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<Published papers / 出版済論文>
Um S, Tanaka T, Mitaka Y, Takemoto D, Li J, Batley J, Minakuchi C* (2025) Identification of utilizable and non-utilizable sterols for growth and development of the tobacco cutworm Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology : . doi: 10.1007/s13355-025-00921-z (Published online on August 9, 2025)
Tanaka R*, Mitaka Y, Takemoto D, Sato MP, Kamikouchi A, Suzuki Y* (2024) Switching escape strategies in the parasitic ant cricket Myrmecophilus tetramorii. Communications Biology 7: 1714. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-07368-y (Published online on Dec 30, 2024) OPEN ACCESS
Mitaka Y*, Helms AM, Vargo EL (2024) Identification of a colony- and dose-dependent worker aggregation pheromone in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes virginicus. Scientific Reports 14: 22250. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73310-1 (Published in September 2024) OPEN ACCESS ------ Preprint version (Research Square, doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4543011/v1)
Nakashima M¶, Mitaka Y¶*, Inagaki T, Matsuura K (2024) An antifungal compound secreted by termite workers, phenylacetic acid, inhibits the growth of both termite egg-mimicking fungus and entomopathogenic fungi. Insectes Sociaux 71(2): 221-232. doi: 10.1007/s00040-024-00966-3 (Published online in May 2024) OPEN ACCESS ------ Preprint version (Research Square. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3777962/v1)
Mitaka Y*, Matsuura K, Akino T (2024) Dehydroabietic acid, an aromatic abietane diterpenoid, attracts termite workers. Applied Entomology and Zoology 59(2): 195-201. doi: 10.1007/s13355-024-00869-6 (Published online on March 2024)
Tamannaa Z, Sakamoto T, Mamun A, Oyama S, Waliullah A.S.M., Islam A, Nabi M, Aramaki S, Tasaki E, Mitaka Y, Takata M, Sato T, Kahyo T, Matsuura K, Setou M* (2024) DESI-IMS coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry demonstrated the capability of NMN imaging in Shelfordella lateralis tissue. Medical Mass Spectrometry 8(1): 2-10. doi: 10.24508/mms.2024.06.001 (Published online on Apr 2024) FULL TEXT AVAILABLE
Mitaka Y*, Matsuura K, Akino T (2024) Even- and odd-numbered fatty acids used as worker arrestant aggregation pheromone in the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus. Chemoecology 34(1): 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s00049-023-00396-w (Published online in December 2023) ------ Preprint version (Research Square, doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3253464/v3)
Mitaka Y*, Vargo EL (2023) Media made from brown-rotted elm and pine wood for rearing Reticulitermes termites. Insectes Sociaux 70(3): 381-389. doi: 10.1007/S00040-023-00928-1 (Published online on August 2023) OPEN ACCESS
Tasaki E¶, Mitaka Y¶, Takahashi Y, Waliullah A.S.M., Tamannaa Z, Sakamoto T, Islam A, Kamiya M, Sato T, Aramaki S, Kikushima K, Horikawa M, Nakamura K, Kahyo T, Takata M, Setou M*, Matsuura K* (2023) The royal food of termites shows king and queen specificity. PNAS Nexus 2(7): pgad222. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad222 (Published online in July 2023) OPEN ACCESS
Mitaka Y*, Akino T, Matsuura K (2023) Development of a standard medium for culturing the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Insectes Sociaux 70: 265-274. doi: 10.1007/s00040-023-00907-6 (Published online in March 2023)
Mitaka Y* and Matsuura K (2020) Age-dependent increase in soldier pheromone of the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 46: 483-489. doi: 10.1007/s10886-020-01182-6 (Published online in May 2020)
