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Yuki Yoshioka (Ph.D.)

E-mail: y.yoshioka AT oist.jp

【Affiliation】

Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) [Link]

【Work experience】

2023.04 – present Postdoctral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD)

2020.04 – 2023.03 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1)

【Education】

Doctoral degree in Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo (March 2023)

Master’s degree in Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo (March 2020)

Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College (March 2018)

【Selected publications】

Time-series RNA-seq of Acropora tenuis reveals molecular waves leading to synchronous mass spawning of scleractinian corals.

Yoshioka Y, Suzuki G*, Fujikura Y, Tashiro S, Uchida T, Shoguchi E, Satoh N & Shinzato C*

Molecular Ecology. (Early view)

Extensive mitochondrial genomic analyses reveal dynamic gene order rearrangements in the class Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa).

Yoshioka Y*†, Kanai M†, Gishitomi S, Arakaki N, Koido T, Shinzato C, Inoue J, Nagata T* & Satoh N*

Gene Reports. 38:102111. (2025)

Genes possibly related to symbiosis in early life stages of Acropora tenuis inoculated with Symbiodinium microadriaticum.

Yoshioka Y*, Chiu YL, Uchida T, Yamashita H, Suzuki G & Shinzato C*

Communications Biology, 6, 1027. (2023)

Comparative genomics highlight the importance of lineage-specific gene families in evolutionary divergence of the coral genus, Montipora.

Yoshioka Y, Suzuki G, Zayasu Y, Yamashita H & Shinzato C*

 BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22:71. (2022)

Whole-genome transcriptome analyses of native symbionts reveal host coral genomic novelties for establishing coral-algae symbioses.

Yoshioka Y, Yamashita H, Suzuki G, Zayasu Y, Tada I, Kanda M, Satoh N, Shoguchi E & Shinzato C*

Genome Biology and Evolution, 13:evaa240. (2021)

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