Education

Apr. 2020-Mar. 2023   Ph.D. Student, Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University. 

Apr. 2018-Mar. 2020   M. S. Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University. 

Apr. 2014-Mar. 2018   B. S. Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University.

Experience

Apr. 2024-Present  Mie Prefecture Industrial Research Institute, Food Science and Pharmacy Division.

Sep. 2023-Mar. 2024  The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Biomedical Research Institute.

Apr. 2023-Aug. 2023  Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division.

Awards and Honors

Mar. 2024　President's Award for Academic Excellence, Mie University.

Nov. 2018　Best Poster Presentation, The 25th Tri-U Joint Seminar and Symposium, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

Jan. 2023-   Cazypedia (http://www.cazypedia.org), Contributor.

Teaching Experience

2018-2020 Teaching Assistant for fundamental experiment of Chemistry in Mie University.

2019-2023 Teaching Assistant for fundamental experiment of Microbiology in Mie University.

2020-2022 Adjunct instructor for fundamental experiment of Biology in Suzuka University Medical Science.

Publications

1.Ito D, Kitamura K, Higashi K,  Kondo M, Ogawa S  Kikuchi A,  Karita S, Ichikawa S, Stable cellulolytic activity of Clostridium thermocellum against cellulosic biomass pretreated with ionic liquid 1-ethyl 3-methylimidazolium acetate, Bioresource Technology Reports, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2023.101739

2. Ito D, Karita S, Umekawa M, A C1/C4-oxidizing AA10 Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxyganase from Paenibacillus xylaniclasticus strain TW1, Journal of Applied Glycoscience. 2023. https://doi.org/10.5458/jag.jag.JAG-2022_00011

3. Ito D, Nakano E, Karita S, Umekawa M, Ratanakhanockchai K, Tachaapaikoon C, Characterization of a GH family 43 β-xylosidase having a novel carbohydrate-binding module from Paenibacillus xylaniclasticus strain TW1, Journal of Applied Glycoscience, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5458/jag.jag.JAG-2022_0001

4. Ichikawa S, Ito D, Asaoka S, Abe R, Katsuo N, Ito T, Ito D, Karita S, Expression of alternative sigma-I7 factor induces the transcription of cellulosomal genes in the cellulolytic bacterium Clostridium thermocellum, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enzmictec.2022.110002

Presentations

1. Nakamura M, Ito D and Karita S, Application of wild yeasts for Chinese bun dough making, The 13th International Workshop on Regional Innovation Studies (IWRIS2021), 10, Oct, 2021.

2. Ito D, Nakano E, Karita S, Tachaapaikoon C, Ratanakhanokchai K, Characterization of a β-xylosidase consisting of a glycoside hydrolase family 43 and a novel carbohydrate-binding module from Paenibacillus xylaniclasticus, 43rd Symposium on Biomaterials, Fuels and Chemicals, 53, Apr, 2021.

3. Ito D, Tachaapaikoon C, Ratanakhanokchai K, Sornyotha S, Ichikawa S, Karita S, Carbohydrate-Active Enzyme from Paenibacillus xylaniclasticus, 42nd Symposium on Biomaterials, Fuels and Chemicals, 42042, Apr, 2020.

4. Ito D and Karita S, IDENTIFICATION OF A FAMILY 36 CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE, The 25th Tri-University International Joint Seminar & Symposium, MU_17, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Nov, 2018.

    and more 4 presentations in Japan.

Professional associations

Mar. 2021-  Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry.

Jul. 2022-   The Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience.

Grants and scholarships

Oct. 2021-Mar. 2023  JST SPRING Fellowship (Support Project for Ph.D. student, Mie University).

Apr. 2025-Mar. 2026  OKASAN-KATO FOUNDATION.