Shohei Komaki
Postdoc at Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization,
Iwate Medical University, Japan
E-mail 1: cynops00pyrrhogaster[at]gmail.com
E-mail 2: komaki[at]medicalgenome.info
Awards:
Zoological Science Award 2013
Fujii Award (2013) from Zoological Society of Japan
Egami Award (2016) from Zoological Society of Japan
Grants:
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists from JSPS (Apr 2018 - Mar 2021)
A grant from Hiroshima University Education and Research Support Fundation (Apr 2015 - Mar 2016)
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows from Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) (Apr 2013 - Mar 2015)
Publications:
Komaki S, Kurabayashi A, Islam MM, Tojo K and Sumida M (2012) Distributional change and epidemic introgression in overlapping areas of Japanese pond frog species over 30 years. Zoological Science. 29(6):351-358. [Jun 2012] https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.29.351
Komaki S, Igawa T, Nozawa M, Lin S-M, Oumi S and Sumida M (2014) Development and characterization of 14 microsatellite markers for Buergeria japonica (Amphibia, Anura, Rhacophoridae). Genes & Genetic Systems. 89(1):35-39. [May 2014] https://doi.org/10.1266/ggs.89.35
Igawa T, Nozawa M, Naganoka M, Komaki S, Oumi S, Fujii T, Sumida M (2014) Microsatellite marker development by multiplex ion torrent PGM sequencing: a case study of the endangered Odorrana narina complex of frogs. Journal of Heredity. 106(1):131-137. [Feb 2015] https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esu071
Igawa T, Komaki S, Takahara T, Sumida M (2015) Development and validation of PCR-RFLP assay to identify three brown frogs of the true frog genus Rana. Current Herpetology. 34(1):89-94. [Jan 2015] https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.34.89
Komaki S, Igawa T, Lin S-M, Tojo K, Min M-S, Sumida M (2015) Robust molecular phylogeny and palaeodistribution modelling resolve a complex evolutionary history: glacial cycling drove recurrent mtDNA introgression among Pelophylax frogs in East Asia. Journal of Biogeography. 42(11):2159-2171. [Aug 2015] https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12584
Komaki S, Igawa T, Lin S-M, Sumida M (2016) Salinity and thermal tolerance of Japanese stream tree frog (Buergeria japonica) tadpoles from island populations. Herpetological Journal. 26:207-211. [July 2016] Link
Sultana N, Igawa T, Hasan M, Alam MS, Islam MM, Komaki S, Kawamura K, Khan MMR, Sumida M (2017) Inter- and intra-specific genetic divergence of Asian tiger frogs (genus Hoplobatrachus), with special reference to the population structure of H. tigerinus in Bangladesh. Genes & Genetic Systems. 91(4):217-227. [Mar 2016] https://doi.org/10.1266/ggs.16-00006
Komaki S, Lau Q, Igawa T (2016) Living in a Japanese onsen: field observations and physiological measurements of hot spring amphibian tadpoles, Buergeria japonica. Amphibia-Reptilia. 37(3):311-314. [Sep 2016] https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-00003052
Lau Q, Igawa T, Komaki S, Satta Y (2016) Characterisation of major histocompatibility complex class I genes in Japanese Ranidae frogs. Immunogeneis. 68(10):797-806. [Nov 2016] https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00251-016-0934-x
Komaki S, Lin S-M, Nozawa M, Oumi S, Sumida M, Igawa T (2017) Fine-scale demographic processes resulting from multiple overseas colonization events of the Japanese stream tree frog, Buergeria japonica. Journal of Biogeography. 44(7):1586-1597. [Jul 2017] https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12922
Tojo K, Sekiné K, Takenaka M, Isaka Y, Komaki S, Suzuki T, Schoville S (2017) Species diversity of insects in Japan: Their origins and diversification processes. Entomological Science. 20(1):357-381. [Jan/Dec 2017] https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12261
Wang YH, Hsiao YW, Lee KH, Tseng HY, Lin YP, Komaki S, Lin SM (2017) Acoustic differentiation and behavioral response reveals cryptic species within Buergeria treefrogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Taiwan. PLOS ONE. e0184005. [Sep 2017] https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184005 (Correction: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193040)
(Komaki S, Igawa T (2017) The widespread misconception about the Japanese major biogeographic boundary, the Watase line (Tokara gap), revealed by bibliographic and beta diversity analyses. bioRxiv. [Sep 2017] https://doi.org/10.1101/186775) -> Published in Journal of Biogeography
