optogenetics

Biology

Team uses optogenetics technology to manipulate intracellular signaling

Credit: Development (2025). DOI: 10.1242/dev.204403 A research team led by Dr. Tetsuya Muramoto of Toho University’s Faculty of Science has demonstrated a mechanism by which periodic chemical signal frequencies within cells regulate gene expression through transcription factors and influence cell fate decisions. This discovery was made using optogenetic technology, which uses light to facilitate the manipulation of biological phenomena. The…