ネムリユスリカ Anhydrobiosis Sleeping chironomid

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About Sleepig Chironomid



Anhydrobiosis Research Unit
Natioal Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,
Ohwashi 1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan



Okuda
Okuda, Takashi

Senior Researcher

Research field : Insect physiology
mail: oku@afrrc. go.jp
 
Kikawada, Takahiro

Principal Researcher (NIAS)

Associate Professor (The University of Tokyo)

Research field :
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

mail: kikawada@affrc.go.jp
 
Shimura, Sachiko

Chief Researcher

Research field : Histology, Sericulture

mail: sshimura@affrc.go.jp
 
CORNETTE Richard
Chief Researcher 
Research field :Physiology and molecular biology. Mainly analysis of gene expression patterns accompanying physiological responses to the environment. Now studying genes involved in the anhydrobiosis of the sleeping chironomid (Polypedilum vanderplanki) and developing RNAi for functional analysis of such genes.
mail: cornette@affrc.go.jp
Sogame, Yoichiro
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow

Topics:
Mechanisms of desiccation-specific gene expression

mail: sogame@affrc.go.jp

 
Okada, Jun

Postdoctoral Fellow

Topics:
Genome editing of Pv-cultured cells

mail: junokada@affrc.go.jp
 
Saito, Yoko

Research Assistant

P. vanderplanki keeper

 
 

Shiratori, Tomoe 

Research Assistant

Cell culturing staff

 
 
Kikuzato(Sato), Yuki

Research Assistant

Omics analysis

 
 

 

Alumni

kikuta
Kikuta, Shingo
Current: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Research field:
Insect physiology and entomopathogenic nematology

mail :Sincinq@gmail.com

 
Hatanaka, Rie
Current: Private company (a bio-venture)


 

 
Oleg Gusev

Current: Kazan Federal University / JAXA

Research Fields:
1. Stress response and DNA reparation in P. vanderplanki
2. Origin and evolution of cryptobiosis in insects
3. Space biology

mail :oleg@cryptobio.com
 
Saito, Ayako 

Current: Bakery

 
 
 

 

 

   

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