Yusuke Okazaki (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor
Ogata Lab., Bioinformatics Center,
Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
ORCiD: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8770-2774
Career
2010.3 | B.Sc at Kyoto University |
2012.3 | M.Sc at Kyoto University (Supervisor: Prof. Shin-ichi Nakano, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University) |
2012.4~2015.3 | Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc (Worked as a marketing and management consultant) |
2015.4~2018.3 | Ph.D Student at Kyoto University (Supervisor: Prof. Shin-ichi Nakano, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University) JSPS Research Fellow (DC1) |
2018.4~2020.11 | JSPS Research Fellow (PD) (Host researcher: Dr. Hideyuki Tamaki, Microbial and Genetic Resources Research Group, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) ) |
2020.12~ | Assistant Professor, Chemical Life Science, Bioinformatics Center, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University |
Scientific Grant
(Only those granted as PI are shown. Full list for KAKENHI grant is here )
Award
Skills
- Microbial sampling in deep freshwater lakes (having a Japanese boat's operator license)
- Microscopic enumeration of plankton (bacteria, protist, phyto- and zooplankton)
- Probe construction and specific staining of microbes by CARD-FISH
- High-throughput bacterial cell counting using flowcytometer
- Microbial community analysis using SSU rRNA gene amplicon sequencing
- Shotgun metagenome and metatranscriptome analysis of environmental bacteria and viruses
- Amplicon and metagenomic analysis using a long-read sequencer
- Isolation of oligotrophic bacteria using the high-throughput dilution-to-extinction cultivation technique
- Profiling of microbial genomic microdivesity through metagenomic read mapping
Society
- International Society for Microbial Ecology
- Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology
- Japanese Society of Limnology
- Japanese Society of Bioinformatics
Contributions as a reviewer
Microbes and Environments (4), mSphere (4), Environmental Microbiology (3), Frontiers in Microbiology (2), Limnology (2), Limnology and Oceanography (1), Environmental Microbiology Reports (1), Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1), BMC Microbiology (1), Aquatic Microbial Ecology (1), Aquatic Sciences (1), Scientific Reports (1), Communications Biology (1), Scientific Data (1), Ecological Research (1)
Teaching subjects
- Kyoto Univ. Faculty of Science; Bioinformatics (team teaching, FY2021-)
- Kyoto Univ. Graduate School of Science; Advanced Course on Biological Science B (team teaching, FY2022-)
- Kyoto Univ. Graduate School of Science; Bioinformatics: Advanced Course (team teaching, FY2023-)
- Kyoto Univ. Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses; Fundamental Chemical Experiments (team teaching, FY2023)
Contact
Chemical Life Science, Bioinformatics Center,
Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
Uji Research Building No.1 CB303, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
Tel: +81-774-38-3296
Mail:okazaki*kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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