SUZUKI Takeshi

Professional Career

2008-2009 : JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Kobe University
2009-2010 : JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Kobe University
2010 : JSPS Excellent Young Researcher Overseas Visit Program, Visiting Scholar, Aristotole University of Thessaloniki
2010 - 2013 : JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Chiba University
2013 - 2014 : Part-Time Researcher, Ibaraki University
2014 - 2015 : JSPS Postdoctral Fellow for Research Abroad, The University of Western Ontario
2015 - 2020 :Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2020 - 2023 : Associate Professor(Tenured), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2023 - Present : Professor(Tenured), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Academic Degrees

2006/03 Ms.C., Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University
2009/03 Ph.D., Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University

Research Interests

sensory ecology, photoperiodism, locusts, crickets, phytoseiid mites, insect production, RNAi-based biopesticides, RNAi, spider mites

Publications

• Sembada, A.A.; Maki, S.; Faizal, A.; Fukuhara, T.; Suzuki, T.; Lenggoro, I.W. The Role of Silica Nanoparticles in Promoting the Germination of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Seeds. Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 2110. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13142110
• Hamdi, F.A., K. Kataoka, Y. Arai, N. Takeda, M. Yamamoto, Y.F.O. Mohammad, N.A. Ghazy and T. Suzuki (2023) An octopamine receptor involved in feeding behavior of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch: a possible candidate for RNAi-based pest control. Entomologia Generalis, 43 (1), 89-97, doi: 10.1127/entomologia/2023/1808
• Ghazy, N.A. and T. Suzuki (2022) Environmental RNAi-based reverse genetics in the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus: Towards improved methods of biological control. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 180, 104993. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2021.104993
• Sanno, R., K. Kataoka, S. Hayakawa, K. Ide, C.N. Nguyen, T.P. Nguyen, B.T.N. Le, O.T.P. Kim, K. Mineta, H. Takeyama, M. Takeda, T. Sato, T. Suzuki, K. Yura and T. Asahi (2021) Comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes in Gryllidea (Insecta: Orthoptera): Implications for adaptive evolution in ant-loving crickets. Genome Biology and Evolution 13(10) evab222. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evab222.
• Kobayashi, T., Hiragaki, S., Suzuki, T., Ochiai, N., Canlas, L. J., Tufail, M., Hayashi, N., Mohamed, A.A.M., Dekeyser, M.A., Matsuda, K., Takeda, M., A unique primary structure of RDL (resistant to dieldrin) confers resistance to GABA-gated chloride channel blockers in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch.  Journal of Neurochemistry (J. Neutochem.), 155.5, 508-521, 2020
• Bensoussan, N., Dixit, S., Tabara, M., Letwin, D., Milojevic, M., Antonacci, M., Jin, P., Arai, Y., Bruinsma, K., Suzuki, T., Fukuhara, T., Zhurov, V., Geibel, S., Nauen, R., Grbic, M., Grbic. V. Environmental RNA interference in two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, reveals dsRNA processing requirements for efficient RNAi response. Scientific Reports (Sci. Rep.). 10:19126. 2020
• Takeda, N., Takata, A., Arai, Y., Sasaya, K., Noyama, S., Wakisaka, S., Ghazy, N.A., Voigt, D., Suzuki, T. (2020) A vegetable oil–based biopesticide with ovicidal activity against the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch. Engineering in Life Sciences (Eng. Life Sci.), 20, 11, 525-534, NOV2020
• Ghazy, N.A., Suzuki, T. Oral delivery of water-soluble compounds to the phytoseiid mite Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae). PLoS ONE 14, e0223929, 2019.
• Ghazy, N.A., Gotoh, T., Suzuki, T. Impact of global warming scenarios on life history traits of Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae). BMC Ecology 19: 48, 2019.
• Abouelmaaty, H.G., M. Fukushi, A.G. Abouelmaaty, N.A. Ghazy and T. Suzuki Leaf disc-mediated oral delivery of small molecules in the absence of surfactant to the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae. Experimental and Applied Acarology (Exp. Appl. Acarol.) 77, 1-10, 2019.
• Bensoussan, N., Zhurov, V., Yamakawa, S., O’Neil, C.H., Suzuki, T., Grbić, M. and Grbić, V. (2018) The digestive system of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, in the context of the mite-plant interaction. Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 1206
• Ghazy, N.A., Suzuki, T. and Amano, H. (2018) Development and reproduction of Neoseiulus californicus and Tetranychus urticae under simulated natural temperature. Environmental Entomology 47:1005-1012