私の研究は、大規模な比較ゲノム解析、系統解析、実験データを統合し、ウイルスと宿主がどのように相互作用しながら進化し、また互いの進化にどのような影響を与えてきたのかを実例をもって示すものである。最終的には、感染症の予測、サーベイランス、制御に資するウイルス進化のより深い理解を目指している。

My research integrates large-scale comparative genomics, phylogenetics, and experimental data to demonstrate real-world examples of how viruses and hosts interact and evolve, and how they influence each other’s evolution, with the ultimate goal of developing a deeper understanding of viral evolution that contributes to the prediction, surveillance, and control of infectious diseases.

Selected publications:

• Shigeru Fujita*, Arnon Plianchaisuk*, Sayaka Deguchi*, Hayato Ito*, Naganori Nao*, Lei Wang*, Hesham Nasser, Tomokazu Tamura, Izumi Kimura, Yukie Kashima, Rigel Suzuki, Saori Suzuki, Izumi Kida, Masumi Tsuda, Yoshitaka Oda, Rina Hashimoto, Yukio Watanabe, Keiya Uriu, Daichi Yamasoba, Ziyi Guo, Alfredo A. Hinay Jr., Yusuke Kosugi, Luo Chen, Lin Pan, Yu Kaku, Hin Chu, Flora Donati, Sarah Temmam, Marc Eloit, Yuki Yamamoto, Tetsuharu Nagamoto, Hiroyuki Asakura, Mami Nagashima, Kenji Sadamasu, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, Yutaka Suzuki, The Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium, Jumpei Ito, Terumasa Ikeda, Shinya Tanaka†, Keita Matsuno†, Takasuke Fukuhara†, Kazuo Takayama†, and Kei Sato†. 2024. Virological characteristics of a SARS-CoV-2-related bat coronavirus, BANAL-20-236. eBioMedicine. 104: 105181. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105181

• Shuhei Tsujino*, Sayaka Deguchi*, Tomo Nomai*, Miguel Padilla-Blanco*, Arnon Plianchaisuk*, Lei Wang*, Mst. Monira Begum*, Keiya Uriu*, Keita Mizuma, Naganori Nao, Isshu Kojima, Tomoya Tsubo, Jingshu Li, Yasufumi Matsumura, Miki Nagao, Yoshitaka Oda, Masumi Tsuda, Yuki Anraku, Shunsuke Kita, Hisano Yajima, Kaori Sasaki-Tabata, Ziyi Guo, Alfredo A. Hinay Jr., Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Yuki Yamamoto, Tetsuharu Nagamoto, Hiroyuki Asakura, Mami Nagashima, Kenji Sadamasu, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, Hesham Nasser, Michael Jonathan, Olivia Putri, Yoonjin Kim, Luo Chen, Rigel Suzuki, Tomokazu Tamura, Katsumi Maenaka, The Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium, Takashi Irie, Keita Matsuno, Shinya Tanaka, Jumpei Ito, Terumasa Ikeda†, Kazuo Takayama†, Jiri Zahradnik†, Takao Hashiguchi†, Takasuke Fukuhara†, and Kei Sato†. 2024. Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron EG.5.1 variant. Microbiology and Immunology. 68: 305–330. doi: 10.1111/1348-0421.13165

• Daichi Yamasoba*, Keiya Uriu*, Arnon Plianchaisuk*, Yusuke Kosugi*, Lin Pan*, Jiri Zahradnik, The Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium, Jumpei Ito, and Kei Sato†. 2023. Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.16 variant. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 23: 655–656. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00278-5

• Arnon Plianchaisuk†, Kazuya Kusama, Kiyoko Kato, Sira Sriswasdi, Kazuhiro Tamura, and Wataru Iwasaki†. 2022. Origination of LTR retroelement-derived NYNRIN coincides with therian placental emergence. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39: msac176. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msac176