Kitazono Tomohiro

キタゾノトモヒロ | Kitazono Tomohiro

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Assistant Professor
Homepage URL (1)： http://sleepymouse.jp/

Research field (1)： Neuroscience - general

Research keywords (6)： proteomic analysis , kinase , signal transduction pathway , sleep , neuroscience , molecular biology

Research theme for competitive and other funds (7)：

2024 - 2027 低分子量Gタンパク質RhoAを起点とした眠気の制御メカニズムの解明
2021 - 2024 Analysis of the novel intracellular signaling pathways for sleep/wake regulation
2021 - 2024 Elucidating the molecular basis and neural circuit of "sleepiness"
2018 - 2020 Exploration and analysis of novel components of intracellular molecular cascade for sleep
2017 - 2019 Identification of intracellular signal transduction pathways in the regulation of sleep/wakefulness states

Show all

Papers (7)：

Staci J Kim, Noriko Hotta-Hirashima, Fuyuki Asano, Tomohiro Kitazono, Kanako Iwasaki, Shinya Nakata, Haruna Komiya, Nodoka Asama, Taeko Matsuoka, Tomoyuki Fujiyama, et al. Kinase signalling in excitatory neurons regulates sleep quantity and depth. Nature. 2022. 612. 7940. 512-518
Mary Arai, Itsuki Kurokawa, Hoshinosuke Arakane, Tomohiro Kitazono, Takeshi Ishihara. Regulation of Diacylglycerol Content in Olfactory Neurons Determines Forgetting or Retrieval of Olfactory Memory in Caenorhabditis elegans. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2022. 42. 43. JN-RM
Jamine Hooi-Min Teo, Itsuki Kurokawa, Yuuki Onishi, Noriko Sato, Tomohiro Kitazono, Terumasa Tokunaga, Manabi Fujiwara, Takeshi Ishihara. Behavioral forgetting of olfactory learning is mediated by interneuron-regulated network plasticity in Caenorhabditis elegans. eNeuro. 2022. ENEURO.0084-22.2022
Yuki Hirose, Tomohiro Kitazono, Maiko Sezaki, Manabu Abe, Kenji Sakimura, Hiromasa Funato, Hiroshi Handa, Kaspar E. Vogt, Masashi Yanagisawa. Hypnotic effect of thalidomide is independent of teratogenic ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020. 117. 37. 23106-23112
Sayuri Hara-Kuge, Tomonobu Nishihara, Tomoki Matsuda, Tomohiro Kitazono, Takayuki Teramoto, Takeharu Nagai, Takeshi Ishihara. An improved inverse-type Ca2+ indicator can detect putative neuronal inhibition in Caenorhabditis elegans by increasing signal intensity upon Ca2+ decrease. PLoS ONE. 2018. 13. 4

ｍore...

MISC (1)：

Tomohiro Kitazono, Akitoshi Inoue, Takeshi Ishihara. Searching for forgetting signals in C-elegans. GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS. 2012. 87. 6. 408-408

Books (2)：

Lectures and oral presentations (22)：

The LKB1-SIK3-RhoA pathway regulates sleep and wakefulness
(The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society 2023)
Upstream and downstream pathways of SIK3 in the regulation of sleep and wakefulness
(The 11th Annual WPI-IIIS Symposium ~Deciphering the Mysteries of Instinctive Behaviors~ 2023)
Novel signaling pathways regulating homeostatic sleep need in neurons
(The 45th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (NEURO2022) 2022)
Identification and analysis of novel signaling pathways for the regulation of homeostatic sleep need
(The 94th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society 2021)
Identifying novel signaling pathways for the regulation of homeostatic sleep need
(The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society 2021)

ｍore...

Education (2)：

2012 - 2017 Kyushu University Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences Department of Systems Life Sciences
2008 - 2012 Kyushu University School of Science Department of Biology

Professional career (1)：

Work history (6)：

2024/04 - 現在 University of Tsukuba International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS) Assistant professor
2021/04 - 2024/03 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD) Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD)
2018/04 - 2021/03 University of Tsukuba International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS) Postdoc
2018/01 - 2018/03 University of Tsukuba International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS) Postdoc
2017/12 - 2017/12 Kyushu University Faculty of Sciences Postdoc

Show all

Awards (1)：

2012/06 - European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL Corporate Partnership Registration Fee Fellowship Isolation of mutants for forgetting signals of olfactory adaptation

Association Membership(s) (3)：

The Japanese Biochemical Society , The Japan Neuroscience society , The Molecular Biology Society of Japan

※ Researcher’s information displayed in J-GLOBAL is based on the information registered in researchmap. For details, see here.

Return to Previous Page