Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2023 - 2027 テントウムシに関連した擬態斑紋をもたらすゲノム基盤の解明
2021 - 2024 カブトムシの角獲得の発生遺伝学的基盤
2019 - 2021 Analysis of the horn formation gene regulatory network in Tripoxylus dichotomus
Papers (10):
Kentaro Morikawa, Shinichi Morita, Kazuki Sakura, Akiteru Maeno, Hiroki Gotoh, Teruyuki Niimi, Yasuhiro Inoue. Unveiling the role of differential growth in 3D morphogenesis: An inference method to analyze area expansion rate distribution in biological systems. Journal of theoretical biology. 2023. 575. 111650-111650
Shinichi Morita, Kazuki Sakura, Hiroki Gotoh, Douglas J Emlen, Teruyuki Niimi. Recent advances in understanding horn formation in the Japanese rhinoceros beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus using next-generation sequencing technology. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 2022. 51. 100901-100901
Kazuki Sakura, Shinichi Morita, Teruyuki Niimi. RNA Interference Method for Gene Function Analysis in the Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus. BIO-PROTOCOL. 2022. 12. 8
Niimi T, Ando T, Morita S. RNAi-based approach to understand the molecular mechanisms of morphological diversification in non-model insects. Japanese Journal of Pesticide Science. 2019. 44. 2. 219-225
Morita S, Ando T, Maeno A, Mizutani T, Mase M, Shigenobu S, Niimi T. Precise staging of beetle horn formation in Trypoxylus dichotomus reveals the pleiotropic roles of doublesex depending on the spatiotemporal developmental contexts. PLOS Genet. 2019. 15. 4. e1008063-e1008063
森川健太郎, 森田慎一, 森田慎一, 左倉和喜, 左倉和喜, 前野哲輝, 後藤寛貴, 新美輝幸, 新美輝幸, 井上康博. Analytical method for curved surface morphogenesis in organisms from a geometric perspective. 日本数理生物学会年会(Web). 2023. 2023
森川健太郎, 森田慎一, 森田慎一, 左倉和喜, 後藤寛貴, 新美輝幸, 新美輝幸, 井上康博. Estimation of area expansion rate distribution on epithelial morphogenesis using harmonic map. 日本機械学会バイオフロンティア講演会講演論文集(CD-ROM). 2022. 33rd
MORIKAWA Kentaro, MORITA Shinichi, SAKURA Kazuki, GOTOH Hiroki, NIIMI Teruyuki, INOUE Yasuhiro. Method for estimating the area expansion rate distribution of epithelial cell sheets in three-dimensional morphogenesis. The Proceedings of the JSME Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering. 2022. 2022.32. 2B18