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Chuya Shinzato

Chuya Shinzato

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
5543
World Ranking
7554
National Ranking
58

Overview

Chuya Shinzato is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has contributed extensively to the study of marine biology, particularly in the areas of coral and marine ecosystems. Their research output spans across environmental science, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on understanding the dynamics of marine environments and the genetic bases underlying adaptation and symbiosis in marine organisms.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Shinzato's frequent coauthors demonstrate collaborative work with experts such as Yuki Yoshioka, Noriyuki Satoh, Yuna Zayasu, Hiroshi Yamashita, and Go Suzuki, indicating engagement in multi-author research projects that address molecular evolution and symbiotic relationships in marine species.

Their publications have appeared in several venues notable for their focus on genetics, marine biology, and evolutionary studies. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Among the recent papers authored by Chuya Shinzato are:

  • Eighteen Coral Genomes Reveal the Evolutionary Origin of Acropora Strategies to Accommodate Environmental Changes, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution

Additionally, Shinzato's collaborative environment includes coauthors publishing on related topics such as sunscreen biosynthesis in dinoflagellates and genome sequencing of aquarium fish models, reflecting a broad engagement with marine genetics and ecology.

Their contributions to subfields of study underline an interdisciplinary approach, covering:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Biotechnology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Chuya Shinzato's research explores genetic mechanisms and ecological dynamics that inform understanding of marine ecosystems' adaptation to environmental changes. Their work aligns with ongoing scientific efforts to analyze genomic novelties in coral and symbiotic relationships critical to marine biodiversity and ecosystem health.

Best Publications

  • Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change

    Chuya Shinzato;Eiichi Shoguchi;Takeshi Kawashima;Mayuko Hamada

  • Draft Assembly of the Symbiodinium minutum Nuclear Genome Reveals Dinoflagellate Gene Structure

    Eiichi Shoguchi;Chuya Shinzato;Takeshi Kawashima;Fuki Gyoja

  • Draft Genome of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata: A Platform for Understanding Bivalve Biology

    Takeshi Takeuchi;Takeshi Kawashima;Ryo Koyanagi;Fuki Gyoja

  • The crown-of-thorns starfish genome as a guide for biocontrol of this coral reef pest

    Michael R. Hall;Kevin M. Kocot;Kenneth W. Baughman;Selene L. Fernandez-Valverde

  • Comparative genomics explains the evolutionary success of reef-forming corals.

    Debashish Bhattacharya;Shobhit Agrawal;Manuel Aranda;Sebastian Baumgarten

  • Two divergent Symbiodinium genomes reveal conservation of a gene cluster for sunscreen biosynthesis and recently lost genes.

    Eiichi Shoguchi;Girish Beedessee;Ipputa Tada;Ipputa Tada;Kanako Hisata

  • Eighteen Coral Genomes Reveal the Evolutionary Origin of Acropora Strategies to Accommodate Environmental Changes.

    Chuya Shinzato;Konstantin Khalturin;Jun Inoue;Jun Inoue;Yuna Zayasu

  • The Complex NOD-Like Receptor Repertoire of the Coral Acropora digitifera Includes Novel Domain Combinations

    Mayuko Hamada;Eiichi Shoguchi;Chuya Shinzato;Takeshi Kawashima

  • Medusozoan genomes inform the evolution of the jellyfish body plan.

    Konstantin Khalturin;Chuya Shinzato;Chuya Shinzato;Maria Khalturina;Mayuko Hamada;Mayuko Hamada

  • The transcriptomic response of the coral Acropora digitifera to a competent Symbiodinium strain: the symbiosome as an arrested early phagosome.

    A. R. Mohamed;V. Cumbo;V. Cumbo;S. Harii;C. Shinzato

  • A snapshot of a coral "holobiont": a transcriptome assembly of the scleractinian coral, porites, captures a wide variety of genes from both the host and symbiotic zooxanthellae.

    Chuya Shinzato;Mayuri Inoue;Makoto Kusakabe

  • Massive Gene Transfer and Extensive RNA Editing of a Symbiotic Dinoflagellate Plastid Genome

    Sutada Mungpakdee;Chuya Shinzato;Takeshi Takeuchi;Takeshi Kawashima

  • A draft genome of the brown alga, Cladosiphon okamuranus, S-strain: a platform for future studies of 'mozuku' biology.

    Koki Nishitsuji;Asuka Arimoto;Kenji Iwai;Yusuke Sudo

  • Metabolic co-dependence drives the evolutionarily ancient Hydra-Chlorella symbiosis

    Mayuko Hamada;Mayuko Hamada;Katja Schröder;Jay Bathia;Ulrich Kürn

  • Stepwise Evolution of Coral Biomineralization Revealed with Genome-Wide Proteomics and Transcriptomics

    Takeshi Takeuchi;Lixy Yamada;Chuya Shinzato;Hitoshi Sawada

  • Genome-wide SNP analysis explains coral diversity and recovery in the Ryukyu Archipelago.

    Chuya Shinzato;Sutada Mungpakdee;Nana Arakaki;Noriyuki Satoh

  • The Mesoderm-Forming Gene brachyury Regulates Ectoderm-Endoderm Demarcation in the Coral Acropora digitifera.

    Yuuri Yasuoka;Chuya Shinzato;Noriyuki Satoh

  • Sox genes in the coral Acropora millepora: divergent expression patterns reflect differences in developmental mechanisms within the Anthozoa

    Chuya Shinzato;Chuya Shinzato;Akira Iguchi;Akira Iguchi;David C Hayward;Ulrich Technau

  • Deciphering the nature of the coral–Chromera association

    Amin R Mohamed;Vivian R Cumbo;Vivian R Cumbo;Saki Harii;Chuya Shinzato

  • A siphonous macroalgal genome suggests convergent functions of homeobox genes in algae and land plants.

    Asuka Arimoto;Koki Nishitsuji;Yoshimi Higa;Nana Arakaki

  • How do environmental factors influence life cycles and development? An experimental framework for early-diverging metazoans

    Thomas C. G. Bosch;Maja Adamska;René Augustin;Tomislav Domazet-Loso

  • Two new species of Rhinogobius (Gobiiformes: Oxudercidae) from Palawan, Philippines, with their phylogenetic placement.

    Ken Maeda;Chuya Shinzato;Ryo Koyanagi;Taiga Kunishima

  • A genome-wide survey of photoreceptor and circadian genes in the coral, Acropora digitifera.

    Eiichi Shoguchi;Makiko Tanaka;Chuya Shinzato;Takeshi Kawashima

  • A genomic approach to coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis: studies of Acropora digitifera and Symbiodinium minutum

    Chuya Shinzato;Sutada Mungpakdee;Nori Satoh;Eiichi Shoguchi

  • Unexpected diversity of cnidarian integrins: expression during coral gastrulation

    Brent A Knack;Akira Iguchi;Chuya Shinzato;David C Hayward

  • Draft Genome of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata: A Platform for Understanding

    T. Takeuchi;T. Kawashima;R. Koyanagi;F. Gyoja

Frequent Co-Authors

Nori Satoh
Nori Satoh Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
David J. Miller
David J. Miller James Cook University
Eldon E. Ball
Eldon E. Ball James Cook University
Manfred Schartl
Manfred Schartl University of Würzburg
Christophe Klopp
Christophe Klopp INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Thomas C. G. Bosch
Thomas C. G. Bosch Kiel University
Toshiyuki Takagi
Toshiyuki Takagi Tohoku University
Debashish Bhattacharya
Debashish Bhattacharya Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kazuhiko Sakai
Kazuhiko Sakai University of the Ryukyus
Asao Fujiyama
Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics

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