Research theme for competitive and other funds (5)：
2015 - 2019 キノコ栽培を行うシロアリの菌床維持機構を制御する分子基盤
2015 - 2018 Why termites can bite wood ? -Benefit of trace metal accumulation to mandibles-
2011 - 2013 シロアリにおける防衛方法の多様性と分子進化に関する研究
2005 - 2008 社会性昆虫の利他性に関わる遺伝子の分子進化に関する研究
2003 - 2005 シロアリ兵隊における額腺に関する分子発生学的及び進化生態学的研究
Papers (36)：
Ryohei H. Suzuki, Takumi Hanada, Yoshinobu Hayashi, Shuji Shigenobu, Kiyoto Maekawa, Masaru K. Hojo. Gene expression profiles of chemosensory genes of termite soldier and worker antennae. Insect Molecular Biology. 2023
Masaru Hojo. Distribution patterns of four Termitomyces species cultivated by a fungus-growing termite, Odontotermes formosanus, in Taiwan. Fungal Ecology. 2022. 56. 101136-101136
Yuuki Kobayashi, Miyuki Katsuren, Masaru Hojo, Shohei Wada, Yoshie Terashima, Masayoshi Kawaguchi, Gaku Tokuda, Kazuhiko Kinjo, Shuji Shigenobu. Taxonomic revision of Termitomyces species found in Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, based on phylogenetic analyses with three loci. Mycoscience. 2021. 63. 1. 33-38
Tomonari Nozaki, Masaru Hojo, Toshihisa Yashiro, Kenji Matsuura. First record of the soil-feeding higher termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) from Okinawa Island, the Central Ryukyus, Japan. Sociobiology. 2021. 68. 2. e6159
Trieu-Duc Vu, Yuki Iwasaki, Shuji Shigenobu, Akiko Maruko, Kenshiro Oshima, Erica Iioka, Chao-Li Huang, Takashi Abe, Satoshi Tamaki, Yi-Wen Lin, et al. Behavioral and brain- transcriptomic synchronization between the two opponents of a fighting pair of the fish Betta splendens. PLoS genetics. 2020. 16. 6. e1008831
M Hojo, T Miura, K Maekawa, R Iwata, A Yamane. Termitaria species (Termitariales, Deuteromycetes) found on Japanese termites (Isoptera) (vol 38, pg 327, 2001). SOCIOBIOLOGY. 2002. 39. 1. 14-14
Education (1)：
2002 - 2005 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
