誠，石渡 信一，宮﨑 牧人，村田 隆，「Chapter 2. 分身を作る『細胞分裂』Part 1. 細胞分裂」 Newton別冊「ゼロからわかる人体と細胞」pp.38–51，ニュートンプレス (2022). [Link]

• 坂本 遼太，前多 裕介，宮﨑 牧人，「細胞核はどこにあるか — アクティブ・ゲルと配置対称性の制御原理」日本物理学会誌  76巻9号, pp.595–600 (2021)．

• 馬渕 一誠，石渡 信一，宮﨑 牧人，村田 隆，「Chapter 2. 分身を作る『細胞分裂』Part 1. 細胞分裂」 Newton別冊「ゼロからわかる細胞と人体」pp.36–49，ニュートンプレス (2020).

• 宮﨑 牧人，「サイズ依存性から見えてきた細胞骨格の自己組織化原理〜人工細胞を用いた細胞分裂装置の再構成研究を通して〜」実験医学 特集「サイズ生物学」 36(13)，pp.2186–2192，羊土社 (2018).

Before 2018

• 馬渕 一誠，石渡 信一，宮﨑 牧人，村田 隆，「Chapter 2. 分身をつくる細胞分裂 Part 1. 細胞分裂」 Newton別冊「細胞と生命　〜生物を形づくる精緻な装置の神秘にせまる〜」，pp.68–79，ニュートンプレス (2017).

• 宮﨑 牧人，「『細胞質流動』の再現に成功！ — 人工細胞を作って，細胞の仕組みを解明する」academist Journal, academist (2017).

• 馬渕 一誠，石渡 信一，宮﨑 牧人，村田 隆，「細胞はいかにして二つに分裂するのか」 Newton 1月号，pp.82–95，ニュートンプレス (2017).

• 宮﨑 牧人，石渡 信一，トピックス「In vitro再構成による収縮環の形成機構の解明」，生物物理 56(3)，174–176，日本生物物理学会 (2016).

• 宮﨑 牧人，「人工細胞の可能性」，新鐘  第82号，pp. 38–39，早稲田大学学生部 (2016).

• アレキサンダー・ダン，アンドリュー・プライス著，宮﨑 牧人，石渡 信一 訳「細胞に働く力とエネルギー論」パリティ 31巻第2号，pp. 32–40，丸善出版 (2016).

• 宮﨑 牧人，「ランジュバン系に対するベイズ推定：１分子時系列からタンパク質の粗視化モデルを構築する」，日本数理生物学会ニュースレター 第64号別冊，日本数理生物学会 (2011).