Sirajam Munira
| Position | Program-Specific Researcher |
|---|---|
| Group name | Alev Group |
| Research Field | Developmental biology and organogenesis |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2686-9568 |
| Joined | 2025/04/01 |
Biography
Sirajam obtained her Ph.D. from Kyoto Pharmaceutical University (2020). She then joined the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi) at Kyoto University as a teaching and research assistant under Professor Cantas Alev (2020-2025). In 2025, she was appointed as a Program-Specific Researcher at ASHBi, continuing her work under the same mentorship.
Publications
Yamanaka, Y., Hamidi, S., Yoshioka-Kobayashi, K., Munira, S., Sunadome, K., Zhang, Y., Kurokawa, Y., Ericsson, R., Mieda, A., Thompson, J. L., Kerwin, J., Lisgo, S., Yamamoto, T., Moris, N., Martinez-Arias, A., Tsujimura, T., & Alev, C. (2023). Reconstituting human somitogenesis in vitro. Nature, 614(7948), 509–520. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05649-2
Munira, S., Yuki, R., Saito, Y., & Nakayama, Y. (2020). ALK Inhibitors-Induced M Phase Delay Contributes to the Suppression of Cell Proliferation. Cancers, 12(4), 1054. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12041054
Matozaki, M., Saito, Y., Yasutake, R., Munira, S., Kaibori, Y., Yukawa, A., Tada, M., & Nakayama, Y. (2019). Involvement of Stat3 phosphorylation in mild heat shock-induced thermotolerance. Experimental Cell Research, 377(1-2), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2019.02.011
Okumura, D., Hagino, M., Yamagishi, A., Yuichiro Kaibori, Munira, S., Saito, Y., & Nakayama, Y. (2018). Inhibitors of the VEGF Receptor Suppress HeLa S3 Cell Proliferation via Misalignment of Chromosomes and Rotation of the Mitotic Spindle, Causing a Delay in M-Phase Progression. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(12), 4014–4014. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19124014