April 2023 group photo. Let's continue to enjoy science together.
2023 年度ラボ集合写真。本年度は、僕以外には、助教4名、ポスドク1名、秘書1名、博士8名、修士4名、卒研生2名、学類3年生1名、交換留学性1名の計23名体制(過去最大)。本年度も皆でサイエンスを楽しめればと思います。
Thrilled to see our new paper in
@ScienceAdvances
! Our study shows that in Drosophila, circulating fructose, which is generated by the polyol pathway, regulates an increase in germline stem cells through gustatory receptor-mediated secretion of gut NPF.
I am organizing a virtual symposium "Toward Understanding of the Mechanisms of Development, Metabolism, Aging, and Diseases using Drosophila and C. elegans: Outstanding researches in East Asia and Oceania" on Mar 3 & 4. Look at the cool poster, designed by
@takuhikoy
!
Pleased to share our preprint on a new class of venoms of the parasitoid wasp Asobara japonica, which induces the interesting phenomenon called "imagined disc degradation."
Parasitoid wasp venoms degrade Drosophila imaginal discs for successful parasitism
Happy to share our latest
@biorxivpreprint
on an 'incretin'-like function of gut NPF in Drosophila.
The sugar-responsive enteroendocrine neuropeptide F regulates lipid metabolism through glucagon-like and insulin-like hormones in Drosophila melanogaster
本日付で、筑波大学生存ダイナミクス研究センター長、並びに日本結合組織学会理事長を拝命しました。身が引き締まる思いです。今後とも、どうぞよろしくお願いします。As of today, I’ve been appointed Director of the TARA center, University of Tsukuba, and President of JSMBM.
2014年から貯めに貯めたデータをまとめた論文を投稿!10年間この研究を支えてくれた仲間と国と八百万の神々にまずは感謝!
We submitted a manuscript summarizing the data obtained since we started the study in 2014! I thank everything for allowing us to continue this study for 10 years!
Dr. Pierre Léopold
@LeopoldLab
is staying at our university this week!
Today Pierre gave a fantastic talk to our biology undergrads. He talked about how powerful Drosophila is as a model to understand human diseases. Glad to see some students were brave enough to ask questions!
Our lab mates in the academic year 2024: One prof., 1 assoc. prof., 3 assist. prof., 1 postdoc, 1 tech., 5 Ph.D. students, 2 master students, 3 graduate research students, 5 other undergrads, and 2 internal collaborators. Hopefully we can continue to enjoy science.
People from our lab very much enjoyed the 15th Japan Drosophila Research Conference
#JDRC15
at Nagoya. We sincerely thank Kamikouchi-san and the team for organizing the wonderful face-to-face meeting!
I wish I could have held JDRC14 in 2020 in a face-to-face format, too....🥲
Our new paper was formally published in Current Biology today!
The Corazonin-PTTH Neuronal Axis Controls Systemic Body Growth by Regulating Basal Ecdysteroid Biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster
Thrilled to see our new paper in
@Dev_journal
! Our study demonstrates that the corpora allata-projecting peptidergic (DH31-producing) neurons play an essential role in regulating female reproductive dormancy by suppressing juvenile hormone biosynthesis.
Proud to share our paper "Neuronal octopamine signaling regulates mating-induced germline stem cell increase in female Drosophila melanogaster", which was just published today on
#eLife
! Many thanks to all collaborators.
Yesterday, at
#EDRC2023
, I gave a talk on the role of a Drosophila gut hormone in excessive protein feeding, in collaboration with Dr. Yuto Yoshinari
@2ysnryt
in
@NishimuraLabGU
. I deeply thank Drs. Irene Miguel-Aliaga
@FlyGutLab
and Julia Julia
@CorderoLab
for inviting me!
院生の井村君とTARAスタッフ島田を中心とした成果がCurrent Biologyに掲載されました。エクジソン生合成の新制御系の報告です。
The Corazonin-PTTH Neuronal Axis Controls Systemic Body Growth by Regulating Basal Ecdysteroid Biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster
Von voyage, Yuto
@2ysnryt
! I sincerely wish you all the best as an assistant professor at the next place.
Honestly, at this moment, I cannot imagine I will be able to survive in science without him....
Wow, I just heard that the Oral Presentation Awards at the 6th International Insect Hormone Workshop (IIHW2024) in Riverside went to the former student from my lab, Yuto Yoshinari
@2ysnryt
and the current student in my lab, Yoshitomo Kurogi
@y_kurogi
. I am proud of you guys!
One of the great pleasures of attending a conference is to talk directly with superstars I have only known by name in their papers. Today, it was great to have a conversation with Dr. Mariana Wolfner
@WolfnerLab
, the true pioneer in studying insect post-mating responses.
#ICE2022