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Dr Shigeharu Moriya

Japan

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energy, bio-energy, termite symbiotic system

Dr Moriya's research group is using the termite symbiotic system to research bio-energy. The group is hoping to conduct this work in partnership with other researchers from south-east Asian countries, other tropical nations and Japan. Their aim is to establish a fundamental technology that will provide a bio-based energy and materials and improve the environment to achieve a sustainable society.

Website: http://www.tsurumi.yokohama-cu.ac.jp/embiol/index_e.html

Mar 1996 - Doctoral degree (Graduate school of Yokohama City University, Doctor of Science)

Sept 1996-Mar 1999 - RIKEN Special Postdoctoral fellow

April 1999-Mar 2004 - JST ICORP BioRecycle Project Researcher (Based in Thailand from Nov 1999-Feb 2001)

April 2007-Present - RIKEN Researcher (Senior researcher)

April 2002-Present - Guest researcher of Graduate school of Yokohama City University

1: Todaka N, Moriya S, Saita K, Hondo T, Kiuchi I, Takasu H, Ohkuma M, Piero C,
Hayashizaki Y, Kudo T. Environmental cDNA analysis of the genes involved in lignocellulose digestion in the symbiotic protist community of Reticulitermes speratus.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2007 Mar;59(3):592-9.

2: Moriya S, Noda S, Ohkuma M, Kudo T. In situ hybridization of termite microbes.
Methods Mol Biol. 2007;353:105-12.

3: Hongoh Y, Ekpornprasit L, Inoue T, Moriya S, Trakulnaleamsai S, Ohkuma M, Noparatnaraporn N, Kudo T. Intracolony variation of bacterial gut microbiota among castes and ages in the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes gilvus.
Mol Ecol. 2006 Feb;15(2):505-16.

4: Taprab Y, Johjima T, Maeda Y, Moriya S, Trakulnaleamsai S, Noparatnaraporn N, Ohkuma M, Kudo T. Symbiotic fungi produce laccases potentially involved in phenol degradation in fungus combs of fungus-growing termites in Thailand.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Dec;71(12):7696-704.

5: Hongoh Y, Deevong P, Inoue T, Moriya S, Trakulnaleamsai S, Ohkuma M, Vongkaluang C, Noparatnaraporn N, Kudo T. Intra- and interspecific comparisons of bacterial diversity and community structure support coevolution of gut microbiota and termite host.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Nov;71(11):6590-9.

6: Moriya S., Inoue T., Ohkuma M., Yaovapa T., Johjima T., Suwanarit P., Sangwanit U., Vongkaluang C., Notaratnaraporn N. and Kudo T. "Fungal community analysis of fungus gardens in termite nest" Microbes Environ., 2005, 20: 243-252

7: Inoue T, Moriya S, Ohkuma M, Kudo T. Molecular cloning and characterization of a cellulase gene from a symbiotic protist of the lower termite, Coptotermes formosanus.
Gene. 2005 Apr 11;349:67-75.

8: Isao Kiuchi, Shigeharu Moriya and Toshiaki Kudo. “Two Different Size-Distributions of Engulfment-Related Vesicles Among Symbiotic Protists of the Lower Termite, Reticulitermes speratus” Microbes Environ., 2004, 19 (3), 211-214

9: Moriya S, Dacks JB, Takagi A, Noda S, Ohkuma M, Doolittle WF, Kudo T. Molecular phylogeny of three oxymonad genera: Pyrsonympha, Dinenympha and
Oxymonas.
J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2003 May-Jun;50(3):190-7.

10: Taprab Y, Ohkuma M, Johjima T, Maeda Y, Moriya S, Inoue T, Suwanarit P, Noparatnaraporn N, Kudo T. Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic basidiomycetes of fungus-growing termites in Thailand and their relationship with the host.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2002 May;66(5):1159-63.

11: Moriya S, Tanaka K, Ohkuma M, Sugano S, Kudo T. Diversification of the microtubule system in the early stage of eukaryote evolution: elongation factor 1 alpha and alpha-tubulin protein phylogeny of termite symbiotic oxymonad and hypermastigote protists.
J Mol Evol. 2001 Jan;52(1):6-16.

12: Ohtoko K, Ohkuma M, Moriya S, Inoue T, Usami R, Kudo T.
Diverse genes of cellulase homologues of glycosyl hydrolase family 45 from the
symbiotic protists in the hindgut of the termite Reticulitermes speratus.
Extremophiles. 2000 Dec;4(6):343-9.

13: Ohkuma M, Ohtoko K, Iida T, Tokura M, Moriya S, Usami R, Horikoshi K, Kudo T. Phylogenetic identification of hypermastigotes, Pseudotrichonympha, Spirotrichonympha, Holomastigotoides, and parabasalian symbionts in the hindgut of termites.
J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2000 May-Jun;47(3):249-59.

14: Kudo T, Ohkuma M, Moriya S, Noda S, Ohtoko K. Molecular phylogenetic identification of the intestinal anaerobic microbial community in the hindgut of the termite, Reticulitermes speratus, without cultivation.
Extremophiles. 1998 Aug;2(3):155-61.

15: Ohkuma M, Ohtoko K, Grunau C, Moriya S, Kudo T. Phylogenetic identification of the symbiotic hypermastigote Trichonympha agilis in the hindgut of the termite Reticulitermes speratus based on small-subunit rRNA sequence.
J Eukaryot Microbiol. 1998 Jul-Aug;45(4):439-44.

16: Ohkuma M, Moriya S, Kudo T. [Symbiotic system in termite gut]
Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso. 1998 Jul;43(9):1237-45. Review.

17: Moriya S, Ohkuma M, Kudo T. Phylogenetic position of symbiotic protist Dinenympha [correction of Dinemympha] exilis in the hindgut of the termite Reticulitermes speratus inferred from the protein phylogeny of elongation factor 1 alpha.
Gene. 1998 Apr 14;210(2):221-7. Erratum in: Gene 1998 Jul 3;214(1-2):223.

18: Akimoto K, Takahashi R, Moriya S, Nishioka N, Takayanagi J, Kimura K, Fukui Y, Osada S, Mizuno K, Hirai S, Kazlauskas A, Ohno S. EGF or PDGF receptors activate atypical PKClambda through phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
EMBO J. 1996 Feb 15;15(4):788-98.

19: Moriya S, Kazlauskas A, Akimoto K, Hirai S, Mizuno K, Takenawa T, Fukui Y, Watanabe Y, Ozaki S, Ohno S. Platelet-derived growth factor activates protein kinase C epsilon through redundant and independent signaling pathways involving phospholipase C gamma or phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Jan 9;93(1):151-5.

20: Nishioka N, Akimoto K, Moriya S, Takayanagi J, Fukui Y, Hirai S, Mizuno K, Kosaka K, Ohno S. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase is involved in TRE-dependent gene expression in
response to arginine vasopressin.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1995 Oct 24;215(3):1037-42.

21: Moriya S, Yanagawa S, Aoki N, Iwabuchi M, Inoue T, Ando T. Isolation and characterization of a restriction enzyme BspO4I from an alkalophilic bacterium.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1992 Jul 25;20(14):3781.