Toru Shimada

(嶋田透)

Profile Information

Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Science Department of Life Science, Gakushuin University
(Emeritus Professor), The University of Tokyo

Degree: Ph.D.(Mar, 1987, The University of Tokyo)

Researcher number: 20202111
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5791-0000
J-GLOBAL ID: 200901095804616011
Researcher ID: A-2033-2011
researchmap Member ID: 1000012955

External link: https://bombycoid.jp/t/

Genetic and molecular biological studies on the silkworm and other lepidopteran insects. Special interests in development, reproduction, physiology, behavior, and evolution.

Research Interests

Research Areas

Major Research History

Apr, 2019 - Present

Professor, Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science, Gakushuin University
Oct, 2017 - Mar, 2019

Professor, Collaboration Research Organization, The University of Tokyo
May, 2004 - Mar, 2019

Professor (Since June 2020, Professor Emeritus), Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 1996 - May, 2004

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Jun, 1995 - Mar, 1996

Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
Aug, 1990 - May, 1995

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
Jul, 1988 - Mar, 1991

Researcher, Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Health, Japan
Apr, 1988 - Jun, 1988

Postdoctoral Fellow (Department of Agrobiology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo）, JSPS (Japanese Society for Promotion of Science)
Apr, 1987 - Mar, 1988

Research Resident (Department of Cellular Immunology, National Institute of Health, Japan), FPCR (Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research)

Education

Apr, 1984 - Mar, 1987

Department of Agrobiology (Doctor Course), Graduate School of Agriculture, University of Tokyo
Apr, 1982 - Mar, 1984

Department of Agrobiology (Master Course), Graduate School of Agriculture, University of Tokyo
- Mar, 1984

Teacher License (High School - Natural Science)
Apr, 1980 - Mar, 1982

Department of Agrobiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo
Apr, 1978 - Mar, 1980

Natural Sciences II, University of Tokyo

Major Committee Memberships

120

Jun, 2024 - Present

Committee Member, Subcommittee of Applied Entomology, Committee of Agricultural Sciences, Science Coucil of Japan
Jun, 2024 - Present

Member (Specific Mission), Subcommittee of Applied Entomology, Committee of Agricultural Sciences, Science Coucil of Japan
Jun, 2022 - Present

Councilor, Dong Hua Educational and Cultural Exchange Foundation
Mar, 2019 - Present

Board Member, Japanese Society of Sericultural Science
Jul, 2018 - Present

Board Member, The Agricultural Academy of Japan
Jan, 2014 - Present

Editorial Board Member, Sericologia (International Sericultural Commission)
Mar, 2011 - Present

Council Member, Dainippon Silk Foundation
Sep, 2002 - Present

運営委員, ナショナルバイオリソースプロジェクト「カイコ」運営委員会
Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2026

Dean, Gakushuin University
Dec, 2020 - Mar, 2025

Standing Committee Member, The Local organizing Committee (LOC), The Union of the Japanese Societies for Insect Sciences (UJSIS)
Mar, 2015 - Mar, 2019

会長, 日本蚕糸学会
Oct, 2014 - Sep, 2017

副委員長, 日本学術会議農学委員会
Oct, 2011 - Sep, 2017

委員長, 日本学術会議農学委員会応用昆虫学分科会
Oct, 2011 - Sep, 2017

Council Member, Science Council of Japan
Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2016

機構長, 東京大学大学院農学生命科学研究科附属生態調和農学機構

Awards

Mar, 2009

Japanese Society of Sericultural Science Award, Studies on genome function in the silkworm through transcriptome analyses, Japanese Society of Sericultural Science

Toru Shimada
Apr, 2005

Japanese Society of Sericultural Science Special Award, Research on whole-genome sequencing in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, Japanese Society of Sericultural Science

Japanese Group for the Whole-Genome Sequencing of the Silkworm
Apr, 1993

Award for Promotion of Sericultural Science, Japanese Society of Sericultural Science, Homeotic transformation in ENk mutant cells is not affected by neighboring normal cells in genetic mosaics of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, Japanese Society of Sericultural Science

Toru Shimada

Papers

257

Hormonal control of vitellogenin mRNA levels in the male and female housefly, Musca domestica

Agui, N., Shimada, T., Izumi, S., Tomino, S.

