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Mitaka Yuki

ミタカ ユウキ | Mitaka Yuki
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Assistant Professor
Homepage URL  (1): https://sites.google.com/site/yukimitakawebsite/
Research field  (3): Entomology ,  Ecology and environmental science ,  Molecular biology
Research keywords  (6): Termites ,  Social insects ,  Pheromone ,  Antimicrobial agents ,  Gene expression ,  Division of labor
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (2):
  • 2024 - 2026 Mechanisms of food information transmission by a "component-replacable-type pheromone" in termites
  • 2018 - 2021 Identification of termite aggregation pheromone and the action/reception mechanisms
Papers (21):
  • Yuki Mitaka, Anjel M. Helms, Edward L. Vargo. Identification of a colony- and dose-dependent worker aggregation pheromone in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes virginicus. Scientific Reports. 2024
  • M. Nakashima, Y. Mitaka, T. Inagaki, K. Matsuura. An antifungal compound secreted by termite workers, phenylacetic acid, inhibits the growth of both termite egg-mimicking fungus and entomopathogenic fungi. Insectes Sociaux. 2024
  • Yuki Mitaka, Kenji Matsuura, Toshiharu Akino. Dehydroabietic acid, an aromatic abietane diterpenoid, attracts termite workers. Applied Entomology and Zoology. 2024
  • Yuki Mitaka. DESI-IMS coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry demonstrated the capability of NMN imaging in Shelfordella lateralis tissue. Medical Mass Spectrometry. 2024. 8. 1. 2-10
  • Yuki Mitaka, Kenji Matsuura, Toshiharu Akino. Even- and odd-numbered fatty acids used as worker arrestant aggregation pheromone components in the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus. Chemoecology. 2024
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Patents (1):
  • Termite-controlling agent and its utilization
Books (4):
  • Kagaku to Seibutsu
    2019
  • Termite journal
    2019
  • 動物学の百科事典
    丸善出版 2018 ISBN:9784621303092
  • 昆虫と自然
    北隆館 2018
Lectures and oral presentations  (40):
  • Surviving in the swarm: switching escape strategies of the parasitic ant cricket
    (SWARM 2024 2024)
  • Chemical communication transmitting food information in the workers of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes
    (XXVII International Congress of Entomology (ICE 2024) 2024)
  • ロイヤルフードの世界初解明:シロアリの王と女王は何を食べているのか?
    (日本昆虫学会第84回大会・第68回日本応用動物昆虫学会 合同大会 2024)
  • 地下性シロアリにおける集合フェロモンの種特異性
    (日本昆虫学会第84回大会・第68回日本応用動物昆虫学会 合同大会 2024)
  • シロアリの王と女王の特別食「ロイヤルフード」を世界初解明
    (第42回日本動物行動学会大会 2023)
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Education (3):
  • 2014 - 2017 Kyoto University Graduate School of Agriculture Division of Applied Biosciences
  • 2012 - 2014 Kyoto University Graduate School of Agriculture Division of Applied Biosciences
  • 2008 - 2012 Kyoto University Faculty of Agriculture Faculty of Agriculture
Professional career (1):
  • Ph.D. (Agriculture) (Kyoto University)
Work history (5):
  • 2024/04 - 現在 Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences Department of Animal Sciences Assistant Professor
  • 2022/07 - 2024/02 Texas A&M University Department of Entomology JSPS Overseas Research Fellow
  • 2021/04 - 2022/05 Kyoto University Graduate School of Agriculture Program-specific researcher
  • 2018/04 - 2021/03 Kyoto Institute of Technology Center for Bioresource Field Science JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientist
  • 2017/10 - 2018/03 Kyoto University Graduate School of Agriculture Program-specific researcher
Association Membership(s) (4):
APACE ,  IUSSI ,  日本動物行動学会 ,  日本応用動物昆虫学会
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