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Hiroki Nishida

Hiroki Nishida

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
8326
World Ranking
14691
National Ranking
1046

Overview

Hiroki Nishida is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and contributes to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science. Their work notably spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Physiology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of marine and developmental biology themes, such as Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, and Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry.

Hiroki Nishida has contributed publications in recognized scientific venues, with frequent appearances in Developmental Biology, Development Growth & Differentiation, Scientific Reports, Development Genes and Evolution, and eLife.

  • Conservation of peripheral nervous system formation mechanisms in divergent ascidian embryos (2020, eLife)
  • Extreme genome scrambling in marine planktonic Oikopleura dioica cryptic species (2024, Genome Research)
  • Prognostic impact of nutritional status and physical capacity in elderly patients with acute decompensated heart failure (2020, ESC Heart Failure)
  • 3D reconstruction of structures of hatched larva and young juvenile of the larvacean Oikopleura dioica using SBF-SEM (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Massive Gene Loss and Function Shuffling in Appendicularians Stretch the Boundaries of Chordate Wnt Family Evolution (2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Takeshi A. Onuma, Nicholas M. Luscombe, Kai Wang, Charles Plessy, and Aki Masunaga. Among these collaborators, Takeshi A. Onuma has appeared most often alongside Nishida in joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Cell lineage analysis in ascidian embryos by intracellular injection of a tracer enzyme: III. Up to the tissue restricted stage

    Hiroki Nishida

  • Cell lineage analysis in ascidian embryos by intracellular injection of a tracer enzyme. I. Up to the eight-cell stage.

    Hiroki Nishida;Noriyuki Satoh;Noriyuki Satoh

  • Plasticity of Animal Genome Architecture Unmasked by Rapid Evolution of a Pelagic Tunicate

    Simon Henriet;Sutada Mungpakdee;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury

  • macho-1 encodes a localized mRNA in ascidian eggs that specifies muscle fate during embryogenesis

    Hiroki Nishida;Kaichiro Sawada

  • Developmental fates of larval tissues after metamorphosis in ascidian Halocynthia roretzi. I. Origin of mesodermal tissues of the juvenile

    Toshio Hirano;Hiroki Nishida

  • Cell lineage analysis in ascidian embryos by intracellular injection of a tracer enzyme: II. The 16- and 32-cell stages

    Hiroki Nishida;Hiroki Nishida;Noriyuki Satoh;Noriyuki Satoh

  • Specification of embryonic axis and mosaic development in ascidians.

    Hiroki Nishida

  • Determination and regulation in the pigment cell lineage of the ascidian embryo

    Hiroki Nishida;Noriyuki Satoh

  • Induction of Notochord during Ascidian Embryogenesis

    Yuki Nakatani;Hiroki Nishida

  • Developmental fates of larval tissues after metamorphosis in the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi. II. Origin of endodermal tissues of the juvenile.

    Toshio Hirano;Hiroki Nishida

  • Ascidians and the Plasticity of the Chordate Developmental Program

    Patrick Lemaire;William C. Smith;Hiroki Nishida

  • The BMP/CHORDIN antagonism controls sensory pigment cell specification and differentiation in the ascidian embryo.

    Sébastien Darras;Sébastien Darras;Hiroki Nishida

  • An FGF signal from endoderm and localized factors in the posterior-vegetal egg cytoplasm pattern the mesodermal tissues in the ascidian embryo.

    Gil Jung Kim;Atsuko Yamada;Hiroki Nishida

  • Ascidian embryonic development: An emerging model system for the study of cell fate specification in chordates

    Gaku Kumano;Hiroki Nishida

  • Basic fibroblast growth factor induces notochord formation and the expression of As-T, a Brachyury homolog, during ascidian embryogenesis

    Y. Nakatani;H. Yasuo;N. Satoh;H. Nishida

  • ANISEED 2017: extending the integrated ascidian database to the exploration and evolutionary comparison of genome-scale datasets.

    Matija Brozovic;Christelle Dantec;Justine Dardaillon;Delphine Dauga

  • Role of the FGF and MEK signaling pathway in the ascidian embryo.

    Gil Jung Kim;Hiroki Nishida

  • Centrosome‐attracting body: A novel structure closely related to unequal cleavages in the ascidian embryo

    Taku Hibino;Takahito Nishikata;Hiroki Nishida

  • The centrosome-attracting body, microtubule system, and posterior egg cytoplasm are involved in positioning of cleavage planes in the ascidian embryo.

    Takahito Nishikata;Taku Hibino;Hiroki Nishida

  • Cell Fate Specification by Localized Cytoplasmic Determinants and Cell Interactions in Ascidian Embryos

    Hiroki Nishida

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Lemaire
Patrick Lemaire Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Billie J. Swalla
Billie J. Swalla University of Washington
Christian Sardet
Christian Sardet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Minoru Kanehisa
Minoru Kanehisa Kyoto University
Nori Satoh
Nori Satoh Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Yutaka Satou
Yutaka Satou Kyoto University
Jean-Marc Aury
Jean-Marc Aury University of Paris-Saclay
Julie Poulain
Julie Poulain French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Jean Weissenbach
Jean Weissenbach Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Olivier Jaillon
Olivier Jaillon University of Paris-Saclay

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