{"id":38,"date":"2018-04-03T19:05:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T10:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naigai-web.jp\/okadai_gnst\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2018-04-03T19:05:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T10:05:39","slug":"department-of-biological-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/research\/research-summary\/department-of-biological-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Biological Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"earth\">\n<p class=\"date\">As of March 2018<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area : Molecular Genetics<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/nakagoshi-lab-hp\/home\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/nakagoshi-lab-hp\/home)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biol.okayama-u.ac.jp\/kutukake\/nadyn.html\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:http:\/\/www.biol.okayama-u.ac.jp\/kutukake\/nadyn.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/molecularmicrobelab\/home\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/molecularmicrobelab\/home)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hideki NAKAGOSHI,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Tatsuhiko ABO,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Akira TOMINAGA,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Regulatory mechanisms of sexual differentiation and fertility in <i>Drosophila<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Ribosome rescue in <i>Escherichia coli<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Structural analysis of ribosome resuce factors<\/li>\n<li>DNA inversion system in bacteria, flagellotropic bacteriophage \u03c7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>T. Abo, and Y. Chadani, The fail-safe system to rescue the stalled ribosomes in Escherichia coli. Front. Microbiol. 5: 156 (2014)<\/li>\n<li>R. Minami, M. Wakabayashi, S. Sugimori, K. Taniguchi, A. Kokuryo, T. Imano, T. Adachi-Yamada, N.  Watanabe, and H. Nakagoshi, The homeodomain protein Defective proventriculus is essential for male accessory gland development to enhance fecundity in <i>Drosophila<\/i>. PLoS One 7: e32302 (2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area : Molecular Physiology<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biol.okayama-u.ac.jp\/takahashi_y\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:http:\/\/www.biol.okayama-u.ac.jp\/takahashi_y\/index.htm)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yuichiro TAKAHASHI,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Miho NISHIMURA,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Study on the structure, function, and assembly of Photosystem I<\/li>\n<li>Study on the structure and function of oxygen-evolution of Photosystem II<\/li>\n<li>Study on the quality control of Photosystem II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>S. Bujaldon, N. Kodama, F. Rappaport, R. Subramanyam, C. de Vitry, Y. Takahashi, and F.-A. Wollman, The functional accumulation of antenna proteins in chlorophyll b-less mutants of <i>Chlamydomonas reinhardtii<\/i>. Molecular Plant 10: 115-130 (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Y. Kato, S. Ozawa, Y. Takahashi, and W. Sakamoto, D1 fragmentation in photosystem II repair caused by photo-damage of a two-step model, Photosynthesis Res. 126: 409-416 (2015)<\/li>\n<li>H. Takahashi, A. Okamuro, J. Minagawa, and Y. Takahashi, Biochemical Characterization of Photosystem I-Associated Light- Harvesting Complexes I and II Isolated from State 2 Cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Plant Cell Physiol. 55: 1437-1449 (2014)<\/li>\n<li>S. Takahashi, M. Yoshioka-Nishimura, D. Nanba, and M. R. Badger, Thermal acclimation of the symbiotic alga Symbiodinium spp.  alleviates photobleaching under heat stress, Plant Physiology 161: 477-85 (2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area : Molecular Cell Biology<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/taga-lab\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/taga-lab)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Masatoki TAGA,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Kiyoshi NAKAHORI,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Molecular cytogenetics of filamentous fungi<\/li>\n<li>Photomorphogenesis of agaricomycete <i>Coprinopsis cinerea<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>M. Taga., K. Tanaka, S. Kato, and Y. Kubo, Cytological analyses of the karyotypes and chromosomes of three <i>Colletotrichum<\/i> species, <i>C. orbiculare, C. graminicola<\/i> and <i>C. Higginsianum<\/i>, Fungal Genet. Biol. 82:238-250 (2015)<\/li>\n<li>H. S. Garmaroodi and M. Taga, Meiotic inheritance of a fungal supernumerary chromosome and its effect on sexual fertility in <i>Nectria haematococca<\/i>, Fungal Biol. 119: 929-939 (2015)<\/li>\n<li>T. Nakazawa, Y. Ando, T. Hata, and K. Nakahori, A mutation in the <i>Cc.arp<sup>9<\/sup><\/i> gene encoding a putative actin-related protein causes defects in fruiting initiation and asexual development in the agaricomycete <i>Coprinopsis cinerea<\/i>, Curr. Genet. 