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BioProduction Engineering Lab Members (Eng. Biol. Res. C) Yuichi Kato

Assistant ProfessorYuichi Kato

Education and Experience

Mar. 2009
B.S., Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
Mar. 2011
M.S., Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
May 2015
Ph.D. (Science), Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Jun. 2015-Mar. 2016
Postdoctoral fellow in Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University
Apr. 2016-Jun. 2018
Postdoctoral fellow in Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University
Jul. 2018-Sep. 2019
Postdoctoral fellow in Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University
Oct. 2019-Mar. 2020
Resercher, Organization for Engineering Biology
Apr. 2020-present
Assistant Professor in Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University

Publications

  1. Kato, Y., Inabe, K., Hidese, R., Kondo, A., Hasunuma, T. (2022/01) Metabolomics-based engineering for biofuel and bio-based chemical production in microalgae and cyanobacteria: A review, Bioresource Technology, 344(A): 126196
  2. Oyama, T., Kato, Y., Satoh, K., Oono, Y., Matsuda, M., Hasunuma, T.*, Kondo, A. (2021/12) Development of mutant microalgae that accumulate lipids under nitrate-replete conditions, Algal Research, 60, 102544
  3. Inabe, K., Miichi, A., Matsuda, M., Yoshida, T., Kato, Y., Hidese, R., Kondo, A., Hasunuma, T. (2021/12) Nitrogen availability affects the metabolic profile in Cyanobacteria, Metabolites, 11, 867
  4. Chen, JH., Kato, Y., Matsuda, M., Chen, CY., Nagarajan, D., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A., Chang, JS. (2021/08) Lutein production with Chlorella sorokiniana MB-1-M12 using novel two-stage cultivation strategies - metabolic analysis and process improvement, Bioresource Technology, 334, 125200
  5. Kato, Y., Oyama, T., Inokuma, K., Vavricka, CJ., Matsuda, M., Hidese, R., Satoh, K., Oono, Y., Chang, JS., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A. (2021/04) Enhancing carbohydrate repartitioning into lipid and carotenoid by disruption of microalgae starch debranching enzyme, Communications Biology, 4: 450
  6. Kanamoto, A., Kato, Y., Yoshida, E., Hasunuma, T.*, Kondo, A. (2021/03) Development of a method for fucoxanthin production using the haptophyte marine microalga Pavlova sp. OPMS 30543, Marine Biotechnology, 23, 331-341 (4月号表紙採用)
  7. Nitta, N., Iino, T., Isozaki, A., Yamagishi, M., Kitahama, Y., Sakuma, S., Suzuki, Y., Tezuka, H., Oikawa, M., Arai, F., Asai, T., Deng, D., Fukuzawa, H., Hase, M., Hasunuma, T., Hayakawa, T., Hiraki, K., Hiramatsu, K., Hoshino, Y., Inaba, M., Inoue, Y., Ito, T., Kajikawa, M., Karakawa, H., Kasai, Y., Kato, Y., Kobayashi, H., Lei, C., Matsusaka, S., Mikami, H., Nakagawa, A., Numata, K., Ota, T., Sekiya, T., Shiba, K., Shirasaki, Y., Suzuki, N., Tanaka, S., Ueno, S., Watarai, H., Yamano, T., Yazawa, M., Yonamine, Y., Di Carlo, D., Hosokawa, Y., Uemura, S., Sugimura, T., Ozeki, Y., Goda, K. (2020/07) Raman image-activated cell sorting, Nature Communications, 11, 3452
  8. Isozaki, A., Nakagawa, Y., Loo, MH., Shibata, Y., Tanaka, N., Setyaningrum, DL., Park, JW., Shirasaki, Y., Mikami, H., Huang, D., Tsoi, H., Riche, CT., Ota, T., Miwa, H., Kanda, Y., Ito, T., Yamada, K., Iwata, O., Suzuki, K., Ohnuki, S., Ohya, Y., Kato, Y., Hasunuma, T., Matsusaka, S., Yamagishi, M., Yazawa, M., Uemura, S., Nagasawa, K., Watarai, H., Di Carlo, D., Goda, K. (2020/05) Sequentially addressable dielectrophoretic array for high-throughput sorting of large-volume biological compartments, Science Advances, 6(22), eaba6712
  9. Hasunuma, T.*, Takaki, A., Matsuda, M., Kato, Y., Vavricka, CJ., Kondo, A. (2019/10) Single-stage astaxanthin production enhances the nonmevalonate pathway and photosynthetic central metabolism in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002, ACS Synthetic Biology, 8(12), 2701-2709
  10. Chen, JH., Kato, Y., Matsuda, M., Chen, CY., Nagarajan, D., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A., Dong, CD., Lee, DJ., Chang, JS. (2019/10) A novel process for the mixotrophic production of lutein with Chlorella sorokiniana MB-1-M12 using aquaculture wastewater, Bioresource Technology, 290, 121786
  11. Igarashi, K., Funakoshi, M., Kato, S., Moriwaki, T., Kato, Y., Zhang-Akiyama, QM. (2019/04) CiApex1 has AP endonuclease activity and abrogated AP site repair disrupts early embryonic development in Ciona intestinalis. Genes Genet Syst, 94(2): 81-93
  12. Kato, Y., Fujihara, Y., Vavricka, CJ., Chang, JS., Hasunuma, T.*, Kondo, A. (2019/02) Light/dark cycling causes delayed lipid accumulation and increased photoperiod-based biomass yield by altering metabolic flux in oleaginous Chlamydomonas sp., Biotechnology for Biofuels, 12: 39
  13. Hasunuma, T.*, Matsuda, M., Kato, Y., Vavricka, CJ., Kondo, A. (2018/07) Temperature enhanced succinate production concurrent with increased central metabolism turnover in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Metabolic Engineering, 48, 109-120
  14. Kato, Y., Ho, SH., Vavricka, CJ., Chang, JS., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A. (2017/12) Evolutionary engineering of salt-resistant Chlamydomonas sp. strains reveals salinity stress-activated starch-to-lipid biosynthesis switching, Bioresource Technology, 245(Part B), 1484-1490
  15. Ho, SH., Nakanishi, A., Kato, Y., Yamasaki, H., Chang, JS., Misawa, N., Hirose, Y., Minagawa, J., Hasunuma, T.*, Kondo, A. (2017/04) Dynamic metabolic profiling together with transcription analysis reveals salinity-induced starch-to-lipid biosynthesis in alga Chlamydomonas sp. JSC4, Scientific Reports, 4;7: 45471
  16. Kato, Y., Miyaji, M., Zhang-Akiyama, QM. (2017/03) FUdR extends the lifespan of the short-lived AP endonuclease mutant in Caenorhabditis elegans in a fertility-dependent manner, Genes & Genetic Systems, 91(4): 201-207
  17. Moriwaki, T., Kato, Y., Nakamura, C., Ishikawa, S., Zhang-Akiyama, QM. (2015/07) A novel DNA damage response mediated by DNA mismatch repair in Caenorhabditis elegans: induction of programmed autophagic cell death in non-dividing cells. Genes Cancer, 6(7-8) : 341-55
  18. Kato, Y., Moriwaki, T., Funakoshi, M., Zhang-Akiyama, QM. (2015/02) Caenorhabditis elegans EXO-3 contributes to longevity and reproduction: Differential roles in somatic cells and germ cells. Mutation Research, 772: 46-54
  19. Moriwaki, T., Kato, S., Kato, Y., Hosoki, A., Zhang-Akiyama, QM. (2013/09) Extension of lifespan and protection against oxidative stress by an antioxidant herb mixture complex (KPG-7) in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, 53(2): 81-8

