Profile

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Matsunami Masatoshi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus

Date of birth: 01/05/1983

Address: 207, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan

Phone: +81-098-895-1766

E-mail: matsu[at]med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

Nationality: Japan

Web sites: ResearchMap, Google Scholar, ResearchGate

RESEARCH INTEREST

• • Genome evolution of vertebrates

  • Ecological developmental evolution of phenotypic plasticity

  • Speciation and natural selection

  • Transcriptome evolution

EDUCATION

01/04/2007 – 23/03/2012 Ph.D. (5-years course)

School of Life Science, Department of Genetics, The Graduate School of Advanced Research (SOKENDAI)/ National Institute of Genetics, Japan,

Thesis “The evolutionary analysis of the vertebrate two-round whole genome duplications”

Supervisor: Naruya Saitou

01/04/2003 – 25/03/2007 B.Sc

Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan

Supervisor: Keiichi Kawano

WORK EXPERIENCES

01/01/2019 – Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan

01/09/2016 – 31/12/2018 Project Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan

01/04/2016 – 31/08/2016 Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan

01/04/2015 – 31/08/2016 Postdoctoral fellow at Laboratory of Ecology and Genetics, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

01/04/2012 – 31/03/2015 Postdoctoral fellow at Graduate School of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

01/04/2016 – 31/03/2017 Adjunct teacher for Bioinformatics, at Department of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan

01/04/2015 – 31/03/2017 Adjunct teacher for Biology, at Hokkaido Rehabilitation College, Japan

01/04/2007 – 23/03/2012 Research Assistant for Molecular experiments, at National Institute of Genetics, Japan

RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS

2. The Short-Stay Study Abroad Program 2011, University of Konstanz Laboratory for Natural History of the Genome, Konstanz, Germany, Aug.15-Sept.30, 2011

1. 7th Japan-Korea-China Bioinformatics Training Course, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea, Mar. 18-21, 2008

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

29/06/2018 – 31/03/2023 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, JSPS, "Deciphering Origin and Establishment of Japonesians mainly based on genome sequence data" (CI)

01/11/2017 – 31/10/2018 Grand for Basic Science Research Project, Sumitomo Foundation, "Experimental analysis of candidate causal gene of phenotypic plasticity in amphibian" (PI)

01/04/2016 – 31/03/2019 Grand-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), JSPS, "Evolution and molecular mechanism of phenotypic plasticity in the Hokkaido salamander" (PI)

01/08/2012 – 31/03/2014 Grand-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, JSPS, "Transcriptome analysis of phenotypic plasticity in the Hokkaido salamander" (PI)

01/04/2007 – 31/03/2012 The Japan Scholarship Foundation

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

01/22/2021- Guest editor of Frontiers in Genetics, Research Topic "Emerging Approaches in Amphibians: Evolution, Development, and Beyond"

01/04/2018– current Member. The Anthropological Society of Nippon

01/04/2017 – current Member. The Zoological Society of Japan

01/04/2012 – current Member. Ecological Society of Japan

01/04/2009 – current Member, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE)

01/04/2009 – current Member. Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan

JOURNAL REVIEWS

BMC Genomics, Current Herpetology, DNA and Cell Biology,

Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers in Zoology, Genes & Genetic Systems,

Genome Biology and Evolution, Insect Science, Journal of Genetics,

Journal of Human Genetics, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science,

Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology,

Nature Communications, Science, Scientific Data, Scientific Reports,

Zoological Science