Research field (2):
Genetics
, Evolutionary biology
Research keywords (1):
Molecular Evolution
Research theme for competitive and other funds (5):
2023 - 2026 Spatio-temporal blood-sucking behavior of stable flies using the blood-sucking activity tracking method
2014 - 2017 Integrative study of nucleotide sequence evolution using primate genomes as model
2011 - 2013 Elucidation of the evolution of the Rh blood group gene family during the early stage of vertebrate evolution
2006 - 2008 Evolution of the Rh superfamily genes
2002 - 2004 ヒトとチンパンジーの塩基配列比較によるヒトを特徴づける遺伝子の研究
Papers (54):
Akihiko Utsumi, Takashi Kitano. Transcriptome Sequence Data for Branchinella kugenumaensis (Thamnocephalidae) and Phylogenetic Analyses of Anostraca Using Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genomic Data. Zoological Science. 2025. 42. 3. 309-315
Kitano T, Tabata M, Takahashi N, Hirasawa K, Igarashi S, Hatanaka Y, Ooyagi A, Igarashi K, Umetsu K. Integrating Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genomic Data to Decipher the Evolutionary History of Eubranchipus Species in Japan. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2024. 194. 108041
Kitano T, Sato H, Takahashi N, Igarashi S, Hatanaka Y, Igarashi K, Umetsu K. Complete mitochondrial genomes of three fairy shrimps from snowmelt pools in Japan. BMC Zoology. 2022. 7. 11
Tabata M, Umetsu K, Kitano T. Identification and Characterization of Genes for the Allo A Lectins in Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus [Allomyrina dichotoma]). Biochemical Genetics. 2022. 60. 94-105
1996 - 1999 The Graduate University for Advanced Studies Graduate School, Division of Life Science Department of Genetics
Professional career (1):
博士(理学) (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Work history (6):
2007/07 - Associate Professor, Department of Biomolecular Functional Engineering, Ibaraki University College of Engineering, Japan
2007/04 - 2007/06 Assistant Professor, Department of Experimental and Forensic Pathology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan
2005/04 - 2007/03 Research Associate, Department of Experimental and Forensic Pathology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan
2002/04 - 2005/03 Research Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
2000/04 - 2002/03 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany
1999/04 - 2000/03 COE Research Fellow, Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
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Awards (2):
2024/11 - Japanese Society for DNA Polymorphism Research Excellence Research Award Molecular Phylogenetic and Polymorphism Analyses of Eubranchipus Species in Japan
2017/08 - 独立行政法人 日本学術振興会 ひらめき☆ときめきサイエンス推進賞
Association Membership(s) (5):
Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
, The Molecular Biology Society of Japan
, Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution
, 日本甲殻類学会
, 日本DNA多型学会