The collaborative research project on the Iberian ribbed newt genome has culminated in a paper published in iScience

A multi-institutional study led by Dr. Kenichi Suzuki (National Institute for Basic Biology) and Dr. Toshinori Hayashi (Hiroshima University) has been published in iScience. The article, titled “The inbred newt genome unveils molecular mechanisms of behavior, development, and regeneration in urodele amphibians,” reports the successful sequencing of an inbred strain of the Iberian ribbed newt established in Japan.

The inbred genome unveils molecular mechanisms of behavior, development, and regeneration in urodele amphibians Kimura, Y., Suzuki, M., Okumura, A., Matsunami, M., Nishide, H., Mizuno, R., Bou, K., Uno, K., Nakada, T., Hasunuma, I., Haramoto, Y., Fukui, A., Inoue, T., Sato, Y., Yamaguchi, K., Zhang, Z., Chihara, A., Takehara, M., Shibata, Y., Kitada, M., Moreno, N., Uchiyama, I., Suzuki, Y., Takeuchi, T., Nikaido, M., Agata, K., Toyoda, A., Shigenobu, S., Hayashi, T., and Suzuki, KT iScience, 28: 2113535, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113535

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