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Ishii Kenichi

イシイ ケンイチ | Ishii Kenichi
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Assistant Professor
Research field  (5): Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science ,  Immunology ,  Bacteriology ,  Pharmacology ,  Pharmaceuticals - health and biochemistry
Research keywords  (8): Aggression ,  Social behaviors ,  Drosophila ,  Antibiotics ,  Infectious diseases ,  Bacteria ,  Silkworm ,  Innate immunity
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (6):
  • 2022 - 2026 Pain & loneliness: Neural basis for sociality formation through peripheral nociception tuning
  • 2022 - 2025 動物個体間の階層関係を規定する、攻撃制御遺伝子・神経基盤の解明
  • 2020 - 2025 動物個体間の階層関係を規定する社会的不快情動の神経基盤
  • 2016 - 2018 Elucidation of the neural mechanisms underlying sexual dimorphism in aggressive behaviors using Drosophila.
  • 2012 - 2015 Establishment of a bacterial infection model in honeybees to elucidate the molecular basis of "social immunity".
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Papers (31):
  • Mami Nakamizo-Dojo*, Kenichi Ishii*, Jiro Yoshino*, Masato Tsuji, Kazuo Emoto [*Equal contribution]. Descending GABAergic pathway links brain sugar-sensing to peripheral nociceptive gating in Drosophila. Nature Communications. 2023. 14. 6515
  • Kotaro Furusawa, Kenichi Ishii, Masato Tsuji, Nagomi Tokumitsu, Eri Hasegawa, Kazuo Emoto. Presynaptic Ube3a E3 ligase promotes synapse elimination through down-regulation of BMP signaling. Science. 2023. 381. 6663. 1197-1205
  • Kenichi Ishii, Matteo Cortese, Xubo Leng, Maxim N Shokhirev, Kenta Asahina. A neurogenetic mechanism of experience-dependent suppression of aggression. Science Advances. 2022. 8. 36. eabg3203
  • Hiroshi Hamamoto*, Suresh Panthee*, Atmika Paudel, Kenichi Ishii, Jyunichiro Yasukawa, Su Jie, Atsushi Miyashita, Hiroaki Itoh, Kotaro Tokumoto, Masayuki Inoue, et al. Serum apolipoprotein A-I potentiates the therapeutic efficacy of lysocin E against Staphylococcus aureus. Nature Communications. 2021. 12. 6364
  • Xubo Leng*, Margot Wohl*, Kenichi Ishii, Pavan Nayak, Kenta Asahina [*Equal contribution]. Quantifying influence of human choice on the automated detection of Drosophila behavior by a supervised machine learning algorithm. PLOS ONE. 2020. 15. 12. e0241696
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MISC (8):
  • Walker Peterson, Joshua Arenson, Soichiro Hata, Laura Kacenauskaite, Tsubasa Kobayashi, Takuya Otsuka, Hanqing Wang, Yayoi Wada, Kotaro Hiramatsu, Zhikai He, et al. Flow zoometry of Drosophila. bioRxiv. 2024
  • Jiro Yoshino, Sonali S. Mali, Claire R. Williams, Takeshi Morita, Chloe E. Emerson, Christopher J. Arp, Sophie E. Miller, Chang Yin, Lydia Thé, Chikayo Hemmi, et al. Drosophila epidermal cells are intrinsically mechanosensitive and drive nociceptive behavioral outputs. bioRxiv. 2022. 2022.10.07.511265
  • Kazuhisa Sekimizu, Hiroshi Hamamoto, Suresh Panthee, Atmika Paudel, Kenichi Ishii, Jyunichiro Yasukawa, Su Jie, Hiroaki Itoh, Kotaro Tokumoto, Masayuki Inoue. Serum proteins potentiate therapeutic efficacy of lysocin E against S. aureus. In Review at Nature journals. 2020
  • Kenichi Ishii, Matteo Cortese, Xubo Leng, Maxim N. Shokhirev, Kenta Asahina. A neurogenetic mechanism of experience-dependent suppression of aggression. bioRxiv. 2020. 2020.06.26.172890
  • Xubo Leng*, Margot Woh*l, Kenichi Ishii, Pavan Nayak, Kenta Asahina. Quantitative comparison of Drosophila behavior annotations by human observers and a machine learning algorithm. bioRxiv. 2020. 2020.06.16.153130
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Books (1):
  • Idenshi meimei monogatari
    Chuokoron-shinsha, Inc. 2021 ISBN:9784121507426
Lectures and oral presentations  (15):
  • A proto-oncogene homolog "nervy" mediates experience-dependent suppression of aggression
    (15th Japan Drosophila Research Conference 2022)
  • Molecular control of developmental neuronal remodeling in Drosophila neurons
    (Neuro2022)
  • Neuronal mechanisms underlying behavioral switching during nociceptive escape
    (Neuro2022 2022)
  • 発達初期における「細切れ睡眠」の制御メカニズムの解明
    (日本動物学会関東支部 第74回大会 2022)
  • ショウジョウバエ幼虫における痛覚応答の日内変動
    (日本動物学会関東支部第74回大会 2022)
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Education (3):
  • 2009 - 2012 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. program (Prof. Kazuhisa Sekimizu)
  • 2007 - 2009 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ms. program (Prof. Kazuhisa Sekimizu)
  • 2003 - 2007 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Pharmacy
Professional career (1):
  • Ph.D. (The University of Tokyo)
Work history (4):
  • 2020/09 - 現在 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science Assistant Professor
  • 2015/04 - 2020/08 The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, CA, USA) Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory Postdoctoral fellow
  • 2016/04 - 2018/03 Salk Institute of Biological Studies (La Jolla, CA, USA) Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 2012/04 - 2015/03 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Awards (5):
  • 2022/09 - Japan Drosophila Research Conference (JDRC) Daigoro Moriwaki Award
  • 2020/11 - The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Excellent Young Researcher
  • 2015/03 - The Naito Foundation Subsidy for Research Abroad
  • 2012/03 - The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo President’s Award for Students
  • 2012/03 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Ikushi Prize
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