Yumeko Tarusawa / 樽澤優芽子
2026- Post-Doctoral Researcher at Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science, SOKENDAI
2025-2026 Research assistant at Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science, SOKENDAI
2022-2025 PhD candidate at Kyoto University
2017-2019 MSc. Archaeological Sciences at University of Tuebingen, Germany
2010-2015 BSc. Applied Biological Sciences at Gifu University
Yumeko Tarusawa
Post-Doctoral Researcher at Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science, SOKENDAI
Research Interests
My research explores how organisms adapt to diverse environments through the lens of genomic information. I have conducted evolutionary analyses of mammals, phylogeographic studies using ancient DNA, and investigations of genomic introgression in pine species. Recently, I have expanded my research to include ancient proteomics analyses of Pleistocene animal fossils.
Keywords: Genomic analysis, Environmental adaptation, Ancient DNA, Phylogeography, Ancient proteomics
ゲノムに残る選択の痕跡から適応進化を探る
いきものが異なる環境にどう適応してきたかをゲノム情報を用いて探ることに興味があります。哺乳類の進化解析や古代DNAを用いた系統地理学的研究やハイマツを対象とした種間浸透交雑の研究をおこなってきました。更新世の動物化石を対象とした古代プロテオミクス解析もはじめています。
Keywords: ゲノム解析 環境適応 古代DNA 系統地理 古代プロテオミクス
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Attainments
2025
Tarusawa, Y., Ito, T. & Isagi Y., "Detection of Introgressed Loci from Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla into P. pumila and Their Possible Roles in Adaptation to a Warming Climate." Global Ecology and Conservation 63, e03886
2025
Tarusawa, Y., Ito, T. & Isagi Y., "Population genetic structure reveals asymmetric hybridization between Pinus pumila and P. parviflora var. pentaphylla in the Hakkoda Mountains, Northern Japan." Scientific Reports 15, 37677
2025
野尻湖哺乳類グループ (加藤禎夫, 近藤洋⼀, 杉⽥正男, 関めぐみ, 樽野博幸, 樽澤優芽⼦, ⼿嶋響紀, 間島信男)「第23次野尻湖発掘で産出した脊椎動物化⽯」野尻湖ナウマンゾウ博物館研究報告. 2025. 31: 51-63.
2021
Maeda T, Shibai A, Yokoi N, Tarusawa Y, Kawada M, Kotani H, Furusawa C., "Mutational property of newly identified mutagen l-glutamic acid γ-hydrazide in Escherichia coli." Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis 823: 111759. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2021.111759.
2019
Tarusawa Y. & Matsumura S., "Comparative analysis of the umami taste receptor gene Tas1r1 in Mustelidae" Zoological Science, 37(2) : 122-127.
2023 - 2025
JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Fellowships for Young Scientists
¥5,160,000 (¥200,000/month for 12 months, ¥230,000/month for 12 months) + ¥2,000,000 scientific grant ¥1,000,000/year for 2yrs
2022 - 2023
JST SPRING program Discretionary Expense of the Director of Division of Graduate Studies
¥530,000 scientific grant
2022 - 2023
JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency) Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (SPRING) program
¥400,000 scientific grant + ¥1,800,000 (¥150,000/month for 12 months)
2018 - 2019
DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) scholarship for any disciplines
€14,015 (€981.92/month for 13 months + €250 study allowance + €950 return home subsidy)
2018
German government scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium)
€1,800 (€300/month for 6months)
2018
CUSO (Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale) stipend for the workshop at Leukerbad, Switzerland
CHF 300
2013
Gifu university scholarship for exchange program in the University of Technology Sydney
¥250,000 (¥50,000/month for 5 months)
2023
Tarusawa Y. et al., "Ecoevolutionary Implications of Interspecific Hybridization in Tree Adaptation" 第71回⽇本⽣態学会⼤会, 横浜
2022
Tarusawa Y. et al., "FULL MITOCHONDRIAL GENOMES OF THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC RED FOX AND ARCTIC FOX FROM THE SWABIAN JURA, SOUTHWESTERN GERMANY" 29th Annual Meetin g of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) at Belfast, Northern Ireland
2022
Tarusawa Y., "How have trees survived climate change in the past? -A research proposal to study adaptive introgression through genome-scale analyses-"
ASHBi-MIP 英語プレゼンテーション演習会, 京都 ＊最優秀口演賞
2022
樽澤優芽⼦, 「ゲノム解析技術を⽤いて⽣物の環境適応の歴史を探る」 遺伝研研究集会 ⽣物多様性のDNA情報学, オンライン
2020
樽澤優芽⼦, 「DNA解析と個体べースモデリングで迫る⾷⾁⽬の適応進化と⽣物系統地理」⽣命情報科学若⼿の会第12回研究会, オンライン
2019
樽澤優芽⼦,「ドイツ南⻄部における第四紀のキツネの個体群動態」第39回関東地区⽣態学関係修⼠論⽂発表会, 東京都
2018
Tarusawa Y., "Genetics of adaptation in carnivorous mammals using modern- and ancient- DNA", CUSO Ancient DNA: A Time- machine to Study Evolution workshop at Leukerbad, Switzerland
2025
樽澤優芽⼦, 伊東拓朗, 井鷺裕司「ハイマツの気候変動レジリエンス：種間浸透交雑由来の適応的遺伝⼦」森林遺伝育種学会第13回⼤会, 東京
＊森林遺伝育種学会学生発表最優秀賞
2024
Tarusawa Y. et al., “Probing the Role of Adaptive Introgression in Timberline Ecosystems' Response to Climate Changes Using Exome Capture Sequencing” IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) World Congress 2024 at Stockholm, Sweden
2023
樽澤優芽⼦, 伊東拓朗, 井鷺裕司「局所環境のちがいがハイマツーキタゴヨウの種間交雑にもたらす影響」第55回種⽣物学シンポジウム
2015
樽澤優芽⼦, 松村秀⼀「イタチ科におけるうま味受容体遺伝⼦ Tas1r1 の種間⽐較」2015 年度味と匂学会第49回⼤会, 岐⾩