Publications
S Suto, K Teraoka, I Kawasaki, K Sugiura, T Sasaki, I Maejima, H Kosako, M Sato, K Sato.
Communications Biology
2026, in press. [Research Article]
Transmembrane ROOM proteins ensure rooms for germ cells by maintaining intercellular bridges.
K Sugiura, I Kawasaki, H Kosako, K Sato.
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2026, 123 (19): e2522264123. [Research Article]
皇居より新たに得られたクマムシ類.
AC Suzuki, K Sugiura, K Yoshimura, Y Inoue, Y Ohmura.
国立科博専報
2026, 54:9–12. [Research article, non-reviewed]
Milnesium (Tardigrada: Apochela) having elongated buccal tube from Mt. Yukikuradake (Toyama and Niigata prefecture, Japan).
K Sugiura*, AC Suzuki*.
* The authors are co-corresponding author.
Zoologischer Anzeiger
2025, 317: 165–175. [Research article]
Sexual dimorphism in the tardigrade Paramacrobiotus metropotalinus transcriptome.
K Sugiura*, Y Yoshida*, K Hayashi, K Arakawa, T Kunieda, M Matsumoto.
* The authors equally contributed.
Zoological Letters
2024, 10:11. [Research article]
MARC-3, a membrane-associated ubiquitin ligase, is required for fast polyspermy block in Caenorhabditis elegans.
I Kawasaki*, K Sugiura*, T Sasaki, N Matsuda, M Sato*, K Sato.
* The authors equally contributed.
Nature Communications
2024, 15: 792. [Research article]
A New Species of Bisexual Milnesium (Eutardigrada: Apochela) Having Aberrant Claws from Innhovde, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica.
AC Suzuki, K Sugiura, M Tsujimoto, et al.
Zoological Science
2023, 40 (3): 246–261. [Research article]
Description of a model tardigrade Paramacrobiotus metropolitanus sp. nov. (Eutardigrada) from Japan with a summary of its life history, reproduction and genomics.
K Sugiura, M Matsumoto, T Kunieda.
Zootaxa
2022, 5134 (1): 92-112. [Research article]
Morphological Differences In Tardigrade Spermatozoa Induce Variation In Gamete Motility.
K Sugiura, K Shiba, K Inaba, M Matsumoto.
BMC Zoology
2022, 7: 8. [Research article]
Sexual reproductive behaviours of tardigrades: a review.
K Sugiura, M Matsumoto.
Invertebrate Reproduction and Development
2021, 64 (4): 279-287. [Review article]
Reproduction of Mesobiotus: Comparison of Morphology and Behavior in the Family Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada).
K Sugiura, M Matsumoto.
Zoological Science
2021, 38 (5): 444-450. [Research article]
Spermatozoa morphology changes during reproduction and first observation of acrosomal contact in two dioecious species of Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada).
K Sugiura, M Matsumoto.
Zygote
2021, 29 (1): 42-48. [Research article]
Milnesium (Tardigrada: Apochela) in Japan: the First Confirmed Record of Milnesium tardigradum s.s. and Description of Milnesium pacificum sp. nov.
K Sugiura, H Minato, M Matsumoto, AC Suzuki.
Zoological Science
2020, 37 (5): 476-495. [Research article]
Distribution of Macrobiotus shonaicus Stec, Arakawa & Michalczyk, 2018 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela) in Japan.
K Sugiura, K Arakawa, M Matsumoto.
Zootaxa
2020, 4767 (1): 56-70. [Research article]
Erratum: Zootaxa, 2020, 4778 (3): 600.
Comparison of the transcriptomes of two tardigrades with different hatching coordination.
Y Yoshida*, K Sugiura*, M Tomita, M Matsumoto, K Arakawa.
*The authors equally contributed.
BMC Developmental Biology
2019, 19 (1): 1-9. [Research article]
Comparison of Sexual Reproductive Behaviors in Two Species of Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada).
K Sugiura, H Minato, AC Suzuki, K Arakawa, T Kunieda, M Matsumoto.
Zoological Science
2019, 36 (2): 120-127. [Research article]
AC Suzuki, L Heard, K Sugiura.
Mikurensis
2018, vol.7, pp3-8. [Research article, non-reviewed]
Awards
2025: Young Scientist Award (16th International Symposium on Tardigrada)
2024: Zoologcial Science Award & Fujii Award (The Zoological Society of Japan)
2024: 若手優秀賞 (群馬大学)
2023: ホープ賞 (群馬大学)
2018: Accommodation and Travel expenses (The Carlsberg Foundation)
2017: Poster award (Keio Lifescience Symposium)
Funding
2026 – 2029: JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid Scientific Research (B), “幼若ホルモンの新規機能獲得の分子基盤の解明”
2023 – 2026: JSPS Research Fellow PD, “線虫卵の受精ゾーン形成メカニズムと卵-精子融合機構の解明”
2021: ABiS (Advanced BioImaging Support), “緩歩動物クマムシにおける求愛・交尾行動の初観測と性差をもたらす分子基盤の解明"
2020: Research project, Keio University, “クマムシの受精 -非接触型体内受精-”
2018 – 2021: JSPS Research Fellow DC1, “緩歩動物クマムシにおける求愛・交尾行動の初観測と性差をもたらす分子基盤の解明”