Kamikouchi Azusa

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Professor
Other affiliations (1)：

Nagoya University Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules(ITbM) Professor

Homepage URL (1)： http://www.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~NC_home/index2.htm

Research field (1)： Neuroscience - general

Research keywords (6)：脳情報の解読と制御 , 感覚情報処理 , 神経回路 , 聴覚 , ショウジョウバエ , 包括脳ネットワーク

Research theme for competitive and other funds (27)：

2024 - 2029 Construction of a materiamind evolution model integrating life science and material cultural studies (Genes and Culture Unit)
2023 - 2025 ハエ歌識別学習を用いた「興奮性:抑制性バランス」の制御機構の解明
2021 - 2024 Decoding acoustic communication in mosquitoes: from distortion products to vector control
2021 - 2023 ハエ歌識別学習を用いた臨界期可塑性の機構解明への挑戦
2020 - 2023 ヒトスジシマカの聴覚コミュニケーションを制御する概日リズムの機構解明

2020 - 2023 Exploring the neural mechanism that regulates song preference learning in fruit flies

2020 - 2022 歌識別学習を制御する記憶システムの分子基盤

2019 - 2021 求愛中のショウジョウバエを用いた追跡ナビゲーションを制御する神経機構の解明

2017 - 2021 Exploring the mechanism of frequency tuning of auditory sensory neurons in flies

2018 - 2020 ショウジョウバエをモデルとした歌学習機構の解明

2016 - 2020 Elucidation of the neural circuits responsible for species-specific sound recognition

2017 - 2019 Evolutionary origin of the neural mechanisms underlying sexual isolation of Drosophila

2016 - 2018 Neural mechanisms regulating the habituation levels in the fly brain

2015 - 2018 Central regulation of the decision make process for mating behavior in Drosophila

2013 - 2018 Principles of memory dynamics elucidated from a diversity of learning systems

2013 - 2018 Neural mechanism underlying the auditory memory in fruit flies

2014 - 2017 Neural mechanisms underlying the evolution of mating preference

2013 - 2016 Auditory system of flies as a new model to study the short-term memory

2013 - 2016 Exploring the dynamics and structure of the auditory system in fruit flies

2011 - 2014 From genes to circuits: the evolution of species-specific communication in Drosophila

2010 - 2014 ショウジョウバエ脳において聴覚情報処理を行う神経基盤の解明

2011 - 2013 聴覚情報処理を担う機能モジュールの体系的な同定と解析

2009 - 2011 Comprehensive analysis of the higher-order auditory circuit in the fruit-fly brain

2009 - 2010 ショウジョウバエの高次聴覚神経細胞が形成する全回路構造の包括的解明

2009 - 2010 ショウジョウバエの聴覚行動を制御する神経回路基盤の解明

2008 - 2008 ショウジョウバエ聴覚神経系の構造と機能の包括的な解明

1999 - 2001 ミツバチのキノコ体におけるカルシウム情報伝達系の脳の高次機能に果たす役割の解析

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Papers (67)：

Eli S Gregory, YiFeng Y J Xu, Tai-Ting Lee, Mei-Ling A Joiner, Azusa Kamikouchi, Matthew P Su, Daniel F Eberl. The Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Shal (Kv4) Contributes to Active Hearing in Drosophila. eNeuro. 2025. 12. 1
Ryoya Tanaka, Yuki Mitaka, Daigo Takemoto, Mitsuhiko P Sato, Azusa Kamikouchi, Yoshinori Suzuki. Switching escape strategies in the parasitic ant cricket Myrmecophilus tetramorii. Communications biology. 2024. 7. 1. 1714-1714
Hayato M Yamanouchi, Ryosuke F Takeuchi, Naoya Chiba, Koichi Hashimoto, Takashi Shimizu, Ryoya Tanaka, Azusa Kamikouchi. YORU: social behavior detection based on user-defined animal appearance using deep learning. bioRxiv. 2024
Azusa Kamikouchi, Xiaodong Li. Nature and nurture in fruit fly hearing. Frontiers in neural circuits. 2024. 18. 1503438-1503438
Shunya Kaneko, Keita Miyoshi, Kotaro Tomuro, Makoto Terauchi, Ryoya Tanaka, Shu Kondo, Naoki Tani, Kei-Ichiro Ishiguro, Atsushi Toyoda, Azusa Kamikouchi, et al. Mettl1-dependent m7G tRNA modification is essential for maintaining spermatogenesis and fertility in Drosophila melanogaster. Nature communications. 2024. 15. 1. 8147-8147

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MISC (30)：

石川由希, 藤井航平, 林優人, 武方宏樹, 田中良弥, 上川内あづさ. How does Drosophila elegans prefer the flowers to visit?. 日本生態学会大会講演要旨(Web). 2022. 69th
大橋拓朗, 石川由希, 粟崎健, 蘇馬賦, 蘇馬賦, 上川内あづさ. ショウジョウバエにおける聴覚ニューロン群の種特異的な応答特性. 日本神経化学会大会抄録集(Web). 2022. 65th
石川由希, 藤井航平, 林優人, 武方宏樹, 田中良弥, 上川内あづさ. Ecology, genome editing, and genetic tools in the flower-dependent fruit fly Drosophila elegans. 日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・要旨集(Web). 2021. 44th
Yuki Ishikawa, Azusa Kamikouchi, Daisuke Yamamoto. Neuronal mechanisms of evolution of species-specific pheromone preference in Drosophila. GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS. 2016. 91. 6. 325-325
上川内あづさ. ショウジョウバエの音響交信を支える神経基盤ー求愛歌を受容する聴覚系のしくみー. 生物科学. 2013. 65. 2. 95-101

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Books (9)：

Acoustic Communication in Animals: From Insect Wingbeats to Human Music (Bioacoustics Series Vol.1)
Springer Nature 2023 ISBN:9789819908301
The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference (Second Edition)
Elsevier 2020
遺伝子から解き明かす脳の不思議な世界(webコンテンツ付き)
2018 ISBN:4909383050
Insect Hearing (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research)
Springer 2016 ISBN:3319288881
研究者が教える動物実験第1巻-感覚-
共立出版 2015

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Professional career (1)：

博士(薬学) (東京大学大学院薬学系研究科)

Work history (14)：

2022/10 - 現在 Nagoya University Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules(ITbM) Professor
2011/09 - 現在 Nagoya University Graduate School of Science Professor
2019/12 - 2023/03 Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences Professor
2010/10 - 2014/09 JSTさきがけ「脳情報の解読と制御」研究者兼任
2008/08 - 2011/08 Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences School of Life Science

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Committee career (7)：

2021/04 - 現在 JSTさきがけ「生体多感覚システム」領域アドバイザー
2020/10 - 現在日本学術会議連携会員
2019/10 - 現在 Journal of neurogentics Editorial board
2016 - 現在日本神経科学会ダイバーシティ委員
2012 - 現在 NBRPショウジョウバエ運営委員会運営委員

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Awards (5)：

2021 - Human Frontier Science Program HFSP Program Grant Decoding acoustic communication in mosquitoes: From distortion products to vector control
2012/09 - The Japan Neuroscience Society the Japan Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award
2011 - Human Frontier Science Program HFSP Young Investigators From genes to circuits: the evolution of species-specific communication in Drosophila
2010/04 - The Young Scientists’ Prize Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2007/07 - 日本ショウジョウバエ研究集会 The 4th Daigoro Moriwaki Award.

Association Membership(s) (4)：

THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY , The Molecular Biology Society of Japan , 社会性昆虫コンソーシアム , 日本神経科学学会

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