Hachiya T, Komaki S, Hasegawa Y, Ohmomo H, Tanno K, Hozawa A, Tamiya G, Yamamoto M, Ogasawara K, Nakamura M, Hitomi J, Ishigaki Y, Sasaki M, Shimizu A (2017) Genome-wide meta-analysis in Japanese populations identifies novel variants at the TMC6-TMC8 and SIX3-SIX2 loci associated with HbA1c. Scientific Reports. 7:16147. [Nov 2017] https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16493-0
Komaki S, Ohmomo H, Hachiya T, Furukawa R, Shiwa Y, Satoh M, Endo R, Doita M, Sasaki M, Shimizu A (2017) An epigenome-wide association study based on cell type-specific whole-genome bisulfite sequencing: Screening for DNA methylation signatures associated with bone mass. Integrative Molecular Medicine. 4. [Oct 2017] https://doi.org/10.15761/IMM.1000307
Yang SF, Komaki S, Brown RM, Lin SM (2018) Riding the Kuroshio Current: stepping stone dispersal of the Okinawa tree lizard across the East Asian Island Arc. Journal of Biogeography. 45(1):37-50. [Jan 2018] https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13111
Komaki S#, Shiwa Y#, Furukawa R, Hachiya T, Ohmomo H, Otomo R, Satoh M, Hitomi J, Sobue K, Sasaki M, Shimizu A (2018) iMETHYL: an integrative database of human DNA methylation, gene expression, and genomic variation. Human Genome Variation. 5:18008. (# Contributed equally to this work) [Mar 2018] https://doi.org/10.1038/hgv.2018.8
Igawa T*, Takahara T, Lau Q, Komaki S (2019) An application of PCR-RFLP species identification assay for environmental DNA detection. PeerJ. 7:7597. [Oct 2019] https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7597
Lau Q, Igawa T, Komaki S, Satta Y (2020) Expression changes of MHC and other immune genes in frog skin during ontogeny. Animals. 10(1):91. [Jan 2020] https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10010091
Nasu T, Satoh M, Ohmomo H, Shiwa Y, Komaki S, Ono K, Shimizu A, Taguchi S, Takahashi Y, Osaki T, Morino Y, Sobue K, Sasaki M (2020) Epigenome-wide association study identifies a novel DNA methylation in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis. Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine. 13(1):e002649. [Jan 2020] https://doi.org/10.1161/circgen.119.002649
Komaki S, Sutoh Y, Kobayashi K, Saito S, Saito Tanaka C, Igawa T, Lau Q (2020) Hot spring frogs (Buergeria japonica) prefer cooler water to hot water. Ecology and Evolution. 10(17):9466-9473. [Sep 2020] https://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fece3.6637
Wang YH, Hsiao YW, Le KH, Tseng HY, Lin YP, Komaki S, Lin SM (2020) Renaming a new Buergeria species from Taiwan—correction of a nomenclatural act not available to ICZN. Nature Conservation Quarterly. [Sep 2020] 111:4-13. Link
Sutoh Y, Hachiya T, Suzuki Y, Komaki S, Ohmomo H, Kakisaka K, Wang T, Takikawa Y, Shimizu A (2020) ALDH2 genotype modulates the association between alcohol consumption and AST/ALT ratio among middle-aged Japanese men: a genome-wide G × E interaction analysis. Scientific Reports. 10(1):16227. [Oct 2020] https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73263-1
Ohmomo H, Komaki S, Ono K, Sutoh Y, Hachiya T, Arai E, Fujimoto H, Yoshida T, Kanai Y, Sasaki M, Shimizu A (2020) Evaluation of clinical formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded tissue quality for targeted‐bisulfite sequencing. Pathology International. 71(2):135-140. [Feb 2021] https://doi.org/10.1111/pin.13054
Tadaka S, Hishinuma E, Komaki S, Motoike N I, Kawashima J, Saigusa D, Inoue J, Takayama J, Okamura Y, Aoki Y, Shirota M, Otsuki A, Katsuoka F, Shimizu A, Tamiya G, Koshiba S, Sasaki M, Yamamoto M, Kinoshita K (2021) jMorp updates in 2020: large enhancement of multi-omics data resources on the general Japanese population. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(D1):D536-D544. [Jan 2021] https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa1034
Komaki S (2021) Widespread misperception about a major East Asian biogeographic boundary exposed through bibliographic survey and biogeographic meta-analysis. Journal of Biogeography. 48(9):2375-2386. [Jun 2021] https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14210
Komaki S, Matsunami M, Lin J-W, Lee K-H, Lee Y, Lin S-M, Igawa T (2022) Transcriptomic changes in hot spring frog tadpoles (Buergeria otai) in response to heat stress. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9:706887. [Oct 2021] https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.706887
