Kazuki Ozawa

JOB EXPERIMENTS

• 2024.04-present: Degree Program in Agro-Bioresources Science and Technology, Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba （Neural Molecular Dynamics Research Team ）

• 2020.04-2024.03: Agro-Biological Resource Sciences, School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba（Neural Molecular Dynamics Research Team ）（Fukamizu Lab）

• 2014.04-2020.03: Meikei High School

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

1. Kazuki Ozawa,Yoichi Shinkai, Koichiro Kako, Akiyoshi Fukamizu, Motomichi Doi

The molecular and neural regulation of ultraviolet light phototaxis and its food-associated learning behavioral plasticity in C. elegans

Neuroscience Letters, Volume 770, 23 January 2022, 136384

Journal Articles  (Japanese)

1. Yoichi Shinkai, Kazuki Ozawa, Motomichi Doi

Phase separation driven by FG repeats: Potential of Phe-Gly repeats to induce liquid-liquid phase separation 

Agri-Bio August 2022 issue "New Developments in Peptide Engineering", 2022. 

2. Yoichi Shinkai, Kazuki Ozawa, Motomichi Doi

Liquid-liquid phase separation driven by FG repeats 

Monthly "Cell" July 2022 issue "Architectural RNA and liquid-liquid phase separation", 2022. 

PRESENTATIONS

Selected Posters

1. Kazuki Ozawa, Min Soo Shin, Yoichi Shinkai, Motomichi Doi

SRO-1, a homologue of mammalian Melanopsin OPN4, Modulates Light Avoidance Behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans.

25th International Worm Meeting, Davis CA, June 2025

2. Kazuki Ozawa, Yoichi Shinkai

Neural functional analysis of novel photoreceptor candidate SRO-1.

Future of the Nematodes Studies, Kobe, Augst 2023

3. Kazuki Ozawa, Yoichi Shinkai, Koichiro Kako, Akiyoshi Fukamizu,  Motomichi Doi

The molecular and neural regulation of ultraviolet light phototaxis and its food associated learning behavioral plasticity in C. elegans.

24th International C. elegans Conference, Glasgow Scotland, June 2023

4. Kazuki Ozawa, Yoichi Shinkai, Koichiro Kako, Akiyoshi Fukamizu,  Motomichi Doi

The molecular and neural regulation of ultraviolet light phototaxis and its food associated learning behavioral plasticity in C. elegans.

Neuroscience2022: Society of Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, November 2022

5. Kazuki Ozawa, Yoichi Shinkai, Koichiro Kako, Akiyoshi Fukamizu,  Motomichi Doi

The molecular and neural regulation of ultraviolet light phototaxis and its food associated learning behavioral plasticity in C. elegans.

Future of the Nematodes Studies,Online, Augst 2022

Awards

1. University of Tsukuba　President Award, March 2024

2. 24th International C. elegans Conference (Glasgow, Scotland)　GSA Undergraduate Conference Awards, April 2023

3. 59th Leave a Nest Research Grant  incu・be Award, April 2023

4. Fy22 Annual Advancing Researcher Experience Research Presentation　Best Presentation Award, January 2023

5. Future of the Nematodes Studies　Poster Awards, August 2022

6. Fy21 Annual Advancing Researcher Experience Research Presentation　Best Presentation Award, January 2022

7. Fy20 Annual Advancing Researcher Experience Research Presentation　Best Presentation Award, January 2021

8. SSH Student Research Presentation　Poster Awards, August 2019

9. Global Link Singapore 2019　Best Presentation Award, July 2019

10. Tsukuba Science Edge  2019　Best Presentation Award. March 2019

11. 66th The Ecological Society of Japan Annual Meeting High School Student Poster Presentation　Best Poster Award, March 2019

12. 8th Ibaraki Pref. High School Student Science Research Presentation　Judge's Incentive Award, March 2019

13. High School Science Research Presentation　Poster Awards, September 2018

Scholarship (Travel award, Research fund)

1. 24th International C. elegans Conference (Glasgow, Scotland)　GSA Undergraduate Conference Awards, April 2023

2. 59th Leave a Nest Research Grant  incu・be Award, April 2023