Reviews & Commentaries

  1. 加藤悠一，田中謙也，蓮沼誠久，第5章 第14節 シアノバクテリアを利用した二酸化炭素からの有用物質生産技術，CO2の有効利用技術の開発，技術情報協会，293-300 (2023/7)
  2. 加藤悠一, 秀瀬涼太, 蓮沼誠久, 特集 藻類バイオマス利用のための新しい生物工学（後半）, 光合成メタボロミクスの物質生産への応用, 生物工学会誌, 99(9), 456-460 (2021/09)
  3. Kato, Y., Hasunuma, T. Metabolic Engineering for Carotenoid Production Using Eukaryotic Microalgae and Prokaryotic Cyanobacteria, Carotenoids: Biosynthetic and Biofunctional Approaches, Springer, 121-135 (2021/04)
  4. 加藤悠一，蓮沼誠久，微細藻類を利用したバイオ燃料とカロテノイド類の生産, レーザー研究, 11，731-734 (2016/11)
  5. 加藤悠一, 船越昌史, 林悠一郎, 秋山(張)秋梅, 生殖・発生・寿命における塩基除去修復の意義, 放射線生物研究, 50:185-197 (2015/06)
  6. 真田悠生, 加藤悠一, 森脇隆仁, 橋口一成, 秋山(張)秋梅, 線虫C. elegansにおける酸化DNAの修復, 放射線生物研究, 45:286-302 (2010/09)