Ohmomo H, Harada S, Komaki S, Ono K, Sutoh Y, Otomo R, Umekage S, Hachiya T, Katanoda K, Takebayashi T, Shimizu A (2021) DNA methylation abnormalities and altered whole transcriptome profiles after switching from combustible tobacco smoking to heated tobacco products. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 31(1):269-279. [Jan 2022] https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-21-0444
Sutoh Y, Komaki S, Yamaji T, Suzuki S, Katagiri R, Sawada N, Ono K, Ohmomo H, Hachiya T, Otsuka-Yamasaki Y, Takashima A, Umekage S, Iwasaki M, Shimizu A (2022) Low MICA gene expression confers an increased risk of Graves' disease: A Mendelian randomization study. Thyroid. 32(2):188-195. [Feb 2022] https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2021.0417
Komaki S, Ohmomo H, Hachiya T, Sutoh Y, Ono K, Furukawa R, Umekage S, Otsuka-Yamasaki Y, Tanno K, Sasaki M, Shimizu A (2021) Longitudinal DNA methylation dynamics as a practical indicator in clinical epigenetics. Clinical Epigenetics. 13:219. [Dec 2021] https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-021-01202-6
Oka K, Fujioka S, Kawamura Y, Komohara Y, Chujo T, Sekiguchi K, Yamamura Y, Oiwa Y, Omamiuda-Ishikawa N, Komaki S, Sutoh Y, Sakurai S, Tomizawa K, Bono H, Shimizu A, Araki K, Yamamoto T, Yamada Y, Oshiumi H, Miura K (2022) Resistance to chemical carcinogenesis induction via a dampened inflammatory response in naked mole-rats. Communications Biology. 5(1):287 [Mar 2022] https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03241-y
Ohmomo H, Komaki S, Sutoh Y, Hachiya T, Ono K, Arai E, Fujimoto H, Yoshida T, Kanai Y, Asahi K, Sasaki M, Shimizu A (2022) Potential DNA methylation biomarkers for the detection of clear cell renal cell carcinoma identified by a whole blood-based epigenome-wide association study. Epigenetics Communications. 2:2. [May 2022] https://doi.org/10.1186/s43682-022-00009-7
Komaki S, Ohmomo H, Hachiya T, Sutoh Y, Ono K, Furukawa R, Umekage S, Otsuka-Yamasaki Y, Minabe S, Takashima A, Tanno K, Sasaki M, Shimizu A (2022) Evaluation of short-term epigenetic age fluctuation. Clinical Epigenetics. 14:76. [Jun 2022] https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-022-01293-9
Ogata S, Doi H, Igawa T, Komaki S, Takahara T (Accepted) Environmental DNA methods for detecting two invasive alien species (American bullfrog and red swamp crayfish) in Japanese ponds. Ecological Research. [Jul 2022] https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12341
Saito S, Saito T C, Igawa T, Takeda N, Komaki S, Ohta T, Tominaga M (2022) Evolutionary tuning of Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 underlies the variation in heat avoidance behaviors among frog species inhabiting diverse thermal niches. Molecular Biology and Evolution. msac180. [Aug 2022] https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac180
Kaniz Fatema Kanon, Bushratul Jannat, Shohei Komaki, Md Shahanoor Alam, Mohammad Shafiqul Alam (2022) Molecular differentiation between native and Vietnam originated striped snakeheads (Channa striata) in Bangladesh using mitochondrial cytchrome b gene. Journal of Bangladesh Agricultural University. 20:467–476. [Dec 2022]
Komaki S, Nagata M, Arai E, Otomo R, Ono K, Abe Y, Ohmomo H, Umekage S, Shinozaki-O N, Hachiya T, Sutoh Y, Otsuka-Yamasaki Y, Arai Y, Hirose N, Yoneyama A, Okano H, Sasaki M, Kanai Y, Shimizu A (2023) Epigenetic profile of Japanese supercentenarians: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 4:e83–e90. [Feb 2023] https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(23)00002-8
Taguchi Y, Komaki S, Sutoh Y, Ohmomo H, Otsuka-Yamasaki Y, Shimizu A (2023) Integrated analysis of human DNA methylation, gene expression, and genomic variation in iMETHYL database using kernel tensor decomposition-based unsupervised feature extraction. PLOS ONE, 18(8):e0289029. [Aug 2023] https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289029
Tadaka S, Kawashima J, Hishinuma E, Saito S, Okamura Y, Otsuki A, Kojima K, Komaki S, Aoki Y, Kanno T, Saigusa D, Inoue J, Shirota M, Takayama J, Katsuoka F, Shimizu A, Tamiya G, Shimizu R, Hiratsuka M, Motoike IN, Koshiba S, Sasaki M, Yamamoto M, Kinoshita K (2023) jMorp: Japanese Multi-Omics Reference Panel update report 2023. Nucleic Acids Research, gkad978. [Nov 2023] https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad978
Peer review activities:
Amphibia-Reptilia
Animals
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Current Herpetology
Current Zoology
Diversity
Endocrine Journal
Epigenetics
Genes
Genes & Genetic Systems
Herpetology Notes
Journal of Tropical Life Science
Limnology
Molecular Ecology
Oecologia
PeerJ
Scientific Reports
The Science of Nature
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Zoological Science