【Personal Informations】
Name: Kazuhiro Bessho
Nationality: Japan
Affiliation: Saitama Medical University
Position: Research Associate
Office: Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
Mail: besshokazuhiro.research(#)gmail.com
【Employment record】
2019.4 - current: Saitama Medical University
Research Associate
2016.3 - 2019.3: SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow PD (Mentor: Akira Sasaki)
2014.4 - 2016.3: The University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for research in abroad (Mentor: Sarah Otto)
2013.4 - 2014.3: National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea Fisheries Agency
Post-doctoral Researcher (employer: Masakazu Hori)
2008.4 - 2013.3: Graduate School of System Life Science, Kyushu University
Ph. D candidate (supervisor: Yoh Iwasa)
【Educational Background】
2008.4 - 2013.3: Graduate School of System Life Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
M.S. Kyushu University (Mathematical Biology)
Ph.D. Kyushu University (Mathematical Biology)
2004.4 - 2008.3: Bachelor of Science, Department of Biology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
B.S. Chiba University (Biology)
【Papers】
[16] Kazuhiro Bessho, Sara P. Otto. FST between haploids and diploids in species with discrete ploidy phases. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 38 (7): 887-902. (2024).
[15] Kazuhiro Bessho. Stable demographic ratios of haploid gametophyte to diploid sporophyte abundance in macroalgal populations. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0295409. 2024.
[14] Kazuhiro Bessho, Akira Sasaki. Evolution of parental care in haploid–diploid plants. Proceedings of Royal Society B 291:20232351. 2024.
[13] 別所和博. 藻類に見られるhaploid-diploid生活環の進化とその数理. 日本生態学会誌 73: 33-47. (2023).
[12] Kazuhiro Bessho, Sarah P. Otto. Fixation and effective size in a haploid–diploid population with asexual reproduction. Theoretical Population Biology 143: 30-45. (2022).
[11] Kazuhiro Bessho, Kenta Yashima, Toyomitsu Horii, Masakazu Hori. Spatially explicit modeling of metapopulation dynamics of broadcast spawners and stabilizing/destabilizing effects of heterogeneity of quality across local habitats. Journal of Theoretical Biology 492. (2020).
[10] Hironori Toyama, Kazuhiro Bessho, Liangliang Huang, Shun K. Hirota, Yuichi Kano, Keiko Mase, Tatsuro Sato, Akiyo Naiki, Jianhua Li, Yukihiro Shimatani, Tetsukazu Yahara. The effects of water pollution on the phylogenetic community structure of aquatic plants in the East Tiaoxi River, China. Freshwater Biology 65: 632-645. (2020).
[9] 別所和博. 2017. 大型藻類における生活環の多様性とその進化. 藻類 65: 6-14.査読なし.
[8] Kazuhiro Bessho, Sarah P. Otto. Fixation probability in a haploid-diploid population. Genetics, 205: 421-440. 2017. Supplementary File
[7] Kazuhiro Bessho, Yoh Iwasa, Troy Day. The evolutionary advantage of haploid versus diploid microbes in nutrient-poor environments. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 383: 116-129. (2015).
[6] Yuichi Kano, Tatsuro Sato, Liangliang Huang, Chris Wood, Kazuhiro Bessho, Tomotaka Matsumoto, Yukihiro Shimatani, Jun Nakajima. Navigation disturbance and its impact on fish assemblage in the East Tiaoxi River, China. Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 9(2): 289-298. (2013).
[5] Kazuhiro Bessho, Yoh Iwasa. Variability in the evolutionarily stable seasonal timing of germination and maturation of annuals and the mode of competition. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 304: 66–80. (2012).
[4] Andreas Kubicek, Kazuhiro Bessho, Masahiro Nakaoka, Martin Wahl, Mark Lenz. Inducible defence and its modulation by environmental stress in the red alga Chondrus yendoi (Yamada and Mikami in Mikami, 1965) from Honshu Island, Japan. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 397(2): 208–213. (2011).
[3] Takahiro Irie, Kazuhiro Bessho, Helen S. Findlay, Piero Calosi. Increasing costs due to ocean acidification drives phytoplankton to be more heavily calcified: Optimal growth strategy of coccolithophores. PLoS One, 5(10). (2010).
[2] Kazuhiro Bessho, Yoh Iwasa. Optimal seasonal schedules and the relative dominance of heteromorphic and isomorphic life cycles in macroalgae. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 267(2): 201–212. (2010).
[1] Kazuhiro Bessho, Yoh Iwasa. Heteromorphic and isomorphic alternations of generations in macroalgae as adaptations to a seasonal environment. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 11(5): 691–711. (2009).
【Scholarships and Fellowships】
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, PD (2016.4-2019.3)
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad (2014.4-2016.3)
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, DC1 (2010.4-2013.3)