ARAI Hiroshi

アライヒロシ | ARAI Hiroshi

Affiliation and department：
Job title： JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Honorary Research Fellow

Research field (5)： Evolutionary biology , Virology , Bacteriology , Ecology and environmental science , Entomology

Research keywords (6)： Wolbachia , bacteria , evolution , virus , endosymbiotic microorganisms , insect

Research theme for competitive and other funds (8)：

2023 - 2026 Novel mechanism of host manipulation by Wolbachia endosymbiont
2022 - 2025 Elucidation of male-killing mechanisms induced by endosymbiotic bacteria in insects
2021 - 2025 ハマキガのオスを殺す共生細菌ボルバキアの進化プロセスの解明
2021 - 2024 Functional and evolutional elucidations of male-killing phenotype based on Wolbachia and a manipulator prophage WO
2019 - 2021 Elucidation of male-killing effectors and its evolution in Wolbachia - Homona magnanima

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Papers (20)：

Hiroshi Arai, Benjamin Herran, Takafumi N. Sugimoto, Mai Miyata, Tetsuhiko Sasaki, Daisuke Kageyama. Cell-based assays and comparative genomics revealed the conserved and hidden effects ofWolbachiaon insect sex determination. 2024
Hiroshi Arai, Masayoshi Watada, Daisuke Kageyama. Two male-killing Wolbachia from Drosophila birauraia that are closely related but distinct in genome structure. Royal Society Open Science. 2024
François Renoz, Hiroshi Arai, Inès Pons. The genus Sodalis as a resource for understanding the multifaceted evolution of bacterial symbiosis in insects. Symbiosis. 2023
Tomofumi Shibata, Masami Shimoda, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Hiroshi Arai, Yuta Owashi, Takuya Uehara. High-quality genome of the zoophytophagous stink bug,Nesidiocoris tenuis, informs their food habit adaptation. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2023
Hiroshi Arai, Masatoshi Ueda, Tatsuya Hirano, Naoya Akizuki, Shiou-Ruei Lin, Duong Kieu Hanh, Jaka Widada, Muhammad Saifur Rohman, Madoka Nakai, Yasuhisa Kunimi, et al. Conserved infections and reproductive phenotypes of Wolbachia symbionts in Asian tortrix moths. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 2023

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MISC (6)：

Hiroshi Arai, Itsuzai Aoki. A report of Papilio demoleus from Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan. A monthly journal of entomology. 2022. 617. 51-51
Maki Inoue, Hiroshi ARAI. Researches on Endosymbionts in Lepidopteran Insects and Perspectives for Pest Managements. 2021. 90. 2. 87-90
Hiroshi ARAI. How to proceed entomological research in Indonesia (Japanese). Eximia. 2020. 9. 1-10
Yuta OWASHI, Bin HIRATSUKA, Hiroshi ARAI. Observation of the green-leaf feeding behavior of a flightless longhorn beetle Mesechthistatus fujisanus (Hayashi, 1957). (in Japanese). Eximia. 2018. 8. 53-54
Hiroshi ARAI. The 2nd report of Lamprodila (Poecilonota) decipiens (Gebler,1847) from Saitama prefecture, Japan. (in Japanese). Eximia. 2018. 8. 113-113

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Lectures and oral presentations (25)：

Wolbachia-induced male-killing and phage WO: genes, diversity of mechanisms, and evolution
(Wolbachia conference 2023 2023)
異なるWolbachia株間で保存されていたオス殺しに関わるファージWO領域
(第67回日本応用動物昆虫学会 2023)
共生微生物Wolbachiaのチャハマキ雌雄で異なる感染パターン
(第67回日本応用動物昆虫学会 2023)
チャハマキのオスを殺す共生細菌Wolbachiaから検出されたファージWOの機能解析
(第66回日本応用動物昆虫学会 2022)
License to kill males: a male-killing associated prophage WO was identified from comparisons of closely related Wolbachia strains in Homona magnanima (Tortricidae, Lepidoptera)
(Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology 2021)

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Education (5)：

2018 - 2021 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology United Graduate School of Agricultural Science Department of Biological Production Science
2016 - 2021 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Leading Graduate School
2016 - 2018 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Graduate School of Agriculture Department of Bioregulation and Biointeraction
2012 - 2016 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Faculty of Agriculture Department of Applied Biological Science
2009 - 2012 Kokugakuin Kugayama highschool

Professional career (1)：

Work history (11)：

2024/04 - 現在 University of Liverpool Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences JSPS Research Fellow / Honorary Researcher
2022/11 - 現在 Western Sydney University Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Visiting Research Fellow
2021/04 - 2024/03 National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO JSPS Research Fellow
2021/04 - 2024/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2019/04 - 2021/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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Awards (2)：

2021/03 - The Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology Oral presentation award License to kill males: a male-killing associated prophage WO was identified from comparisons of closely related Wolbachia strains in Homona magnanima (Tortricidae, Lepidoptera)
2018/09 - Society for insect pathology poster award

Association Membership(s) (2)：

The Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology , The Butterfly Society of Japan

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