Miyazaki Takaaki | Researcher Information

2018 - 2021 Investigation into mechanisms of preference decision-making occurring in the brain through analyses of gustatory second-order neurons
2016 - 2018 Identification and functional analyses of gustatory second-order neurons of Drosophila melanogaster with the goal of elucidation of the decision-making mechanism
2007 - 2009 Identification of the 2nd-order gustatory neurons and analyses of the projection map of the primary and secondary gustatory centers in Drosophila melanogaster

Takaaki Miyazaki, Tzu-Yang Lin, Kei Ito, Chi-Hon Lee, Mark Stopfer. A gustatory second-order neuron that connects sucrose-sensitive primary neurons and a distinct region of the gnathal ganglion in the Drosophila brain. JOURNAL OF NEUROGENETICS. 2015. 29. 2-3. 144-155
Takaaki Miyazaki, Kei Ito. Neural Architecture of the Primary Gustatory Center of Drosophila melanogaster Visualized With GAL4 and LexA Enhancer-Trap Systems. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY. 2010. 518. 20. 4147-4181
A Tsuboi, T Miyazaki, T Imai, H Sakano. Olfactory sensory neurons expressing class I odorant receptors converge their axons on an antero-dorsal domain of the olfactory bulb in the mouse. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2006. 23. 6. 1436-1444

Takaaki Miyazaki, Tzu-Yang Lin, Emiko Suzuki, Chi-hon Lee, Mark Stopfer, Kei Ito. Genetic identification of candidate gustatory second-order neurons that convey appetitive taste information to the motor/reward systems. CHEMICAL SENSES. 2016. 41. 9. E222-E223
Takaaki Miyazaki, Kei Ito. Neural Structure of the Gustatory Receptor Neurons Visualized with GAL4 Enhancer-trap System in Drosophila melanogaster. JOURNAL OF NEUROGENETICS. 2009. 23. S56-S56
Takaaki Miyazaki, Kei Ito. Systematic mapping of the target areas of the Drosophila gustatory receptor neurons using GAL4 enhancer-trap system. NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 2008. 61. S248-S248
Takaaki Miyazaki, Kei Ito. Organization of the projection targets of the Drosophila gustatory receptor neurons visualized with GAL4 enhancer-trap strains. NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 2007. 58. S218-S218
Takaaki Miyazaki, Kei Ito. Projection targets of the Drosophila taste receptor neurons in the primary gustatory center of the brain. NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 2006. 55. S248-S248

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Genetic drivers to label specific subsets of postsynaptic partners of sugar-sensitive gustatory sensory neurons of Drosophila
(APDRC5 (5th Asia-Pacific Drosophila Research Conference), P154, Pune, India 2020)
A genetic tool to label almost all subpopulation of postsynaptic neurons directly-connected to sugar-responsive sensory neurons in Drosophila
(18th International Symposium on Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Taste and Olfactory Perception, IS1-4, Fukuoka, Japan 2019)
Comprehensive set of genetic drivers to label gustatory second-order neurons in Drosophila
(48th Naito Conference on “Integrated Sensory Sciences - Pain, Itch, Smell and Taste,” PS05/E-8, Sapporo, Japan 2019)
Comprehensive catalog of postsynaptic partners of sugar-sensitive gustatory sensory neurons of Drosophila
(NEURO2019 (Joint meeting of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society and the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry), 4O-10a1-1, Niigata, Japan 2019)
Genetic identification of gustatory second-order neurons to dissect information processing between the taste sensory system and the feeding/reward systems in Drosophila
(17th International Symposium on Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Taste and Olfactory Perception, ISP18, Fukuoka, Japan 2018)

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2010 - Awarded the degree of PhD from the Univesitiy of Tokyo
2005 - 2010 The University of Tokyo. All but dissertition. Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Department of Computational Biology
2003 - 2005 The University of Tokyo. Awarded the degree of Master. Graduate School of Science Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry
2001 - 2003 The University of Tokyo. Awarded the degree of Bachelor. Faculty of Science Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry
1999 - 2001 The University of Tokyo College of Arts and Sciences Natural Sciences I, Junior Division

Ph. D. (Science) (The University of Tokyo, No. HAKU SOIKI 618)
Master (Science) (The University of Tokyo, No. SHU RI 10337)
Bachelor (Science) (The University of Tokyo, No. GAKU RI 14864)

2022/04 - 現在 National Institute for Physiological Sciences Section of Electron Microscopy, Supportive Center for Brain Research Post-doctoral Fellow
2021/04 - 2022/03 University of Tsukuba International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine Post-doctoral Fellow
2020/04 - 2021/03 National Institute of Genetics Department of Chromosome Science Post-doctoral Fellow
2016/04 - 2020/03 National Institute of Genetics Department of Gene Function and Phenomics (After the organization change in Jan 2019; Apr 2016 - Dec 2018: Structural Biology Center) Post-doctoral Fellow
2015/03 - 2016/03 The University of Tokyo Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Post-doctoral Fellow

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2019/10 - The Naito Foundation Poster Award for Excellence in the 48th Naito Conference
2017/09 - The Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell Poster Award (Taste section) in the 51st Annual Meeting
2016/06 - 17th International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (ISOT2016) Young Investigator Award
2014/06 - The 11th Japanese Drosophila Research Conference The 7th Daigoro Moriwaki Award Second Prize
2014/04 - Association for Chemoreception Sciences 2014 Polak Postdoctoral Travel Award

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Association for Chemoreception Sciences , Society for Neuroscience , The Japan Neuroscience Society , The Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell