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OMORI Akihito
 
Organization
Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability . Associate Professor
Title
Associate Professor
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Degree

  • 博士(理学) ( 2011.3   東京大学 )

Research Interests

  • Scoliorhapis dianthus

  • body axis

  • Anneissia japonica

  • Invertebrates

  • evolutionary developmental biology

  • molecular phylogenetic analysis

  • echinoderm

  • feather star

  • crinoid

  • environmental DNA

  • nervous system

Research Areas

  • Life Science / Biodiversity and systematics

  • Life Science / Developmental biology

  • Life Science / Ecology and environment

Research History (researchmap)

  • Niigata University   Marine Biological Station, Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability   Associate Professor

    2025.6

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  • Keio University   Faculty of Science and Technology   Part-time University Lecturer

    2024.4

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    Country:Japan

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  • Niigata University   Marine Biological Station, Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability   Assistant Professor

    2019.4 - 2025.5

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  • Niigata University   Sado Marine Biological Station, Faculty of Science   Assistant Professor

    2017.7 - 2019.3

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  • The University of Tokyo   Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science   Project Assistant Professor

    2013.10 - 2017.6

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  • The University of Tokyo   Research Center for Marine Education   Project Researcher

    2011.4 - 2013.10

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Research History

  • Niigata University   Associate Professor

    2025.6

  • Niigata University   Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability   Assistant Professor

    2019.4

  • Niigata University   Faculty of Science Marine Biological Station   Assistant Professor

    2017.7 - 2019.3

Education

  • The University of Tokyo   Graduate School of Science   Department of Biological Sciences

    2005.4 - 2011.3

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  • The University of Tokyo   Faculty of Science   Department of Biological Sciences

    2001.4 - 2005.3

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Professional Memberships

  • 日本海洋教育学会

    2023.10

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  • THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

    2006

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  • JAPANESE SOCIETY OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGISTS

    2005

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Papers

  • Taxonomic status of the oreasterid sea star Bothriaster primigenius Döderlein, 1916 (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) Reviewed

    Yoichi Kogure, Akihito Omori, Yoshihisa Fujita

    Biogeography   25   13 - 18   2023.9

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    DOI: 10.11358/biogeo.25.13

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  • Hox Genes in Echinoderms Reviewed

    Akihito Omori, Naoki Irie

    Hox Modules in Evolution and Development   141 - 160   2023.3

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    DOI: 10.1201/9781003057215-7

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  • The pentameric hydrocoel lobes organize adult pentameral structures in a sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Reviewed

    Sumio Udagawa, Akiko Nagai, Mani Kikuchi, Akihito Omori, Atsushi Tajika, MiekoSaito, Toru Miura, Naoki Irie, Yasuhiro Kamei, Mariko Kondo

    Developmental Biology   492   71 - 78   2022.10

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.09.002

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  • Partial redescriptions of three holothurians with “hook papillae” (Apodida: Chiridotidae): Taeniogyrus japonicus (Marenzeller, 1882), T. dendyi (Mortensen, 1925), Scoliorhapis theelii (Heding, 1928) Reviewed International journal

    YUSUKE YAMANA, FRANCISCO A SOLIS-MARIN, MASAKI YAMAMOTO, YUZO OTA, HISANORI KOHTSUKA, AKIHITO OMORI, KAZUMA IWASAKI, DAVIN H. E. SETIAMARGA

    Zootaxa   5138 ( 4 )   351 - 387   2022.5

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    New specimens of Taeniogyrus japonicus (Marenzeller) were collected from Iwami coast and Sado island of the Sea of Japan. According to detailed observations of external and internal organs, we transferred T. japonicus, T. dendyi (Mortensen), and Scoliorhapis theelii (Heding) to the newly revived genus Scoliodota, with a large retractor organ and hook papillae as major diagnostic characters. We also concluded that Scoliorhapis dianthus Solis-marin et al. is a synonym of T. japonicus. Our molecular phylogeny and genetic distance analysis showed that specimens from Iwami and specimens from Sado of T. japonicus form a monophyletic clade, indicating that they are most likely the same species despite their morphological variation. The phylogenetic analysis also indicated that T. japonicus forms a sister group relationship with Taeniogyrus verruculosus Yamana Tanaka and Scoliorhapis sesokoensis Yamana Tanaka, suggesting that Taeniogyrus is not monophyletic. Taken together, these results brought new insights to sea cucumber diversity in Japanese waters.

