SHIMMURA Tsuyoshi

Professional Career

2007.04 - 2009.03 : JSPS Research fellow (DC1) (Azabu University, Japan)
2009.04 - 2013.03 : JSPS Research fellow (PD) (Nagoya University, Japan)
2013.06 - 2016.11 : Assistant Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan
2016.11 - 2019.11 : Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2019.11 - 2021.9 : Associate Professor (Tenured), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2021.10 - Present : Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Academic Degrees

2009/03/15 PhD. in Veterinary Science, Azabu University

Research Interests

Chicken, Animal welfare, Behavioral inheritance, Brain science, Livestock, Molecular biology, Animal physiology, Animal behaviour

Publications

• Nakayama, Tanikawa M, Okushi Y, Itoh T, Shimmura T, Maruyama M, Yamaguchi T, Matsumiya A, Shinomiya A, Guh Y, Chen J, Naruse K, Kudoh H, Kondo Y, Honda N, Aoki K, Nagano AJ, Yoshimura T. A transcriptional program underlying the circannual rhythms of gonadal development in medaka. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 120 (52), e2313514120 (2023).
• Bendesky A, Kwon YM, Brew J, Francis KX., Corbetto EFT, Ariza AG, Baena SN, Shimmura T. The main genetic locus associated with the evolution of gamecocks is centered on ISPD. G3 Genes Genomes　Genetics, 14 (2), DOI10.1093/g3journal/jkad267 (2023).
• Sotome R, Kuriyagawa A, Hirasawa A, Kikusato M, Watanabe K, Furukawa K, Collin A, Amo T, Shirakawa H, Takahashi H, Wu G, Nochi T, Shimmura T, Walden CH, Toyomizu M. In vivo emergence of beige-like fat in chickens as physiological adaptation to cold environments, Amino Acids, DOI: 10.1007/s00726-021-02953-5, 2021
• Nakayama T, Okimura K, Shen J, Guh Y, Tamai TK, Shimada A, Minou S, Okushi Y, Shimmura T, Furukawa Y, Kadofusa N, Sato A, Nishimura T, Tanaka M, Nakayama K, Shiina N, Yamamoto N, Loudon AS, Nishiwaki-Ohkawa T, Shinomiya A, Nakane Y, Yoshimura T*. Seasonal landscape of medaka brain and pharmacological rescue of winter behaviour. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 117.17. 9594-9603
• Morris KM*, Hindle MM, Boitard S, Burt DW, Danner AF, Eory L, Forrest HL, Gourichon D, Gros J, Hillier L, Jaffredo T, Khoury H, Leterrier C, Loudon A, Mason AS, Meddle SL, Minvielle F, Minx P, Pitel F, Seiler JP, Shimmura T, Tomlinson C, Vignal A, Webster RG, Yoshimura T, Warren WC, Smith J*.The quail genome: insights into social behaviour, seasonal biology and infectious disease response BMC Biology , 18.1.14, DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-0743-4