62: 565-74 (2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area : Structural Biology<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biol.okayama-u.ac.jp\/shen2\/%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%97.htm\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:http:\/\/www.biol.okayama-u.ac.jp\/shen2\/%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%97.htm)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jian-Ren SHEN,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Michihiro SUGA ,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Fusamichi AKITA,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mechanism of photosynthetic water-splitting<\/li>\n<li>High-resolution structural analysis of membrane proteins<\/li>\n<li>Expression, purification and structural studies of plant transporters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>M. Suga, F. Akita, K. Hirata, G. Ueno, H. Murakami, Y. Nakajima, T. Shimizu, K. Yamashita, M. Yamamoto, H. Ago, and J.-R. Shen, Native structure of photosystem II at 1.95 \u00c5 resolution viewed by femtosecond X-ray pulses. Nature 517: 99-103 (2015)\n<\/li>\n<li>X. Qin, M. Suga, T. Kuang, and J.-R. Shen, Structural basis for the energy transfer pathways in plant PSI-LHCI super-complex. Science 348: 989-995 (2015)<\/li>\n<li>M. Suga et al., Light-induced structural changes and the site of O=O bond formation in PSII caught by XFEL. Nature 543: 131-135 (2017)<\/li>\n<li>L.-J. Yu, M. Suga, Z.-Y. Wang-Otomo, J.-R. Shen, Structure of photosynthetic LH1-RC super-complex at 1.9  resolution. Nature 556: 209-213  (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area : Neural Control of Behavior<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.science.okayama-u.ac.jp\/~rinkai\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:http:\/\/www.science.okayama-u.ac.jp\/~rinkai\/en\/index.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/molecular-ethology-laboratory\/english\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/molecular-ethology-laboratory\/english)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hirotaka SAKAMOTO,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Hideaki TAKEUCHI,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Studies on neuroendocrinological regulation of behavior in vertebrates<\/li>\n<li>Evolutional origin of the hormone-receptor system<\/li>\n<li>Exploring the neural geography of the social brain using medaka fish<\/li>\n<li>Investigation of behavioral rules underlying emergence of social structure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>H. Sakamoto, K.I. Matsuda, D.G. Zuloaga, H. Hongu, E. Wada, K. Wada, C.L. Jordan, S.M. Breedlove, and M. Kawata, Sexually  \u3000dimorphic gastrin releasing peptide system in the spinal cord controls male reproductive functions, Nat. Neurosci. 11: 634-636 (2008)<\/li>\n<li>T. Okuyama, S. Yokoi, H. Abe, Y. Isoe, Y. Suehiro, H. Imada, M. Tanaka, T. Kawasaki, S. Yuba, Y. Taniguchi, Y. Kamei, K. Okubo, A. Shimada, K. Naruse, H. Takeda, Y. Oka, T. Kubo, and H. Takeuchi, A neural mechanism underlying mating preferences for familiar individuals in medaka fish, Science 343:91-94 (2014)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area : Environmental Biology and Chronobiology<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/chronobiologyokayamauni\/\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/chronobiologyokayamauni\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kenji TOMIOKA,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Taishi YOSHII,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Molecular oscillatory mechanism and photic entrainment mechanism of the circadian clock in hemimetabolous insects<\/li>\n<li>Molecular physiological analysis of the insect photoperiodic time-measurement mechanism<\/li>\n<li>Neuronal circuits underlying the circadian clock in <i>Drosophila melanogaster<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Functional analysis of neuropeptides involved in the <i>Drosophila<\/i> circadian clock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A. Tokuoka, T.Q. Itoh, S. Hori, O. Uryu, Y. Danbara, M. Nose, T. Bando, T. Tanimura, and K. Tomioka, <i>cryptochromes<\/i> form an oscillatory loop that can operate independent of the <i>per\/tim<\/i> loop in the circadian clockwork of the cricket <i>Gryllus bimaculatus<\/i>. Zoological Lett. 3: 5 (2017)<\/li>\n<li>K. Tomioka, and A. Matsumoto, Circadian molecular clockworks in non-model insects. Curr. Opin. Insect Sci. 7: 58-64 (2015)<\/li>\n<li>T. Yoshii, C. Hermann-Luibl, C. Kistenpfennig, B. Schmid, K. Tomioka, and C. Helfrich-F\u00f6rster, Cryptochrome-dependent and -independent circadian entrainment circuits in <i>Drosophila<\/i>, J. Neurosci. 35: 6131-6141 (2015)<\/li>\n<li>C. Hermann-Luibl, T. Yoshii, P.R. Senthilan, H. Dircksen, C. Helfrich-F\u00f6rster, The ion transport peptide is a new functional clock neuropeptide in the fruit fly <i>Drosophila melanogaster<\/i>, J. Neurosci. 