Tomohisa Shimasaki

Tomohisa Shimasaki, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, Hokkaido University

Researchmap: https://researchmap.jp/tshimasaki

2016 Mar
Bachelor of Science

Department of Engineering
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

2018 Mar
Master of Science

Graduate School of Agriculture
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

2021 Sep
Doctor of Agriculture (PhD equivalent)

Graduate School of Agriculture
Kyoto University
(Kazufumi Yazaki and Akifumi Sugiyama’s group)

2018 Apr – 2021 Mar
Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC1)

Funded by the Japanese Society for the Promotin of Science (JSPS)

Graduate School of Agriculture
Kyoto University
(Kazufumi Yazaki and Akifumi Sugiyama’s group)

2021 Apr – 2021 Oct
Research Assistant

Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH)
Kyoto University
(Kazufumi Yazaki and Akifumi Sugiyama’s group)

2021 Nov – 2023 Mar
Postdoctoral Researcher

RIKEN BioResource Research Center
(Yasunori Ichihashi’s group)

2022 Mar – 2022 Jul
Visiting Scientist

Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers
Funded by the Japanese Society for the Promotin of Science (JSPS)

Department of Plant Microbe Interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
(Paul Schulze-Lefert’s group)

2022 Apr – 2023 Mar
Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (PD)

Funded by the Japanese Society for the Promotin of Science (JSPS)

Department of Plant Microbe Interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
(Paul Schulze-Lefert’s group)

2023 Apr – now
Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University

Publications

Aoki N., Shimasaki N., Yazaki W., Sato T., Nakayasu M., Ando A., Kishino S., Ogawa J., Masuda S., Shibata A., Shirasu K., Yazaki K., Sugiyama A. “Discovery of an isoflavone oxidative catabolic pathway in legume root microbiota” bioRxiv (2023) https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.07.552369

島﨑智久, “植物と微生物をつなぐ化学コミュニケーション” バイオミディア (2022) https://doi.org/10.34565/seibutsukogaku.100.4_188

Yazaki, W.*, Shimasaki, T*., Aoki, Y., Masuda, S., Shibata A., Suda, W., Shirasu K., Yazaki K. and Sugiyama, A. “Nitrogen deficiency-induced bacterial community shifts in soybean roots” Microbes and Environments, 36, 3 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00846-21
*These authors contributed equally

Shimasaki, T., Masuda, S., Garrido-Oter, R., Kawasaki, T, Aoki, Y., Shibata A., Suda, W., Shirasu K., Yazaki K., Nakano, RT.# and Sugiyama, A#. “Tobacco root endophytic Arthrobacter harbors genomic features enabling the catabolism of host-specific plant specialized metabolites” mBio, e0084621 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.me21004
#co-corresponding authors

Shimsaki, T*., Yoshida, H.*, Kamitori, S. and Sode, K. “X-ray structures of fructosyl peptide oxidases revealing residues responsible for gating oxygen access in the oxidative half reaction” Scientific Reports, 7, 2790 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02657-5
*These authors contributed equally