• Structural basis of RNAPII transcription on the nucleosome containing histone variant H2A.B.
  

  Akatsu M, Hirano R, Kujirai T, Ogasawara M, Ehara H, Sekine SI, Takizawa Y, Kurumizaka H.
  EMBO J. 2025 May 30. doi: 10.1038/s44318-025-00473-6.

• Multiple structures of RNA polymerase II isolated from human nuclei by ChIP-CryoEM analysis.
  

  Kujirai T, Kato J, Yamamoto K, Hirai S, Fujii T, Maehara K, Harada A, Negishi L, Ogasawara M, Yamaguchi Y, Ohkawa Y, Takizawa Y, Kurumizaka H.
  Nat Commun. 2025 May 28. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59580-x.

• Structural diversity of noncanonical nucleosomes: Functions in chromatin.
  

  Hatazawa S, Horikoshi N, Kurumizaka H.
  Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2025 Apr 30. doi: 10.1016/j.sbi.2025.103054.

• Microfluidic nanobubbles produced using a micromixer for ultrasound imaging and gene delivery.
  

  Yamaguchi T, Endo-Takahashi Y, Awaji K, Numazawa S, Onishi Y, Tada R, Ogasawara M, Takizawa Y, Kurumizaka H, Negishi Y.
  Sci Rep. 2025 Apr 28. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-99171-w.

• High-Resolution Cryo-EM Analyses of Nucleosomes.
  

  Takizawa Y, Ho CH, Sato S, Danev R, Kurumizaka H.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2025 Apr 22. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4486-7_6.

• Cryo-EM Structures of Native Chromatin Units From Human Cells.
  

  Hatazawa S, Fukuda Y, Kobayashi Y, Negishi L, Kikkawa M, Takizawa Y, Kurumizaka H.
  Genes Cells. 2025 Apr 14. doi: 10.1111/gtc.70019.

• Cryo-EM Analysis of a Unique Subnucleosome Containing Centromere-Specific Histone Variant CENP-A.
  

  Kawasaki O, Takizawa Y, Kiyokawa I, Kurumizaka H, Nozawa K.
  Genes Cells. 2025 Mar 24. doi: 10.1111/gtc.70016.

• Structural insights into promoter-proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II at +1 nucleosome.
  

  Naganuma M, Kujirai T, Ehara H, Uejima T, Ito T, Goto M, Aoki M, Henmi M, Miyamoto-Kohno S, Shirouzu M, Kurumizaka H, Sekine SI.
  Sci Adv. 2025 Mar 7. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adu0577.

• Structural insights into how DEK nucleosome binding facilitates H3K27 trimethylation in chromatin.
  

  Kujirai T, Echigoya K, Kishi Y, Saeki M, Ito T, Kato J, Negishi L, Kimura H, Masumoto H, Takizawa Y, Gotoh Y, Kurumizaka H.
  Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2025 Feb 21. doi: 10.1038/s41594-025-01493-w.

• Cryo-EM structures of the BAF-Lamin A/C complex bound to nucleosomes.
  

  Horikoshi N, Miyake R, Sogawa-Fujiwara C, Ogasawara M, Takizawa Y, Kurumizaka H.
  Nat Commun. 2025 Feb 10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56823-9.

• Chemical catalyst manipulating cancer epigenome and transcription.
  

  Yamanashi Y, Takamaru S, Okabe A, Kaito S, Azumaya Y, Kamimura YR, Yamatsugu K, Kujirai T, Kurumizaka H, Iwama A, Kaneda A, Kawashima SA, Kanai M.
  Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 24. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56204-2.