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Special Issue
The Oosawa Lectures on DIY Statistical Mechanics Editorial / Preface / Table of Contents / Introduction / Part I / Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4 / Chapter 5 / Part II / Chapter 6 / Chapter 7 / Chapter 8 / Appendix
Editorial team for the Special Issue on Oosawa’s Lectures

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s001
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s002
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s003
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s004
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s005
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s006
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s007
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s008
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s009
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s010
https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.s011
ReceivedMarch 4, 2024   
AcceptedMay 13, 2024   
ReleasedMay 27, 2024   

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A method for isolating and cryopreserving intact mitochondria with improved integrity and functionality
Arima Okutani, Jannatul Naima, Asaka Ogihara, Taihei Motoichi, Ikuroh Ohsawa, Yoshihiro Ohta

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0012
ReceivedApril 07, 2025   
AcceptedMay 14, 2025   
ReleasedMay 16, 2025   

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A virtual system-coupled molecular dynamics simulation free from experimental knowledge on binding sites: Application to RNA-ligand binding free-energy landscape
Junichi Higo, Kota Kasahara, Shun Sakuraba, Gert-Jan Bekker, Narutoshi Kamiya, Ikuo Fukuda, Takuya Takahashi, Yoshifumi Fukunishi

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0011
ReceivedJanuary 10, 2025   
AcceptedApril 24, 2025   
ReleasedApril 26, 2025   

Advance online publication
A low-cost electric micromanipulator and its application to single-cell electroporation
Kazuma Shimizu, Norihiko Nishimura, Manato Oku, Chika Okimura, Yoshiaki Iwadate

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0010
ReceivedNovember 07, 2024   
AcceptedApril 24, 2025   
ReleasedApril 26, 2025   

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Structure-activity relationship of PET-degrading cutinase regulated by weak Ca2+ binding and temperature
Fumiya Kondo, Narutoshi Kamiya, Gert-Jan Bekker, Satoshi Nagao, Nobutaka Numoto, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Nobutoshi Ito, Masayuki Oda

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0009
ReceivedMarch 10, 2025   
AcceptedApril 22, 2025   
ReleasedApril 24, 2025   

Review Article
Genetically-encoded temperature indicators for thermal biology
Tetsuichi Wazawa, Ryohei Ozaki-Noma, Lu Kai, Shun-ichi Fukushima, Tomoki Matsuda, Takeharu Nagai

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0008
ReceivedDecember 14, 2024   
AcceptedApril 03, 2025   
ReleasedApril 08, 2025   

Method and Protocol
Time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering system development for the biological macromolecules at SACLA: A pilot study
Nobutaka Shimizu, Fangjia Luo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Kensuke Tono, Keiko Yatabe, So Iwata, Eriko Nango

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0007
ReceivedOctober 23, 2024   
AcceptedMarch 25, 2025   
ReleasedMarch 27, 2025   

Regular Article
Gliding direction of Mycoplasma mobile correlates with the curved configuration of its cell shape
Kana Suzuki, Daisuke Nakane, Masaki Mizutani, Takayuki Nishizaka

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0006
ReceivedJanuary 17, 2025   
AcceptedFebruary 17, 2025   
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2025   

Regular Article
Exploring hydrophilic sequence space to search for uncharted foldable proteins by AlphaFold2
Naoki Tomita, Hiroki Onoda, Leonard M. G. Chavas, George Chikenji

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0005
ReceivedNovember 06, 2024   
AcceptedJanuary 30, 2025   
ReleasedFebruary 01, 2025   

Regular Article
Product release and substrate entry of aldehyde deformylating oxygenase revealed by molecular dynamics simulations
Masataka Yoshimura, Munehito Arai

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v22.0003
ReceivedDecember 16, 2024   
AcceptedDecember 27, 2024   
ReleasedJanuary 09, 2025   

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