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Overview

Takeo Kubo is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Neuroscience. Within these disciplines, their work focuses particularly on Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research topics cover:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Takeo Kubo has published extensively, often contributing to journals such as Scientific Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Development Growth & Differentiation, Science Advances, and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Evolutionary dynamics of mushroom body Kenyon cell types in hymenopteran brains from multifunctional type to functionally specialized types, 2023, Science Advances
  • Neural activity mapping of bumble bee (Bombus ignitus) brains during foraging flight using immediate early genes, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Low-temperature incubation improves both knock-in and knock-down efficiencies by the CRISPR/Cas9 system in Xenopus laevis as revealed by quantitative analysis, 2021, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Identification of ecdysone receptor target genes in the worker honey bee brains during foraging behavior, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Mblk-1/E93, an ecdysone related-transcription factor, targets synaptic plasticity-related genes in the honey bee mushroom bodies, 2022, Scientific Reports

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Hiroki Kohno, Taro Fukazawa, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Sumika Kato, and Shuichi Kamata.

Best Publications

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • Extremotolerant tardigrade genome and improved radiotolerance of human cultured cells by tardigrade-unique protein

    Takuma Hashimoto;Daiki D. Horikawa;Daiki D. Horikawa;Daiki D. Horikawa;Yuki Saito;Hirokazu Kuwahara;Hirokazu Kuwahara

  • Wolbachia variant that induces two distinct reproductive phenotypes in different hosts.

    T Sasaki;N Massaki;T Kubo

  • Expression of amylase and glucose oxidase in the hypopharyngeal gland with an age-dependent role change of the worker honeybee (Apis mellifera L.).

    Kazuaki Ohashi;Shunji Natori;Takeo Kubo

  • Molecular cloning of cDNA for p10, a novel protein that increases in the regenerating legs of Periplaneta americana (American cockroach)

    Aya Nomura Kitabayashi;Toshimitsu Arai;Takeo Kubo;Shunji Natori

  • Novel Insect Picorna-Like Virus Identified in the Brains of Aggressive Worker Honeybees

    Tomoko Fujiyuki;Hideaki Takeuchi;Masato Ono;Seii Ohka

  • Carbohydrate metabolism genes and pathways in insects: insights from the honey bee genome.

    T Kunieda;T Fujiyuki;Robert Kucharski;Sylvain Foret

  • Purification and localization of p10, a novel protein that increases in nymphal regenerating legs of Periplaneta americana (American cockroach).

    Aya Nomura;Kiyoshi Kawasaki;Takeo Kubo;Shunji Natori

  • Change in the mode of gene expression of the hypopharyngeal gland cells with an age-dependent role change of the worker honeybee Apis mellifera L

    Kazuaki Ohashi;Shunji Natori;Takeo Kubo

  • Two Novel Heat-Soluble Protein Families Abundantly Expressed in an Anhydrobiotic Tardigrade

    Ayami Yamaguchi;Sae Tanaka;Shiho Yamaguchi;Hirokazu Kuwahara

  • A Neural Mechanism Underlying Mating Preferences for Familiar Individuals in Medaka Fish

    Teruhiro Okuyama;Saori Yokoi;Hideki Abe;Hideki Abe;Yasuko Isoe

  • Interspecific Transfer of Wolbachia Between Two Lepidopteran Insects Expressing Cytoplasmic Incompatibility: A Wolbachia Variant Naturally Infecting Cadra cautella Causes Male Killing in Ephestia kuehniella

    Tetsuhiko Sasaki;Takeo Kubo;Hajime Ishikawa

  • Molecular cloning of cDNA for lysenin, a novel protein in the earthworm Eisenia foetida that causes contraction of rat vascular smooth muscle

    Yoshiyuki Sekizawa;Takeo Kubo;Hideshi Kobayashi;Terumi Nakajima

  • Isolation and characterization of the bacteriophage WO from Wolbachia, an arthropod endosymbiont.

    Yukiko Fujii;Takeo Kubo;Hajime Ishikawa;Tetsuhiko Sasaki

  • Suppression of the immune response potentiates tadpole tail regeneration during the refractory period.

    Taro Fukazawa;Yuko Naora;Takekazu Kunieda;Takeo Kubo

  • Production of Knockout Mutants by CRISPR/Cas9 in the European Honeybee, Apis mellifera L.

    Hiroki Kohno;Shota Suenami;Hideaki Takeuchi;Tetsuhiko Sasaki

  • Associative visual learning, color discrimination, and chromatic adaptation in the harnessed honeybee Apis mellifera L.

    Sayaka Hori;Hideaki Takeuchi;Kentaro Arikawa;Michiyo Kinoshita

  • Novel Mitochondria-Targeted Heat-Soluble Proteins Identified in the Anhydrobiotic Tardigrade Improve Osmotic Tolerance of Human Cells

    Sae Tanaka;Junko Tanaka;Yoshihiro Miwa;Daiki D. Horikawa

  • Soldier caste-specific gene expression in the mandibular glands of Hodotermopsis japonica (Isoptera: Termopsidae)

    Toru Miura;Azusa Kamikouchi;Miyuki Sawata;Hideaki Takeuchi

  • Age- and morph-dependent activation of the lysosomal system and Buchnera degradation in aphid endosymbiosis.

    Kenji Nishikori;Kiyokazu Morioka;Takeo Kubo;Mizue Morioka

Frequent Co-Authors

Shunji Natori
Shunji Natori University of Tokyo
Kiyoshi Naruse
Kiyoshi Naruse National Institute for Basic Biology
Kazuhisa Sekimizu
Kazuhisa Sekimizu University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Takeda
Hiroyuki Takeda University of Tokyo
Atsushi Toyoda
Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics
Akio Nomoto
Akio Nomoto Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
Minoru Tanaka
Minoru Tanaka Nagoya University
Ryszard Maleszka
Ryszard Maleszka Australian National University
Asao Fujiyama
Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics
Sylvain Forêt
Sylvain Forêt Australian National University

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