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Bessho-Uehara Manabu

ベッショ マナブ | Bessho-Uehara Manabu
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Homepage URL  (1): https://besshomanabulumi.wixsite.com/manabuhome
Research field  (1): Evolutionary biology
Research keywords  (7): Luciferin ,  Ctenophora ,  Octocorallia ,  kleptoprotein ,  Parapriacanthus ransonneti ,  Bioluminescence ,  Evolution
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (7):
  • 2022 - 2028 Discovery of Bioluminescent organisms with Kleptoprotein
  • 2024 - 2027 発光基質セレンテラジンの生合成酵素の解明
  • 2021 - 2025 Taxonomical review of Pempheridae and the origin and evolution of bioluminescence
  • 2021 - 2025 Kleptoprotein bioluminescence in fish: Molecular mechanism of protein uptake and its evolutionary origin
  • 2021 - 2024 Discovery of the second kleptoprotein
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Papers (15):
  • Manabu Bessho-Uehara, Takumi Kato, Atsuko Ohira, Taizo Nakamori, Yuichi Oba. Biochemical basis of endogenous bioluminescent springtail Lobella sauteri (Collembola). Biology Open. 2025
  • Keita Koeda, Manabu Bessho-Uehara. A review of the genus Pempheris (Teleostei, Pempheridae) found in Japan and Taiwan. ZooKeys. 2024
  • Danielle M. DeLeo, Manabu Bessho-Uehara, Steven H.D. Haddock, Catherine S. McFadden, Andrea M. Quattrini. Evolution of bioluminescence in Anthozoa with emphasis on Octocorallia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2024. 291. 2021
  • ATSUKO OHIRA, TAIZO NAKAMORI, SACHI MATSUMOTO, MANABU BESSHO-UEHARA, TAKUMI KATO, YUICHI OBA. Contribution to the taxonomy of Lobellini (Collembola: Neanurinae) and investigations on luminous Collembola from Japan. Zootaxa. 2023. 5325. 1. 63-89
  • Naoto Jimi, Manabu Bessho-Uehara, Koji Nakamura, Masahiko Sakata, Taro Hayashi, Shusei Kanie, Yasuo Mitani, Yoshihiro Ohmiya, Aoi Tsuyuki, Yuzo Ota, et al. Investigating the diversity of bioluminescent marine worm Polycirrus (Annelida), with description of three new species from the Western Pacific. Royal Society Open Science. 2023. 10. 3
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MISC (2):
  • Yuichi Oba, Mana Furuhashi, Manabu Bessho, Shingo Sagawa, Haruyoshi Ikeya, Satoshi Inouye. Luciferase isotype involving in the dim glow of pupae and eggs in the Japanese firefly, Luciola lateralis. LUMINESCENCE. 2014. 29. 38-38
  • Manabu Bessho, Yuichi Oba. Purification of a Novel Luciferase from Luminous Fish, Parapriacanthus ransonneti. LUMINESCENCE. 2014. 29. 63-63
Books (9):
  • 教えて!クラゲのほんと : 世界一のクラゲ水族館が答える100の質問
    緑書房 2024 ISBN:9784868110088
  • 研究者、生活を語る--「両立」の舞台裏
    岩波書店 2024 ISBN:4000616617
  • On the Luminous Organisms
    2024 ISBN:9784254171921
  • なぜ海は光る生物で溢れているのか?--食物網によるルシフェリン分配の化学生態と進化
    2023
  • 職業冒険者としての研究者
    2023
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Lectures and oral presentations  (33):
  • Kleptoprotein bioluminescence
    (The 2nd NIBB Workshop on Kleptobiology 2024)
  • Kleptoprotein bioluminescence in golden sweeper Parapriacanthus ransonneti
    (2024)
  • Kleptoprotein: Leaps in the Evolution
    (2024)
  • キンメモドキの盗タンパク質現象とタンパク質取込メカニズム解明に向けて
    (2023年度日本動物学会中部支部大会 2023)
  • オンラインツール PlotsOfData による箱ひげ図の作成
    (AJACSオンライン18「オンラインで使える統計解析ツールを知って・学んで・使う」 2023)
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Education (1):
  • 2014 - 2017 Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
Professional career (1):
  • 博士(農学) (名古屋大学)
Work history (4):
  • 2024/04 - 現在 Tohoku University Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences Creative Interdisciplinary Research Division Assistant Professor
  • 2020/04 - 2023/03 Nagoya University Institute for Advanced Research Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
  • 2018/04 - 2020/03 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Research and Development Postdoctoral fellow
  • 2017/09 - 2018/03 Chubu University College of Bioscience and Biotechnology researcher
Committee career (3):
  • 2024/08 - 現在 日本進化学会 男女共同参画担当
  • 2025/01 - 2025/09 日本動物学会 第96回 名古屋大会 2025 実行委員会
  • 2014 - 2017 The Rising Generation of Evo-Devo Biologists Organizing committee member of
Awards (3):
  • 2023/07 - Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan Research Encouragement Award
  • 2022/08 - 日本進化学会 日本進化学会第24回大会口頭発表優秀賞 ナマコ類における生物発光の分布と進化
  • 2020/12 - 公益財団法人中部科学技術センター 学術 ・みらい助成 盗タンパク質の取込み機構の解明:発光魚:キンメモドキが発光酵素を取込む分子機構の解明
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