About the Niwa Lab
Historically, Shinsuke Niwa, PhD, has studied molecular and cellular aspects of various classes of kinesin motors and utilized the genetically tractable worm C. elegans to perform genetic screens to uncover regulatory mechanisms of kinesin movement in cells. Dr. Niwa now heads his own laboratory at Tohoku University in Japan where his group continues to study diverse aspects of kinesin-based transport in cells utilizing genetics, cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics to address these questions. Dr. Niwa has also co-authored research papers specifically involving disease associated mutations of KIF1A, utilizing unc-104 mutant worm models.
