Dr. Masayuki TAKAHASHI works at the School of  Life and Environmental Science of Kyoto Prefectural University. He completed his PhD studies and major at the Toulouse University. He recently led projects on RecA- and Rad51-promoted DNA strand exchange. He has published 160 papers in various journals and serves as an editorial member QRB Discovery and International Journal of Molecular Science. His interests include RecA and Rad51 recombinase, DNA strand exchange, and homologous recombination.