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  • Ramisyllis kingghidorahi n. sp., a new branching annelid from Japan Reviewed

    M. Teresa Aguado, Guillermo Ponz-Segrelles, Christopher J. Glasby, Rannyele P. Ribeiro, Mayuko Nakamura, Kohei Oguchi, Akihito Omori, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Christian Fischer, Yuji Ise, Naoto Jimi, Toru Miura

    Organisms Diversity & Evolution   22 ( 2 )   377 - 405   2022.1

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    DOI: 10.1007/s13127-021-00538-4

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  • Derivedness Index for Estimating Degree of Phenotypic Evolution of Embryos: A Study of Comparative Transcriptomic Analyses of Chordates and Echinoderms Reviewed International journal

    Jason Cheok Kuan Leong, Yongxin Li, Masahiro Uesaka, Yui Uchida, Akihito Omori, Meng Hao, Wenting Wan, Yang Dong, Yandong Ren, Si Zhang, Tao Zeng, Fayou Wang, Luonan Chen, Gary Wessel, Brian T. Livingston, Cynthia Bradham, Wen Wang, Naoki Irie

    Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology   9   749963 - 749963   2021.11

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    Species retaining ancestral features, such as species called living fossils, are often regarded as less derived than their sister groups, but such discussions are usually based on qualitative enumeration of conserved traits. This approach creates a major barrier, especially when quantifying the degree of phenotypic evolution or degree of derivedness, since it focuses only on commonly shared traits, and newly acquired or lost traits are often overlooked. To provide a potential solution to this problem, especially for inter-species comparison of gene expression profiles, we propose a new method named “derivedness index” to quantify the degree of derivedness. In contrast to the conservation-based approach, which deals with expressions of commonly shared genes among species being compared, the derivedness index also considers those that were potentially lost or duplicated during evolution. By applying our method, we found that the gene expression profiles of penta-radial phases in echinoderm tended to be more highly derived than those of the bilateral phase. However, our results suggest that echinoderms may not have experienced much larger modifications to their developmental systems than chordates, at least at the transcriptomic level. In vertebrates, we found that the mid-embryonic and organogenesis stages were generally less derived than the earlier or later stages, indicating that the conserved phylotypic period is also less derived. We also found genes that potentially explain less derivedness, such as Hox genes. Finally, we highlight technical concerns that may influence the measured transcriptomic derivedness, such as read depth and library preparation protocols, for further improvement of our method through future studies. We anticipate that this index will serve as a quantitative guide in the search for constrained developmental phases or processes.

    DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.749963

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  • Genomic insights of body plan transitions from bilateral to pentameral symmetry in Echinoderms Reviewed

    Yongxin Li, Akihito Omori, Rachel L. Flores, Sheri Satterfield, Christine Nguyen, Tatsuya Ota, Toko Tsurugaya, Tetsuro Ikuta, Kazuho Ikeo, Mani Kikuchi, Jason C. K. Leong, Adrian Reich, Meng Hao, Wenting Wan, Yang Dong, Yaondong Ren, Si Zhang, Tao Zeng, Masahiro Uesaka, Yui Uchida, Xueyan Li, Tomoko F. Shibata, Takahiro Bino, Kota Ogawa, Shuji Shigenobu, Mariko Kondo, Fayou Wang, Luonan Chen, Gary Wessel, Hidetoshi Saiga, R. Andrew Cameron, Brian Livingston, Cynthia Bradham, Wen Wang, Naoki Irie

    Communications Biology   3 ( 1 )   371   2020.12

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    Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLC  

    DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-1091-1

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  • Gene expression analysis of three homeobox genes throughout early and late development of a feather star Anneissia japonica Reviewed

    Akihito Omori, Tomoko F. Shibata, Koji Akasaka

    Development Genes and Evolution   230 ( 4 )   305 - 314   2020.7

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    DOI: 10.1007/s00427-020-00665-6

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  • Record of Sea Stars, Anseropoda petaloides (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida) from the Oki Islands, Sea of Japan.

