Close-up on Research Press Release “Capture the Changes in Molecular Structure! Exploring the Inside of Living Cells with a Flicker of Light”

Lecturer Akira Kitamura (Faculty of Advanced Life Science) discovered a method to detect one of the three-dimensional structures in RNA in live cells. He issued a press release titled “Success in Detecting RNA 3D Structure Using Fluorescence Blinking” on January 19, 2023. We interviewed Dr. Kitamura for more information.

Article in Japanese: https://life.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/fa/topic/12852

 

Please see the following press release for the detail (in Japanese).

https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/230119_pr.pdf