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Kenji Sugioka

ResearcherZoologyUniversity of British Columbia

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Kenji Sugioka

Researcher

Zoology

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (5 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2026.

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Research

C. Elegans Cell Division Cell Polarity Myosin Contractile Ring Cytokinesis Mitosis Wnt

Latest papers

Combinatorial regulation of cellular rotation by CUL-3-actomyosin-dependent oriented division, eggshell geometry, and Ras-MAPK signaling during dorsal-ventral axis establishment in Caenorhabditis elegans.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026 · senior author
Cell cycle oscillations in a polarity network facilitate state switching by morphogenetic cues.
Science advances · 2026
Cadherin flow translates cortical chirality into left-right asymmetric cell division dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos.
Current biology : CB · 2025 · senior author

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Elucidating the Mechanism and Function of Cortical Flow in Wnt-dependent Asymmetric Cell Division.
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$30,000
Elucidating the Mechanism and Function of Cortical Flow in Wnt-dependent Asymmetric Cell Division.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$25,000
Elucidating the Mechanism and Function of Cortical Flow in Wnt-dependent Asymmetric Cell Division.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$757,350

All 8 grants and awards

9 publications.

Combinatorial regulation of cellular rotation by CUL-3-actomyosin-dependent oriented division, eggshell geometry, and Ras-MAPK signaling during dorsal-ventral axis establishment in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Khor MJ, Lai C, Gough CL, Xiong YR, Hiroyasu A, Li T, Juciute V, Hsu CR, Kim M, Dofher K, Sugioka K

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.28.735104 PMID: 42427604

Cell cycle oscillations in a polarity network facilitate state switching by morphogenetic cues.

Ng K, Sebaa H, Hirani N, Chizh A, Messi Z, Bland T, Sugioka K, Goehring NW

Science advances2026

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aec3379 PMID: 42127172

Cadherin flow translates cortical chirality into left-right asymmetric cell division dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos.

Khor MJ, Xiong YR, Sangha G, Sugioka K

Current biology : CB2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.09.052 PMID: 41130205

Cell cycle oscillations in a polarity network facilitate state switching by morphogenetic cues.

Ng K, Sebaa H, Hirani N, Chizh A, Messi Z, Bland T, Sugioka K, Goehring NW

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.12.681824 PMID: 41279780

Endogenous chondroitin extends lifespan by inhibiting VHA-7-mediated tubular lysosome formation.

Shibata Y, Tanaka Y, Mori S, Mitsuzumi K, Fujii S, Sasakura H, Morioka Y, Sugioka K, Takeuchi K, Nishiwaki K

Scientific reports2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-80242-3 PMID: 39609482

Contractile ring mechanosensation and its anillin-dependent tuning during early embryogenesis.

Hsu CR, Sangha G, Fan W, Zheng J, Sugioka K

Nature communications2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43996-4 PMID: 38065974

Symmetry-breaking of animal cytokinesis.

Sugioka K

Seminars in cell & developmental biology2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.12.008 PMID: 34955355

Improved 3D cellular morphometry of Caenorhabditis elegans embryos using a refractive index matching medium.

Xiong R, Sugioka K

PloS one2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238955 PMID: 32997668

Breaking Symmetry: Worm Cue Finally Found.

Bowerman B, Sugioka K

Developmental cell2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.02.018 PMID: 30861371

Elucidating the Mechanism and Function of Cortical Flow in Wnt-dependent Asymmetric Cell Division.

Nominated PICIHR2026PRIZE - Project Grant - PA: Maud Menten - Biomedical Research

Principal investigators: Sugioka, Kenji

Keywords: C. Elegans; Cell Division; Cell Polarity; Contractile Ring; Cytokinesis; Mitosis; Myosin; Wnt

$30,000

Elucidating the Mechanism and Function of Cortical Flow in Wnt-dependent Asymmetric Cell Division.

Nominated PICIHR2025PRIZE - Project Grant - PA: Prize: Early Career Investigator in Cancer

Principal investigators: Sugioka, Kenji

Keywords: C. Elegans; Cell Division; Cell Polarity; Contractile Ring; Cytokinesis; Mitosis; Myosin; Wnt

$25,000

Elucidating the Mechanism and Function of Cortical Flow in Wnt-dependent Asymmetric Cell Division.

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sugioka, Kenji

Keywords: C. Elegans; Cell Division; Cell Polarity; Contractile Ring; Cytokinesis; Mitosis; Myosin; Wnt

$757,350

Elucidating the Role of Adhesion in Actomyosin-dependent Establishment of Animal Laterality

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sugioka, Kenji

Keywords: Actin; C. Elegans; Cell Division; Cell Polarity; Chirality; Embryogenesis; Heterotaxy; Laterality; Myosin

$745,875

Illuminating the genetic forces driving development by profiling with single cell transcriptomics at thousands of time-points

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Schiebinger, Geoffrey

Keywords: C. Elegans; Developmental Process; Dna Barcodes; Embryo Barcodes; Embryonic Development; Gene Expression; High Density Time-Course; Lineage Tracing; Single Cell Rna-Seq; Trajectory Inference

$849,150

Molecular basis of cell cycle timers and their coordination during organogenesis

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Sugioka, Kenji

$12,500

Molecular basis of cell cycle timers and their coordination during organogenesis

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sugioka, Kenji

$210,000

Dissecting the Flow-induced Symmetry-Breaking of Animal Cell Division

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sugioka, Kenji

Keywords: Asymmetric Cell Division; C. Elegans; Cell Division; Cell Polarity; Contractile Ring; Cytokinesis; Mitosis; Myosin; Oriented Division; Wnt

$745,875

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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