    Hisanori KOHTSUKA, Akihito OMORI, Masa-aki YOSHIDA

    Bulletin of the Hoshizaki Green Foundation   ( 22 )   209 - 213   2019.3

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  • Larval and Adult Body Axes in Echinoderms Reviewed

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    Reproductive and Developmental Strategies   2018

  • A new species of Xenoturbella from the western Pacific Ocean and the evolution of Xenoturbella Reviewed

    Hiroaki Nakano, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Akiteru Maeno, Toshihiko Shiroishi, Keiichi Kakui, Ryo Koyanagi, Miyuki Kanda, Noriyuki Satoh, Akihito Omori, Hisanori Kohtsuka

    BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   17   245   2017.12

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    DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1080-2

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  • Records of young basket stars, Astrocladus coniferus (Doderlein, 1902) from Misaki, Kanagawa Prefecture Reviewed

    Hisanori Kohtsuka, Mamoru Sekifuji, Akihito Omori, Masanori Okanishi

    Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan   71   229 - 235   2017.1

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  • Early stalked stages in ontogeny of the living isocrinid sea lily Metacrinus rotundus Reviewed

    Shonan Amemiya, Akihito Omori, Toko Tsurugaya, Taku Hibino, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Ritsu Kuraishi, Masato Kiyomoto, Takuya Minokawa

    ACTA ZOOLOGICA   97 ( 1 )   102 - 116   2016.1

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    DOI: 10.1111/azo.12109

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  • JAMBIO Coastal Organism Joint Surveys reveals undiscovered biodiversity around Sagami Bay Reviewed

    Hiroaki Nakano, Keiichi Kakui, Hiroshi Kajihara, Michitaka Shimomura, Naoto Jimi, Shinri Tomioka, Hayate Tanaka, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Masaatsu Tanaka, Takato Izumi, Masanori Okanishi, Yutaro Yamada, Hideo Shinagawa, Toshihiko Sato, Yasutaka Tsuchiya, Akihito Omori, Mamoru Sekifuji, Hisanori Kohtsuka

    REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE   2 ( sup )   77 - 81   2015.11

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2015.05.003

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  • Geochemistry of two shallow CO2 seeps in Shikine Island (Japan) and their potential for ocean acidification research Reviewed

    Sylvain Agostini, Shigeki Wada, Koetsu Kon, Akihito Omori, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Hiroyuki Fujimura, Yasutaka Tsuchiya, Toshihiko Sato, Hideo Shinagawa, Yutaro Yamada, Kazuo Inaba

    REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE   2 ( sup )   45 - 53   2015.11

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2015.07.004

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  • Patterning of anteroposterior body axis displayed in the expression of Hox genes in sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Reviewed

    Mani Kikuchi, Akihito Omori, Daisuke Kurokawa, Koji Akasaka

    DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION   225 ( 5 )   275 - 286   2015.9

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    DOI: 10.1007/s00427-015-0510-7

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  • A new genus and new species of family Antedonidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from southern Japan Reviewed

    Masami Obuchi, Akihito Omori

    ZOOTAXA   3972 ( 3 )   441 - 449   2015.6

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    DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.3.9

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  • Shallow−water Comatulids from Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan (Echinodermata: Crinoidea)

    Hisanori Kohtsuka, Akihito Omori, Satoshi Awata, Toyokazu Shimotani, Masumi Nozaki

    Bulletin of the Hoshizaki Green Foundation   ( 18 )   75 - 89   2015.5

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  • Anterior-posterior axis formation and nervous system development in crinoids; implications for evolution of the echinoderm bodyplan.

    Akihito Omori

    The University of Tokyo   2011.3

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  • Gene expression analysis of Six3, Pax6, and Otx in the early development of the stalked crinoid Metacrinus rotundus Reviewed

    Akihito Omori, Koji Akasaka, Daisuke Kurokawa, Shonan Amemiya

    GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS   11 ( 1-2 )   48 - 56   2011.1

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2010.09.002

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Books

  • Hox Modules in Evolution and Development Reviewed

    Akihito Omori, Naoki Irie( Role: Joint author ,  Chapter 7: Hox Genes in Echinoderms)

    CRC Press  2023.4  ( ISBN:9781003057215

  • Reproductive and Developmental Strategies, The Continuity of Life Reviewed

    Akihito Omori, Mani Kikuchi, Mariko Kondo( Role: Joint author ,  Chapter 34: Larval and Adult Body Axes in Echinoderms)

