Naoki Kabeya

壁谷 尚樹

Naoki KABEYA, Ph.D.


東京海洋大学 学術研究院 海洋生物資源学部門

水族栄養学研究室 准教授


Associate Professor, 

Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Nutrition,

Department of Marine Biosciences,

Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

March 2014 Ph.D. (Marine Science) Course of Applied Marine Biosciences, Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.

The title of Ph.D. thesis: “Modification of polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism by transgenesis in marine teleost”.

March 2011 Master of Science (Marine Science) Course of Marine Life Sciences, Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.

March 2009 Bachelor of Science (Marine Science). Department of Marine Biosciences, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.

RESERCH/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

April 2024 – Associate Professor of the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.

April 2019 – Assistant Professor of the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.

April 2016 – March 2019 Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD).

August 2015 – February 2016 Visiting Fellow of the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland.

April 2014 – July 2015 Early Career Research Fellowships of the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.

April 2011 – March 2014 Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1).

AWARDS AND HONOURS

November 2020   

日本農学進歩賞(公益財団法人農学会)

Japan Prize in Agricultural Sciences, Achievement Award for Young Scientists (The Foundation of Agricultural Sciences of Japan)

March 2019

水産学奨励賞(日本水産学会)

Achievement Award for Young Scientists in Fisheries Science (The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science)

GRANTS AND PROJECTS

Grant as PI/lead researcher

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

TITLE: Evaluation of EPA- and DHA- producing capacity of marine copepods in the ecosystem.

DURATION: April 2022 – March 2025 (3 years)

BUDGET: 17,290,000 JPY (Direct cost: 13,300,000JPY, Indirect cost: 3,990,000JPY)

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (A))

TITLE: Evaluation of the biosynthetic ability of polyunsaturated fatty acids in copepods by using stable isotope labelled fatty acids.

DURATION: 2020 – 2023

BUDGET: 13,000,000 JPY  (Direct cost: 10,000,000JPY, Indirect cost: 3,000,000JPY)

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

TITLE: The role of copepods as primary producers of polyunsaturated fatty acids.

DURATION: April 2019 ­– March 2022 (3 years)

BUDGET: 4,160,000 JPY

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellows

TITLE: Are enzymes involving in omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis really necessary for marine teleost?

DURATION: April 2016 – March 2019 (3 years)

BUDGET: 3,250,000 JPY

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

TITLE: Modification of EPA and DHA biosynthetic capacity in marine teleost using amino acid substitutions of enzymes responsible for LC-PUFA biosynthesis.

DURATION: April 2015 – March 2016 (2 years)

BUDGET: 1,430,000 JPY

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellows

TITLE: Establishment of transgenic marine fish strain which can be cultured using vegetable oil source.

DURATION: April 2011 – March 2013 (3 years)

BUDGET: 1,900,000 JPY

Grants as a support CoI/collaborator researcher

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: JST-Mirai Program

TITLE: Development of new generation aquafeeds for the future animal protein demand.

PARTNERS: Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

PI: Prof. Shuichi Satoh

DURATION: November 2019 – March 2022 (2.5 years)

BUDGET: 36,296,000 JPY

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: Marine Open Innovation Project (MaOI project)

TITLE: Establishment of culturing technology for Splendid alfonsino Beryx splendens based on molecular information.

PARTNERS: Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Shizuoka Prefectural Research Institute of Fishery

PI: Prof. Goro Yoshizaki

DURATION: October 2019 ­– March 2022 (2.5 years)

BUDGET: 26,661,280 JPY

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: The Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS)

TITLE: The Project for utilization of Thailand local genetic resources to develop novel farmed fish for global market.

PARTNERS: Kingdom of Thailand, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Kanagawa University, Mie prefectural Fish Farming Center, Kyoritsu Seiyaku, National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering

PI: Prof. Ikuo Hirono

BUDGET: 180,449,550 JPY

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

TITLE: Studies on the development of non-fishmeal/non-fish oil feed for sustainable aquaculture.

PI: Prof. Shuichi Satoh

DURATION: April 2019 – March 2023

BUDGET: 17,160,000 JPY

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

TITLE: Establishment of tasty fish strain using surrogate broodstock.

PI: Prof. Goro Yoshizaki

DURATION: April 2020 – March 2023

BUDGET: 44,850,000

Travel grants

SOURCE OF RESEARCH FUNDING: Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland Visiting Fellowship

TITLE: Biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids in polychaetes.

VISITOR: Naoki Kabeya, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan

HOST: Oscar Monroig, University of Stirling, UK

DURATION: August 2015 – February 2016 (6 months)

BUDGET: 9,356 GBP

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

Oral presentations (International Conferences)

Oral presentations (Domestic Conferences)

Poster presentations (International Conferences)

Poster presentations (Domestic Conferences)

ACADEMIC SOCIETIES

International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL)

マリンバイオテクノロジー学会 Japanese Society for Marine Biotechnology

日本水産学会 The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science

日本水産学会 理事会 会計幹事(2021年3月〜)

日本水産学会 編集委員会 幹事補佐(2021年3月〜) 

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