Journal of Insect Physiology, 37(5), 1991 Peer-reviewed
Diapause of the Inter-Specific F_1 Hybrids between Antheraea yamamai (GUERIN-MENEVILLE) and A.pernyi (G.-M.) : (Lepidoptera : Saturniidae)

SHIMADA Toru, YAMAUCHI Hideo, KOBAYASHI Masahiko

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 32(2) 120-125, May, 1988
The detection of mosaics and polyploids in a hereditary mosaic strain of the silk moth, Bombyx mori, using egg colour mutants

Ebinuma, H., Kobayashi, M., Kobayashi, J., Shimada, T., Yoshitake, N.

Genetical Research, 51(3), 1988 Peer-reviewed
Characterization of Arylphorin of the Eri-silkmoth, Samia cynthia ricini (DONOVAN) : Lepidoptera : Saturniidae

SHIMADA Toru, NAGATA Masao, YOSHITAKE Narumi

Applied entomology and zoology, 22(4) 543-552, Nov, 1987
Expression of homeotic genes in Bombyx mori estimated from asymmetry of dorsal closure in mutant/normal mosaics

Shimada, T., Ebinuma, H., Kobayashi, M.

Journal of Experimental Zoology, 240(3), 1986 Peer-reviewed
Properties of variants of storage proteins in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Toru Shimada, Masao Nagata, Masahiko Kobayashi, Narumi Yoshi-Take

The Journal of Sericultural Science of Japan, 54(6) 470-475, Dec, 1985
Genetical analysis of storage proteins in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Toru Shimada, Masahiko Kobayashi, Narumi Yoshitake

The Journal of Sericultural Science of Japan, 54(6) 464-469, Dec, 1985

Major Misc.

178

From Insect Genomics and Biotechnology Research to the Insect Industry of the Future

Toru Shimada

MDB Technology Forecast Report, ─2050年未来・世界を変える技術─ (日本能率協会総合研究所) 4. 農林水産・食品・バイオテクノロジー分野 1-14ページ, Apr, 2025 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
Science Council of Japan and Union of Japanese Societies for Insect Sciences:Background of ICE2024 Kyoto

Toru Shimada

THE NATURE & INSECTS, 60(5) (2025年4月臨時増刊号特集・国際昆虫学会議の報告=小野正人編) 31-34ページ, Apr, 2025 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
第27回国際昆虫学会議から

嶋田透

シルクレポート, 84 14-16, Jan, 2025 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
蚕糸偉人の足跡を訪ねる第3回「外山亀太郎」

嶋田透

シルクレポート, 76 19-22, Jan, 2023 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
チョウ目昆虫のゲノム情報の整備状況と野蚕ゲノム解析. (特集野蚕のバイオリソースとゲノム情報).

嶋田透

蚕糸・昆虫バイオテック, 90(3) 165-177, Dec, 2021 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
「野蚕のバイオリソースとゲノム情報」を特集するにあたって. (特集野蚕のバイオリソースとゲノム情報).

嶋田透

蚕糸・昆虫バイオテック, 90(3) 129-131, Dec, 2021 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author

Major Books and Other Publications

農業昆虫学（藤崎憲治・石川幸男編）（朝倉農学大系７：大杉立・堤伸浩監修）

藤崎憲治, 後藤哲雄, 多田内修, 石川幸男, 嶋田透, 矢野栄二 (Role: Joint author, 第６章農業昆虫のゲノムと遺伝子（6.1 ゲノム解析、6.2 オミクス解析、6.3 染色体の構造と機能、6.4 核外DNAとメタゲノムの解析、6.5 遺伝子の機能、6.6 ゲノム改変技術と逆遺伝学、6.7 昆虫ゲノム研究の応用）pp.218-248、第８章農業昆虫の利用（8.3 有用昆虫の生産物の利用）の一部（8.3.1 カイコ pp.297-302、8.3.2 野蚕 pp.302-304、8.3.4 フェロモン・ホルモン pp.307-308、8.3.5 ホタルの発光酵素の利用 p.308、8.3.9 薬用昆虫（昆虫感染微生物の薬用利用を含む）pp.314-315、8.3.10 昆虫を用いた有用物質の生産 pp.315-318）)

朝倉書店, Oct 21, 2023 (ISBN: 9784254405774)
カイコの科学

日本蚕糸学会 (Role: Joint editor, 2.1. カイコの遺伝研究の歴史 (pp.31-34))

朝倉書店, Jul, 2020 (ISBN: 9784254420432)
カイコの実験単―カイコで生命科学をまるごと理解! (『生物の科学遺伝』別冊No.23)(監修:日本蚕糸学会)

嶋田透 (Role: Contributor, かいこの特徴と歴史 (pp.14-19))