    Splinger  2018.6  ( ISBN:9784431566090

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  • Ramisyllis kingghidorahi n. sp., a new branching annelid from Japan (Jan, 10.1007/s13127-021-00538-4, 2022)

    M. Teresa Aguado, Guillermo Ponz-Segrelles, Christopher J. Glasby, Rannyele P. Ribeiro, Mayuko Nakamura, Kohei Oguchi, Akihito Omori, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Christian Fischer, Yuji Ise, Naoto Jimi, Toru Miura

    ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION   22 ( 2 )   407 - 407   2022.6

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  • Author Correction: Genomic insights of body plan transitions from bilateral to pentameral symmetry in Echinoderms. International journal

    Yongxin Li, Akihito Omori, Rachel L Flores, Sheri Satterfield, Christine Nguyen, Tatsuya Ota, Toko Tsurugaya, Tetsuro Ikuta, Kazuho Ikeo, Mani Kikuchi, Jason C K Leong, Adrian Reich, Meng Hao, Wenting Wan, Yang Dong, Yaondong Ren, Si Zhang, Tao Zeng, Masahiro Uesaka, Yui Uchida, Xueyan Li, Tomoko F Shibata, Takahiro Bino, Kota Ogawa, Shuji Shigenobu, Mariko Kondo, Fayou Wang, Luonan Chen, Gary Wessel, Hidetoshi Saiga, R Andrew Cameron, Brian Livingston, Cynthia Bradham, Wen Wang, Naoki Irie

    Communications biology   4 ( 1 )   459 - 459   2021.4

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  • Correction to: A new species of Xenoturbella from the western Pacific Ocean and the evolution of Xenoturbella. International journal

    Hiroaki Nakano, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Akiteru Maeno, Toshihiko Shiroishi, Keiichi Kakui, Ryo Koyanagi, Miyuki Kanda, Noriyuki Satoh, Akihito Omori, Hisanori Kohtsuka

    BMC evolutionary biology   18 ( 1 )   83 - 83   2018.6

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    After publication of Nakano et al. (2017) [1], the authors became aware of the fact that the new species-group name erected for the two specimens of a Japanese xenoturbellid species in the article is not available because Nakano et al. (2017) [1] does not meet the requirement of the amendment of Article 8.5.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (the Code) [2]. The authors therefore describe the two xenoturbellids as a new species again in this correction article. Methods for morphological observation, DNA extraction and sequencing were as described in Nakano et al. (2017) [1]. The holotype and paratype specimens are deposited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba (NSMT), Japan. The DNA sequences obtained were deposited in the International Nucleotide Sequence Database (INSD).

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  • Research on crinoids and marine education in Misaki

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    Aquabiology   35 ( 4 )   433 - 433   2013.8

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  • Primitive central nervous system of stalked crinoids (M-rotundus)

    Koji Akasaka, Akihito Omori, Shonan Amemiya

    ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE   22 ( 12 )   1389 - 1389   2005.12

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Presentations

  • Examination of the BMP and Nodal signaling related genes in the development of a feather star Anneissia japonica

    Akihito Omori, Yongxin Li, Wen Wang, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Naoki Irie, Mariko Kondo

    17th International Echinoderm Conference & 2nd International Hemichordate Meeting  2024.7 

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  • Microhabitat of Scoliodota japonica at the muddy sandy coasts of Sado island

    Itsuki Umeta, Akihito Omori

    The 93rd Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan  2022.9 

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  • 佐渡島沿岸に特徴的な海産底生無脊椎動物数種の生態

    大森 紹仁

    日本海3大学部局間連携協定 Kick off Symposium  2022.3 

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    Event date: 2022.3

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  • 佐渡島の希少な海産無脊椎動物

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    佐渡自然共生科学センター シンポジウム2022「島の稀少な生きものを記録する」  2022.3 

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  • Distribution and reproductive ecology of an apodid sea cucumber Scoliorhapis dianthus

    Takashi Nakajima, Akihito Omori

    91st Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan  2020.9 

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  • Evolution of the body axes in crinoid echinoderms

    Akihito Omori

    The 1st Asian International Conference in Science  2019.11 

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  • Development and differentiation of mesenchyme cells in feather star