Mitaka Y*, Matsuyama S, Mizumoto N, Matsuura K, Akino T (2020) Chemical identification of an aggregation pheromone in the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Scientific Reports 10: 7424. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64388-4 (Published online in May 2020) OPEN ACCESS
Mitaka Y¶*, Tasaki E¶, Nozaki T, Fuchikawa T, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K (2020) Transcriptomic analysis of epigenetic modification genes in the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Insect Science 27(2): 202-211. doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12640 (Published online in September 2018)
Takata M¶*, Mitaka Y¶, Steiger S, Mori N (2019) A parental volatile pheromone triggers offspring begging in a burying beetle. iScience 19: 1256-1264. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.06.041 (Published online in September 2019) OPEN ACCESS
Mitaka Y*, Mori N, Matsuura K (2019) A termite fungistatic compound, mellein, inhibits entomopathogenic fungi but not egg-mimicking termite ball fungi. Applied Entomology and Zoology 54(1): 39-46. doi: 10.1007/s13355-018-0589-1 (Published online in September 2018)
Tasaki E¶, Mitaka Y¶, Nozaki T, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K, Iuchi Y* (2018) High expression of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 in long-lived termite kings. Aging (Albany NY) 10(10): 2668-2683. doi: 10.18632/aging.101578 (Published online in October 2018) OPEN ACCESS
Matsuura K¶*, Mizumoto N¶, Kobayashi K, Nozaki T, Fujita T, Yashiro T, Fuchikawa T, Mitaka Y, Vargo EL (2018) A genomic imprinting model of termite caste determination: Not genetic but epigenetic inheritance influences offspring caste fate. The American Naturalist 191(6): 677-690. doi: 10.1086/6972380 (Published online in March 2018) OPEN ACCESS
Yanagihara S, Suehiro W, Mitaka Y, Matsuura K* (2018) Age-based soldier polyethism: old termite soldiers take more risks than young soldiers. Biology Letters 14(3): 20180025. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0025 (Published online in March 2018)
Yashiro T*, Mitaka Y, Nozaki T, Matsuura K (2018) Chemical and molecular identification of the invasive termite Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera: Archotermopsidae) in Japan. Applied Entomology and Zoology 53(2): 215-221. doi: 10.1007/s13355-018-0545-0 (Published online in January 2018)
Mitaka Y*, Mori N, Matsuura K (2017) Multi-functional roles of a soldier-specific volatile as a worker arrestant, primer pheromone and an antimicrobial agent in a termite. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(1859): 20171134. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1134 (Published online in July 2017) FULL TEXT AVAILABLE
Mitaka Y*, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K (2017) Caste-, sex-, and age-dependent expression of immune-related genes in a Japanese subterranean termite, Reticulitermes speratus. PLoS ONE 12(4): e0175417. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175417 (Published online in April 2017) OPEN ACCESS
Mitaka Y¶, Kobayashi K¶, Mikheyev A, Tin MMY, Watanabe Y, Matsuura K* (2016) Caste-specific and sex-specific expression of chemoreceptor genes in a termite. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146125. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146125 (Published online in January 2016) OPEN ACCESS
<Preprints / プレプリント>
Mitaka Y*, Fujita T (2021) Cuticular hydrocarbon profile for queen recognition in the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Research Square. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-490573/v1
[Covered by Journal / 雑誌による紹介]