株式会社エヌ・ティー・エス, Mar, 2019
"Silkworm Biofactory: Silkroad to Bioroad”, Edited by Katsumi Maenaka and Enoch Y. Park

Toru Shimada (Role: Contributor, Basic and Applied Genetics of Silkworms (Chapter 1))

CRC Press, Nov, 2018 (ISBN: 9781138328129)
進化の謎をゲノムで解く（細胞工学別冊；監修長谷部光泰）

嶋田透 (Role: Contributor, 昆虫の食性の進化を遺伝子で説明できるか? 〜カイコガ科におけるクワへの適応を例にして〜 (pp. 114-123))

学研メディカル秀潤社, Sep, 2015 (ISBN: 9784780909227)
脱皮と変態の生物学 - 昆虫と甲殻類のホルモン作用の謎を追う（園部治之・長澤寛道編）

嶋田透 (Role: Contributor, 昆虫のゲノム情報とその利用（第11章）pp. 331-352)

東海大学出版会, 2011

Major Teaching Experience

Apr, 2020 - Present

統合生命科学特論II (学習院大学大学院自然科学研究科生命科学専攻)
Sep, 2019 - Present

Fundamental Life Science (Gakushuin University, Faculty of Science)
Apr, 2019 - Present

Molecular and Cellular Biology (Gakushuin University, Faculty of Science, Department of Life Science)
Apr, 2019 - Present

生命科学輪講 (学習院大学理学部生命科学科)

Major Professional Memberships

2023 - Present

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
2021 - Present

The Lepidopterists' Society
2005 - Present

The Agricultural Academy of Japan
1999 - Present

SOCIETY OF EVOLUTIONARY STUDIES, JAPAN
1987 - Present

Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology
1986 - Present

Japanese Society for Wild Silkmoths
1985 - Present

The Molecular Biology Society of Japan
1983 - Present

The Japanese Society of Sericultural Science

Major Research Projects

昆虫休眠における環境応答スキームの包括的理解と農学的展開

科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2026 - Mar, 2030

塩見邦博, 嶋田透, 横井翔, 李允求, 上樂明也, 木矢剛智, 内野恵郎
Elucidation of novel functions and industrial applications of Lepidoptera-specific kynureninase derived from horizontal gene transfer

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2025 - Mar, 2029
ニトリル加水分解酵素の改変によるカイコの植物毒素解毒能の強化と超広食性品種の開発

科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, Jun, 2026 - Mar, 2029

嶋田透, 李允求
Loss and bacterial-origin reacquisition of the genes for tryptophan metabolism: biological significance and industrial application

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2025

Shimada Toru
Biochemical and genetic studies on mesoderm differentiation in insects using silkworm mutants and their application to development of insect growth regulators

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jul, 2021 - Mar, 2025

Shimada Toru
Studies on molecular mechanism controlling food preference in Bombyx mori and the related silkmoths and the process of their evolution and domestication of their food

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2021

Shimada Toru
Functional analysis of the Bmznf-2 gene in sex determination of the silkworm Bombyx mori by transgenesis and genome editing

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2019
Cross talk among sex determination cascade, gene dosage compensation, and recombination supression in the silkworms

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

Shimada Toru
Evolution of host plant selection in the mulberry silkworm and other bombycoids

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2016

Shimada Toru, Katsuma Susumu, Daimon Takaaki, Kiuchi Takashi, Daimon Takaaki, Fujii Tsuguru, Kiuchi Takashi, Wang Huabing, Katsuma Susumu
Genetic Bases for the Evolution of Complex Adaptive Traits

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2016

HASEBE MITSUYASU, KURATANI SHIGERU, SHIMADA TORU, FUJIWARA HARUHIKO, KAWAGUCHI MASAYOSHI, FUKATSU TAKEMA, NISHIYAMA TOMOAKI, OKADA NORIHIRO, AGATA KIYOKAZU, KAWATA MASAKADO, GO MITIKO, TOYODA ATSUSHI, FUJIYAMA ASAO, MOCHIZUKI ATSUSHI, YAHARA TETSUKAZU
Genetic and molecular mechanism for information processing in the brain of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2012 - 2014

SHIMADA Toru
Studies on membrane traffic in metazoans using the silkworm mutants and the development of a new model organism for the drug discovery

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2012 - 2013

SHIMADA Toru

Industrial Property Rights

特開2003-125770 フェロモン腺特異的アシルCoA結合タンパク質

松本正吾, 吉賀豊司, 岡野和広, 三田和英, 嶋田透, 小柴生造, 木川隆則, 廣田洋, 横山茂之

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