MATSUURA Yu

写真a

Title

Assistant Professor

Researcher Number(JSPS Kakenhi)

80723824

Homepage URL

https://sm1042.skr.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/matsuura/

Profile

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Current Affiliation Organization 【 display / non-display 】

  • Duty   University of the Ryukyus   Tropical Biosphere Research Center   Assistant Professor  

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University 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2000.04
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    2005.03

    Osaka University of Foreign Studies   Faculty of Foreign Language   Graduated

  • 2006.04
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    2008.03

    Osaka City University   Faculty of Science   Graduated

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Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2008.04
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    2010.03

    University of Tsukuba  Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences  Doctor's Course (first term)  Completed

  • 2010.04
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    2013.03

    University of Tsukuba  Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences  Doctor's Course (second term)  Completed

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External Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2010.04
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    2013.03

    JSPS predoctoral research fellow  

  • 2013.04
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    2016.02

    JSPS postdoctoral research fellow (Hokkaido University)  

  • 2016.03
    　
    　

    University of the Ryukyus, TBRC, Assistant Professor  

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Affiliated academic organizations 【 display / non-display 】

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    Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan 

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    JAPANESE SOCIETY OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY 

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    THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 

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    THE MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 

  • 2020.06
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    Now
     

    Symbiosis - International Symbiosis Society (ISS)    Symbiosis Associate Editor

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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】

  • 腸内細菌

  • ミバエ

  • Symbiosis

  • Evolution

  • Entomology

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Life Science / Evolutionary biology

  • Environmental Science/Agriculture Science / Insect science

  • Others / Others

  • Life Science / Developmental biology

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Academic Awards 【 display / non-display 】

  • Young Scientist Initiative Award, SESJ

    2019   Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan  

    Winner: Matsuura Yu

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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 【 display / non-display 】

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

    Project Year: 2019.04  -  2023.03 

    Direct: 13,100,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 3,930,000 (YEN)  Total: 17,030,000 (YEN)

  • Global exploration of microbial symbionts in stinkbugs: host-symbiont diversity and evolution

    Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))

    Project Year: 2018.10  -  2022.03 

    Direct: 13,700,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 17,810,000 (YEN)  Total: 4,110,000 (YEN)

  • Challenging research (sprout)

    Project Year: 2018.06  -  2021.03 

    Direct: 4,900,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 1,470,000 (YEN)  Total: 6,370,000 (YEN)

  • Evolvability and mechanism of insect-microbe association

    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)

    Project Year: 2017.06  -  2022.03 

    Direct: 114,200,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 148,460,000 (YEN)  Total: 34,260,000 (YEN)

  • Exploration of lignocellulolytic enzymes on the surface of bacterial cell walls in the gut of termites using monoclonal antibodies

    Grant-in-Aid for challenging Exploratory Research

    Project Year: 2015.04  -  2018.03 

    Member: TOKUDA Gaku, FUJISHIMA Masahiro, MIKAELYAN Aram, BRUNE Andreas

    Direct: 2,900,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 870,000 (YEN)  Total: 3,770,000 (YEN)

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    In this study, we attempted to identify bacteria that produce major lignocellulolytic enzymes in the hindgut of higher termites, with the aid of production of monoclonal antibodies against proteins on the surface of bacterial community associated with wood particles using the wood-feeding termite, Nasutitermes takasagoensis. We successfully obtained 15 different monoclonal antibodies, while the screening against the predominantly expressed xylanase in the wood fiber-associated bacterial community identified one monoclonal antibody cross-reacting the xylanase. Indirect fluorescence microscopy using epifluorescence and confocal laser-scanning microscopes indicated that this antibody recognized the entire cell surface of some helical bacteria associated with the wood-fibers in the hindgut. These antibodies are among valuable property for future studies on bacterial symbiosis in termites.

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SDGs 【 display / non-display 】

  • 多様な昆虫共生微生物および冬虫夏草類の探索・同定・進化学的解析

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