Research theme for competitive and other funds (4):
2020 - 2023 How Is Insect Sex Determined Cell-Autonomously? Verification by one-cell sequencing method using cells derived from male and female mosaic silkworm embryos
2020 - 2022 The analysis of dimorphic sperm formation in lepidopteran insect
2017 - 2020 カイコを用いた異型精子形成における分子機構の解明
2015 - 2017 蛾類昆虫における性分化制御技術の確立
Papers (24):
酒井弘貴, 横山岳. カイコ受精期の核の観察とこれから. 蚕糸・昆虫バイオテック. 2023
David Urbán-Duarte, Shuichiro Tomita, Hiroki Sakai, Hideki Sezutsu, José Fernando De La Torre-Sánchez, Yooichi Kainoh, Seiichi Furukawa, Keiro Uchino. An Effective Chemical Permeabilization of Silkworm Embryos. Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland). 2023. 10. 5
Takuya Tsubota, Hiroki Sakai, Hideki Sezutsu. Genome Editing of Silkworms. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2023. 2637. 359-374
Nobuto YAMADA, Yoshiko MISE, Naoyuki YONEMURA, Hiroki SAKAI, Keiro UCHINO, Hideki SEZUTSU, Toshiki TAMURA, Tetsuya IIZUKA. Development of an Injection Method for the Genetic Engineering of Diapause Silkworm Egg Using Dimethyl Sulfoxide. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly. 2023. 57. 1. 63-72
Nobuto Yamada, Katsura Kojima, Yoshiko Mise, Naoyuki Yonemura, Hiroki Sakai, Hideki Sezutsu, Keiro Uchino, Toshiki Tamura, Tetsuya Iizuka. Experimental study of corona discharge in the production of transgenic silkworms from diapause strains. Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology. 2022. 91. 2. 27-32
SAKAI, H、S. TOMITA. Observation of Silkworm Embryos Using a Tissue-clearing Reagent. Proceedings of the Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan. 2022. 54. 33-34