Members

Education and Experience

2017

B.S. Department of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

2019

M.S. Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

2021

Doctoral Course Students Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2022

Ph.D. Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

2022

Postdoctoral fellow Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, JSPS

2023

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

2024

Assistant Professor, Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe, Japan

Awards

• Sep. 2019 Young Scientist Best Presentation Award, The Japanese Biochemical Society
• May 2019 Best Presentation Award, The Japanese Biochemical Society, Kinki Branch
• Mar. 2019 Poster Award, Institute of Chemical Research, Graduate Student Presentation
• Nov. 2017 Poster Award, The Japanese Society for Extremophiles

Publications

1. Kato, Y., Kamasaka, K., Matsuda, M., Koizumi, H., Ohbayashi, R., Ashida, H., Kondo, A., Hasunuma, T. (2025/3) Metabolic analysis reveals the contribution of mechanosensitive channel MscM to extracellular release of glutamate in glycogen-deficient Synechococcus elongatus, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 139(3), 187-193
2. Casillo, A., Fanina, A., Kamasaka, K., Kawamoto, J., Kurihara, T., Lanzetta, R., Corsaro, MM. (2024/07) Structural study of a polysaccharide component of nfnB mutant of Shewanella vesiculosa HM13, Carbohydrate Research, 541, 109148
3. Takenaka, M., Kamasaka, K., Daryong, K., Tsuchikane, K., Miyazawa, S., Fujihana, S., Hori, Y., Vavricka, CJ., Hosoyama, A., Kawasaki, H., Shirai, T., Araki, M., Nakagawa, A., Minami, H., Kondo, A., Hasunuma, T. (2024/06) Integrated pathway mining and selection of an artificial CYP79-mediated bypass to improve benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis, Microbial cell factories, 23, 178
4. Kawano K, Kamasaka, K., Yokoyama F, Kawamoto J, Ogawa T, Kurihara T, Matsuzaki K (2023/05) Structural factors governing binding of curvature-sensing peptides to bacterial extracellular vesicles covered with hydrophilic polysaccharide chains, Biophysical Chemistry, 299: 107039
5. Casillo, A., Di Guida, R., Cavasso, D., Stellavato, A., Rai, D., Yokoyama, F., Kamasaka, K., Kawamoto, J., Kurihara, T., Schiraldi, C., Kulkarni, S., Paduano, L., *Corsaro, MM. (2022) Polysaccharide corona: The acetyl-rich envelope wraps the extracellular membrane vesicles and the cells of Shewanella vesiculosa providing adhesiveness, Carbohydr. Polym., 297: 120036
6. Kawano, K., Yokoyama, F., Kamasaka, K., Kawamoto, J., Ogawa, T., Kurihara, T., Futaki, S. (2021) Design of the N-terminus substituted curvature-sensing peptides that exhibit highly sensitive detection ability of bacterial extracellular vesicles, Chem. Pharm. Bull., 69: 1075–1082
7. Kamasaka, K., Kawamoto, J., Chen, C., Yokoyama, F., Imai, T., Ogawa, T., *Kurihara, T. (2020) Genetic characterization and functional implications of the gene cluster for selective protein transport to extracellular membrane vesicles of Shewanella vesiculosa HM13, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 526: 525–531
8. Casillo, A., Di Guida, R., Carillo, S., Chen, C., Kamasaka, K., Kawamoto, J., Kurihara, T., *Corsaro, MM. (2019) Structural elucidation of a novel lipooligosaccharide from the cold-adapted bacterium OMVs producer Shewanella sp. HM13, Mar Drugs, 17: 34