34: 9522-9536 (2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area : Chemical Correlation and Control<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.science.okayama-u.ac.jp\/~rinkai\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:http:\/\/www.science.okayama-u.ac.jp\/~rinkai\/en\/index.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biol.okayama-u.ac.jp\/cccrg\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:http:\/\/www.biol.okayama-u.ac.jp\/cccrg\/index.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tatsuya SAKAMOTO,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Sumio TAKAHASHI,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Sakae TAKEUCHI,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Tadashi AKIYAMA,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Maho OGOSHI,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Regulatory mechanism of anterior pituitary functions and reproductive functions<\/li>\n<li>Functional evolution of adrenomedullin family in vertebrates<\/li>\n<li>Physiological role and mechanism of action of pituitary hormones expressed in extra-pituitary tissues in vertebrates<\/li>\n<li>Environmental Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Diversity of Marine Animals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Y. Manabe, M. Tochigi, A. Moriwaki, S. Takeuchi, and S. Takahashi, Insulin-like growth factor 1(IGF1) mRNA expression in the uterus of streptozotocin (STZ)-treated diabetic mice, J. Reprod. Dev. 59: 398-404 (2013)<\/li>\n<li>Y. Takei, M. Ogoshi, and S. Nobata, Exploring new CGRP family peptides and their receptors in vertebrates, Curr. Prot. Pept. Sci. 14: 282-93 (2013)<\/li>\n<li>T. Sakamoto, S. Ogawa, Y. Nishiyama, C. Akada, H. Takahashi, T. Watanabe, H. Minakata, and H. Sakamoto, Osmotic\/ionic status  of body fluids in the euryhaline cephalopod suggest possible parallel evolution of osmoregulation, Sci Rep. 5: 14469 (2015)<\/li>\n<li>E. Oribe, A. Fukao, C. Yoshihara, M. Mendori, K. G. Rosal, S. Takahashi, and S. Takeuchi, Conserved distal promoter of the agouti  signaling protein (ASIP) gene controls sexual dichromatism in chickens, Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 177: 231-237 (2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Research Area :  Developmental Biology<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/uedalabinokayamauniv\/home\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/uedalabinokayamauniv\/home)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biol.okayama-u.ac.jp\/takahashiTaku\/T-Takahashi.html\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:http:\/\/www.biol.okayama-u.ac.jp\/takahashiTaku\/T-Takahashi.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/organregeneration.jimdo.com\/english-version\/\" target=\"_blank\">(URL:https:\/\/organregeneration.jimdo.com\/english-version\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hitoshi UEDA,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Taku TAKAHASHI,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Hiroyasu MOTOSE,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Akira SATOH,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Takashi OKAMOTO,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Regulation mechanism of time control (biological timer) during the development of insects, gene expression and development by insect hormones<\/li>\n<li>Molecular functions of thermospermine in plant development<\/li>\n<li>Molecular mechanism and evolution of directional growth in plants<\/li>\n<li>Novel physiological functions of phytohormones<\/li>\n<li>Organ regeneration in vertebrates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>K. Akagi, M. Sarhan, A.-R. Sultan, H. Nishida, A. Koie, T. Nakayama, and H. Ueda, A biological timer in the fat body comprised of Blimp-1, \u03b2FTZ-F1 and Shade regulates pupation timing in Drosophila melanogaster. Development 143: 2410-2416 (2016)<\/li>\n<li>Y. Ohhara, Y, Shimada-Niwa, R. Niwa, Y. Kayashima, Y. Hayashi, K. Akagi, H. Ueda, K. Yamakawa-Kobayashi, and S. Kobayashi, Autocrine regulation of ecdysone synthesis by \u03b23-octopamine receptor in the prothoracic gland is essential for Drosophila metamorphosis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 112: 1452-1457 (2015)<\/li>\n<li>K. Yoshimoto, Y. H. Takamura, I. Kadota, H. Motose, and T. Takahashi, Chemical control of xylem differentiation by thermospermine, xylemin, and auxin. Sci. Rep. 6: e21487 (2016)<\/li>\n<li>S. Takatani, S. Ozawa, N. Yagi, T. Hotta, T. Hashimoto, Y. Takahashi, T. Takahashi, and H. Motose, Directional cell expansion requires NIMA-related kinase 6 (NEK6)-mediated cortical microtubule destabilization., Sci. Rep. 7: e7826 (2017)<\/li>\n<li>A. Makanae, K. Mitogawa, and A. Satoh, Cooperative Bmp- and Fgf-signaling inputs convert skin wound healing to limb formation in urodele amphibians, Dev. Biol. 410: 45-55 (2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<\/div>    \t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As of March 2018 Research Area : Molecular Genetics (URL:https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/nakagoshi-lab-hp\/home) (URL:http:\/\/www.biol.okayama-u.ac.jp\/kut...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"2column2.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}