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  • 佐渡島の海洋生物を記録する

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    佐渡自然共生科学センター シンポジウム2023「デジタル時代の自然共生科学」  2023.3 

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  • 佐渡発の新種キングギドラシリスの棲息環境調査

    三浦徹, 幸塚久典, 小口晃平, 佐藤大介, 自見直人, 大森紹仁

    佐渡ジオパークフォーラム  2023.2 

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  • Examination of the dorsal-ventral and left-right patterning related genes in the development of a feather star Anneissia japonica

    Akihito Omori, Yongxin Li, Wen Wang, Naoki Irie, Mariko Kondo

    52nd Annual Meeting of JSDB  2019.5 

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  • Are the color patterns of a feather star Anneissia japonica inheritable? International conference

    Akihito Omori, Toko Tsurugaya, Hisanori Kohtsuka

    16th International Echinoderm Conference  2018.5 

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  • Taxonomic re-examination of the Colobometridae feather stars of Japanese shallow water

    Aoi Tsuyuki, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Akihito Omori

    The 88th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan  2017.9 

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  • Micro-CT observation in feather stars; implications for morphology, taxonomy, developmental biology and evolutionary studies. International conference

    Akihito Omori, Akiteru Maeno, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Toshihiko Shiroishi, Mariko Kondo

    Joint meeting of the 22nd International Congress of Zoology & the 87th meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan  2016.11 

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  • Micro-computed tomography with molecular analyses; methodological study for molecular phylogeny and developmental biology of echinoderms. International conference

    Akihito Omori, Akiteru Maeno, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Toshihiko Shiroishi, Mariko Kondo

    15th International Echinoderm Conference  2015.5 

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  • Immunohistochemical and molecular biological analysis on the adult nervous systems of the feather star Oxycomanthus japonicus International conference

    Akihito Omori, Daisuke Kurokawa, Koji Akasaka

    14th International Echinoderm Conference  2012.8 

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Research Projects

  • Nanoporeシーケンサーを用いた日本近海産Anneissia属ウミシダ類の分類学・系統地理学的研究

    Grant number:R06-1041

    2024.6 - 2025.3

    System name:内田エネルギー科学振興財団試験研究費助成

    Awarding organization:公益財団法人 内田エネルギー科学振興財団

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  • 祖先型棘皮動物ウミシダにおける間充織細胞の発生と分化

    2022.7 - 2023.3

    System name:研究費助成

    Awarding organization:一般財団法人 中辻創智社

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  • 半月周性産卵リズムの形成機構:潮汐を伝える体内時計の関わりと分子基盤の解明

    Grant number:20H03288

    2020.4 - 2024.3

    System name:科学研究費助成事業

    Research category:基盤研究(B)

    Awarding organization:日本学術振興会

    安東 宏徳, 豊田 賢治, 吉村 崇, 大森 紹仁

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    Grant amount:\18200000 ( Direct Cost: \14000000 、 Indirect Cost:\4200000 )

    本研究では、概潮汐時計の機能的分子基盤の解明を目指して、潮汐サイクルおよび月齢に同調して発現する遺伝子群を網羅的に探索すると共に、それらの遺伝子の発現抑制による半月周性の産卵行動リズムへの影響を検討する。また、概潮汐時計と概日時計から構成されると考えられるリズム発振機構による生殖神経内分泌系の周期的調節の機能形態学的基盤を解明する。さらに、より普遍的な生物リズムの研究としての展開を目指し、半月周性リズムのOntogenyを解明する。令和3年度は、次の3つの研究成果を得た。
    1)潮汐サイクルと半月周性リズムに関連する遺伝子群を探索する試料として、産卵リズムの異なる伊豆川奈と佐渡姫津において、大潮と小潮の日の夕刻にクサフグ成魚を捕獲して脳を採取した。
    2)潮汐サイクル/半月周性リズムを作る時計候補遺伝子の機能解析のため、Vivo-モルフォリノによる遺伝子発現抑制実験系を検討した。脳髄膜で作られる糖たんぱく質であるエペンジミン(EPN)を標的遺伝子として、Vivo-モルフォリノ(EPN-MO)の配列、投与量、投与方法を検討した。また、ウェスタンブロット法と免疫染色法を用いたEPNタンパク質の解析系を確立した。EPN-MOを投与した個体では、遊泳阻害が見られたが、EPNタンパク質量の変化は検出されなかった。
    3)クサフグ仔稚魚に潮汐サイクルや月齢に同調したリズムがあるのかどうかを明らかにするため、産卵期に親魚を採集して人工授精を行い、仔稚魚を育成した。DanioVisionを用いて、クサフグ仔稚魚の自発行動リズムを解析した結果、成長段階によって明暗周期に関して自発行動リズムが異なることや明暗の切り替え時に自発行動量が高くなることなど、クサフグが独自の光応答性を持つ可能性が示された。さらに、EthoVision XTを用いたクサフグ幼魚の自発行動解析系を確立した。

