Research theme for competitive and other funds (5):
2013 - 2016 Study on molecular mechanism of green cocoon of the silkworm
2010 - 2012 Searching new functions of silk gland for detoxication, excretion, and immunity
2008 - 2011 Defense proteins and substances in plant latex and other exudates : elucidation of their structures and functions.
2008 - 2010 Molecular physiological studies on insect excretion and water regulation and its application -physiology of aquaporin and its disorder-
2003 - 2005 Delivery of foreign proteins into insects
Papers (44):
Iizuka Tetsuya, Iga Masatoshi, Okada Eiji, Hirayama Chikara. Analysis of “Cévennes White” cocoon color. The Journal of Silk Science and Technology of Japan. 2024. 32. 5-10
Ryusei Waizumi, Chikara Hirayama, Shuichiro Tomita, Tetsuya Iizuka, Seigo Kuwazaki, Akiya Jouraku, Takuya Tsubota, Kakeru Yokoi, Kimiko Yamamoto, Hideki Sezutsu. A major endogenous glycoside hydrolase mediating quercetin uptake in Bombyx mori. PLoS genetics. 2024. 20. 1. e1011118
Keisuke Mase, Chikara Hirayama, Junko Narukawa, Seigo Kuwazaki, Kimiko Yamamoto. Fine mapping of Green a, Ga, on chromosome 27 in Bombyx mori. Genes & genetic systems. 2023