Niimura Yoshihito

ニイムラヨシヒト | Niimura Yoshihito

Affiliation and department：
Homepage URL (1)： http://yosniimura.net/index.html

Research field (2)： Evolutionary biology , Genomics

Research keywords (5)： genome evolution , molecular evolution , multigene family , pheromone , olfaction

Research theme for competitive and other funds (8)：

2022 - 2026 環境への適応を特徴づける哺乳類嗅覚受容体遺伝子の探索とその機能解析
2018 - 2023 オーソログ遺伝子群を用いた嗅覚受容体遺伝子のゲノム進化解析と環境要因との相関
2012 - 2017 Identification of natural ligands for olfactory receptors and elucidation of biological function
2011 - 2016 Analysis of the genome evolution by gene duplication using olfactory receptor gene families
2011 - 2012 Possibility of the research on ancient DNA for marine eukaryotes

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Papers (45)：

Satoshi Morinaga, Koji Nagata, Sayoko Ihara, Tomohiro Yumita, Yoshihito Niimura, Koji Sato, Kazushige Touhara. Structural model for ligand binding and channel opening of an insect gustatory receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2022
MUHAMMAD SHOAIB AKHTAR, RYUICHI ASHINO, HIROKI OOTA, HAJIME ISHIDA, YOSHIHITO NIIMURA, KAZUSHIGE TOUHARA, AMANDA D. MELIN, SHOJI KAWAMURA. Genetic variation of olfactory receptor gene family in a Japanese population. Anthropological Science. 2022
Joseph D Orkin, Michael J Montague, Daniela Tejada-Martinez, Marc de Manuel, Javier Del Campo, Saul Cheves Hernandez, Anthony Di Fiore, Claudia Fontsere, Jason A Hodgson, Mareike C Janiak, et al. The genomics of ecological flexibility, large brains, and long lives in capuchin monkeys revealed with fecalFACS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2021. 118. 7
Yoshihito Niimura, Mai Tsunoda, Sari Kato, Ken Murata, Taichi Yanagawa, Shunta Suzuki, Kazushige Touhara. Origin and Evolution of the Gene Family of Proteinaceous Pheromones, the Exocrine Gland-Secreting Peptides, in Rodents. Molecular biology and evolution. 2021. 38. 2. 634-649
Masato Nikaido, Shinji Kondo, Zicong Zhang, Jiaqi Wu, Hidenori Nishihara, Yoshihito Niimura, Shunta Suzuki, Kazushige Touhara, Yutaka Suzuki, Hideki Noguchi, et al. Comparative genomic analyses illuminate the distinct evolution of megabats within Chiroptera. DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes. 2020. 27. 4

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MISC (28)：

新村芳人. 【新教養】あなたが知らない「味」の意外な正体. NewsPicks. 2021
新村芳人. 嗅覚受容体遺伝子の進化. 遺伝子医学38号. 2021. 11. 4. 158-164
新村芳人. 進化のじかん(30) ペットになったギンギツネ(2)家畜化症候群の謎. 現代化学. 2021. 603. 17-19
新村芳人, 東原和成. フェロモンの起源に迫る〜血+毒=涙のフェロモン!?〜. アロマリサーチ. 2021. 22. 2. 3-8
新村芳人. 進化のじかん(29) ペットになったギンギツネ(1). 現代化学. 2021. 602. 15-17

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Books (9)：

ヒトゲノム事典
一色出版 2021 ISBN:4910389121
The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference (2nd Edition)
2020
嗅覚はどう進化してきたか--生き物たちの匂い世界 (岩波科学ライブラリー)
岩波書店 2018 ISBN:4000296787
進化学事典
共立出版 2012 ISBN:9784320057777
興奮する匂い食欲をそそる匂い : 遺伝子が解き明かす匂いの最前線
技術評論社 2012 ISBN:9784774150130

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Education (2)：

1994 - 1999 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science Department of Physics
1990 - 1994 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Science Department of Physics

Professional career (1)：

理学 (東京大学)

Work history (5)：

2021/04 - 現在 University of Miyazaki Faculty of Agriculture Department of Veterinary Sciences
2013/04 - 2021/03 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences
2004/09 - 2013/03 Tokyo Medical and Dental University Medical Research Institute
2002/09 - 2004/08 Penn State University
1999/04 - 2002/08 National Institute of Genetics

Awards (1)：

2015/09 - 日本味と匂学会研究奨励賞受賞

Association Membership(s) (6)：

THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF TASTE AND SMELL , SOCIETY OF EVOLUTIONARY STUDIES, JAPAN , 日本分子生物学会 , 日本獣医学会 , European Chemoreception Research Organization , Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

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