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  • 佐渡島固有種サドナデシコナマコの生息状況および生殖生態の解明

    2018.4 - 2020.3

    System name:内田エネルギー科学振興財団試験研究費助成

    Awarding organization:公益財団法人 内田エネルギー科学振興財団

    大森 紹仁

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  • 科学英語演習

    2022
    Institution name:新潟大学フィールド科学人材育成プログラム

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  • 農学入門Ⅰ・Ⅱ

    2020
    Institution name:新潟大学フィールド科学人材育成プログラム

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  • 水圏生態学

    2019
    Institution name:新潟大学フィールド科学人材育成プログラム

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  • 海洋フィールド生物学実習

    2019
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    2022
    Institution name:新潟大学フィールド科学人材育成プログラム

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  • 系統動物学

    2018
    Institution name:新潟大学理学部生物学プログラム

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  • フィールド安全論

    2018
    Institution name:新潟大学フィールド科学人材育成プログラム

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  • 環境生物学野外実習B

    2018
    Institution name:新潟大学理学部自然環境科学プログラム

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  • 環境生物学野外実習C

    2018
    Institution name:新潟大学理学部自然環境科学プログラム

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  • 面接授業「海洋生物の多様性と適応進化」

    2018
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    2024

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  • 系統分類学

    2018
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    2021
    Institution name:新潟大学フィールド科学人材育成プログラム

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  • 生物学総合演習

    2017
    Institution name:新潟大学理学部生物学プログラム

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  • 臨海実習Ⅰ

    2017
    Institution name:新潟大学理学部生物学プログラム

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  • 野外実習

    2016
    Institution name:東邦大学理学部

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  • 科学英語演習

    2015
    Institution name:東京大学理学部生物学科

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  • 生物学実験集中

    2014
    Institution name:慶應義塾大学理工学部

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  • 特別臨海実習

    2014
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    2017
    Institution name:東京大学理学部生物学科

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  • 生物科学共通実習

    2014
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    2017
    Institution name:東京大学理学部生物学科

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  • 全学体験ゼミナール「海で学ぶ」

    2012
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    2016

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  • 佐渡自然共生国際実習

    2024
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 理学基礎演習

    2022
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 課題研究II(生物学)

    2021
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 臨海実習II

    2021
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 卒業論文

    2020
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 卒業論文Ⅰ

    2020
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 卒業論文Ⅱ

    2020
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 海洋フィールド生物学実習

    2020
    -
    2022
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 農学入門Ⅰ

    2020
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 農学入門Ⅱ

    2020
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 水圏生態学

    2019
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 先端臨海実習

    2019
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 系統分類学

    2019
    -
    2021
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • フィールド安全論

    2018
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 環境生物学野外実習B

    2018
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 動物生理学III

    2018
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 系統動物学

    2018
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 海洋生物学実験

    2018
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 環境生物学野外実習C

    2018
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 森・里・海フィールド実習

    2018
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 総合力アクティブ・ラーニング

    2018
    -
    2021
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 生物学総合演習

    2017
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 臨海実習I

    2017
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 内分泌学演習

    2017
    Institution name:新潟大学

  • 課題研究I(生物学)

    2017
    Institution name:新潟大学

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Social Activities

  • 佐渡の海岸環境と海洋ベントス

    Role(s): Lecturer

    佐渡市社会教育課  令和5年度 佐渡市民大学講座  2023.12

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  • 佐渡の海の無脊椎動物たち

    Role(s): Lecturer

    佐渡市環境対策課  令和2年度 市民環境講座  2021.1

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