Takata et al. (2019) iScience: Eva Frederick (2019) Watch baby beetles beg for a meal of rotting flesh. in ScienceShots, News, Science. doi: 10.1126/science.aaz4596
[Press release and news / プレスリリースとニュース]
Tanaka et al. (2024) Communications Biology: 名古屋大学プレスリリース (Japanese、English)、名古屋市立大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、文教速報、科学新聞（紙面のみ）、EurekAlert!、PHYS.ORG、ScienceDaily、earth.com、Yahoo! News、Life Technology、Scienmag、Popular Science、Mirage
Tasaki et al. (2023) PNAS Nexus：京都大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、新潟大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、浜松医科大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、日テレNEWS (Japanese)、読売テレビニュース (Japanese)、マイナビニュース (Japanese)、京都新聞 (Japanese)
Takata et al. (2019) iScience：京都大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、京都新聞 (Japanese)、財経新聞 (Japanese)、読売新聞（紙面のみ）(Japanese)、環境展望台（国立環境研究所）(Japanese)、EurekAlert!、PHYS.ORG、ScienceDaily、earth.com、基礎研究っておもしろい！ 生物編 (Japanese)
Yanagihara et al. (2018) Biology Letters：京都大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、朝日新聞デジタル (Japanese)、読売新聞オンライン (Japanese)、ハフポスト (Japanese)、PHYS.ORG、GIZMODO、BGR、IFL SCIENCE!、SCIENCES ET AVENIR (French)、mother nature network
Mitaka et al. (2017) Proceedings B：京都大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、日本経済新聞 (Japanese)、マイナビニュース (Japanese)
Mitaka et al. (2016) PLoS ONE：京都大学プレスリリース (Japanese)、バイオの杜 (Japanese)、日経バイオテク (Japanese)
Mitaka Y* and Akino T (2021) A review of termite pheromones: multifaceted, context-dependent, and rational chemical communications. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 595614. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.595614 (Published online in January 2021) OPEN ACCESS
三高雄希 (2025) 地下性シロアリのワーカー集合フェロモン、昆虫と自然 2025年8月号、p.5-9 Link
田端純、高田守、三高雄希（2019）昆虫フェロモン1-2 その農業利用と新しいフェロモンカテゴリ、化学と生物 Vol. 57（2019年11月号）、p.697-705. doi: 10.1271/kagakutoseibutsu.57.697（査読あり）Link FULL TEXT AVAILABLE
三高雄希（2019）ヤマトシロアリの兵蟻の役割とフェロモンコミュニケーション、しろあり No.172（令和元年7月号）、p.54-60 Link FULL TEXT AVAILABLE
三高雄希（2018）シロアリのフェロモンと化学受容システム、昆虫と自然 2018年2月号、p.13-16 Link
三高雄希、松浦健二（2025）第3章3.4.7節 シロアリ、生き物と匂い・フェロモンの事典、pp.172-175、朝倉書店 Link
三高雄希、松浦健二（2018）11章 フェロモン、動物学の百科事典、pp.630-631、丸善出版 Link
伊藤傑、山本夏実、永井幸枝、松浦健二、三高雄希（2023）「草本に含まれるリグニンの抽出方法、並びに、分離された草本由来のリグニンを含む組成物及びその製造方法」特願2023-104774、国際出願番号 PCT/JP2024/023431、国際公開番号 WO2025/005202
三高雄希、秋野順治、松山茂、松浦健二、水元惟暁（2019）「シロアリ防除剤及びその利用」特願2019-151064、 特開2021-031419
【Competitive research funds / 競争的研究資金】
（PI / 代表）
2024年（令和6年）9月〜2026年（令和8年）3月 September 2024 〜 March 2026
科学研究費助成事業（科研費）研究活動スタート支援「シロアリの「成分置換型フェロモン」による餌情報伝達機構の分子基盤解明」
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (Grant No. 24K23129)
Mechanisms of food information transmission by a “component-replaceable pheromone” in termites
2018年（平成30年）4月〜2021年（令和3年）3月 April 2018 〜 March 2021
日本学術振興会特別研究員奨励費（PD）「シロアリの集合フェロモンの同定とその作用機構・受容機構の解明」
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship (Grant No. 18J00399)
Identification of termite aggregation pheromone and the action/reception mechanisms
（Co-Investigator / 分担）
2025年（令和7年）4月〜2028年（令和10年）3月 April 2025 〜 March 2028
科学研究費助成事業（科研費）基盤C「昆虫由来新型テルペン合成酵素のゲノムマイニングを基軸とした新規フェロモンの探索」
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grant-in-Aid for Research (C) (Grant No. 25K08939)
Exploration of novel pheromones based on genome mining of novel terpene synthases derived from insects
【Other research funds / その他】
（PI / 代表）
2022年（令和4年）7月〜2024年（令和6年）2月 July 2022 〜 February 2024
日本学術振興会海外特別研究員「木材の栄養情報を伝達するシロアリの化学コミュニケーションの実態解明」
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Overseas Research Fellowships
Surveys of termite chemical communication transmitting wood nutrient information