Basic Information

Professional Memberships

• 日本ゲノム微生物学会
• American Society for Microbiology
• ビフィズス菌研究会
• 日本農芸化学会
• 腸内細菌学会
• 日本乳酸菌学会

Academic Degree

• 修士（農学）(北海道大学)
• 博士（農学）(北海道大学)

Research History

• From Apr. 2025, To Present

  Ryukoku University, Faculty of Agriculture Department of Life Sciences, 准教授
• From Oct. 2020, To Mar. 2025

  京都大学, 大学院生命科学研究科, 特定准教授
• From Sep. 2020, To Sep. 2020

  京都大学, 大学院生命科学研究科, 特定研究員
• From Sep. 2018, To Aug. 2020

  Technical University of Denmark, National Food Institute, Visiting Researcher (日本学術振興会 海外特別研究員)
• From Apr. 2017, To Aug. 2018

  石川県立大学, 生物資源環境学部, 寄附講座助教
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2017

  石川県立大学, 生物資源環境学部, 特別研究員

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0002-4223-0926

• J-Global ID

  202001018603054930

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/sknkmkys

Research

Research Interests

• 乳児
• 母乳
• 多糖
• アミノ酸
• ビフィズス菌
• 腸内細菌
• 遺伝子操作
• 糖質加水分解酵素
• トランスポーター
• オリゴ糖

Research Areas

• Life sciences, Ecology and environmental science
• Life sciences, Molecular biology
• Life sciences, Functional biochemistry
• Life sciences, Applied biochemistry
• Life sciences, Applied microbiology

Papers

• In vitro competition with Bifidobacterium strains impairs potentially pathogenic growth of Clostridium perfringens on 2′-fucosyllactose

  Aruto Nakajima; Aleksandr A. Arzamasov; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Ryuta Murakami; Tomoya Kozakai; Keisuke Yoshida; Toshihiko Katoh; Miriam; N. Ojima; Junko Hirose; Saeko Nagao; Jin-Zhong Xiao; Toshitaka Odamaki; Dmitry A. Rodionov; Takane Katayama

  Gut Microbes, Mar. 2025, Peer-reviewed

  
• Uptake of fucosylated type I human milk oligosaccharide blocks by Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis

  Morten Ejby Hansen; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Mathias Jensen; Hiroka Sakanaka; Michael Jakob Pichler; Shingo Maeda; Julie Franck Høvring; Aruto Nakajima; Sonja Kunstmann; Tine Sofie Nielsen; Günther Herbert Johannes Peters; Dirk Jan; Slotboom; Jens Preben Morth; Takane Katayama; Maher Abou Hachem

  bioRxiv, Feb. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• An improved temperature-sensitive shuttle vector system for scarless gene deletion in human gut-associated Bifidobacterium species

  Tomoya Kozakai; Aruto Nakajima; Keisuke Miyazawa; Yuki Sasaki; Toshitaka Odamaki; Toshihiko Katoh; Takeshi Fukuma; Jin-zhong Xiao; Tohru Suzuki; Takane Katayama; Mikiyasu Sakanaka

  iScience, Oct. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Human gut-associated Bifidobacterium species salvage exogenous indole, a uremic toxin precursor, to synthesize indole-3-lactic acid via tryptophan

  Yong CC; Sakurai T; Kaneko H; Horigome A; Mitsuyama E; Nakajima A; Katoh T; Sakanaka M; Abe T; Xiao Jz; Tanaka M; Odamaki T; Katayama T

  Gut Microbes, 2024, Peer-reviewed

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• Preferential sugar utilization by bifidobacterial species

  Ryuta Murakami; Keisuke Yoshida; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Tadasu Urashima; Jin-Zhong Xiao; Takane Katayama; Toshitaka Odamaki

  Microbiome Research Reports, Aug. 2023, Peer-reviewed

  
• Lactose or milk oligosaccharide: which is significant among mammals?

  Tadasu Urashima; Risa Horiuchi; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Takane Katayama; Kenji Fukuda

  Animal Frontiers, Jun. 2023, Peer-reviewed

  
• Substrate recognition mode of a glycoside hydrolase family 42 β-galactosidase from Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis (BiBga42A) revealed by crystallographic and mutational analyses

  Aina Gotoh; Masafumi Hidaka; Haruko Sakurama; Mamoru Nishimoto; Motomitsu Kitaoka; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Shinya Fushinobu; Takane Katayama

  Microbiome Research Reports, May 2023, Peer-reviewed

  
• GH20 and GH84 β-N-acetylglucosaminidases with different linkage specificities underpin mucin O-glycan breakdown capability of Bifidobacterium bifidum

  Hiromi Takada; Toshihiko Katoh; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Toshitaka Odamaki; Takane Katayama

  Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2023, Peer-reviewed

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• N-Carbamoylputrescine amidohydrolase of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a dominant species of the human gut microbiota

  Hiromi Shimokawa; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Yuki Fujisawa; Hirokazu Ohta; Yuta Sugiyama; Shin Kurihara

  Biomedicines, Apr. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• A bacterial sulfoglycosidase highlights mucin O-glycan breakdown in the gut ecosystem.

  Toshihiko Katoh; Chihaya Yamada; Michael D Wallace; Ayako Yoshida; Aina Gotoh; Moe Arai; Takako Maeshibu; Toma Kashima; Arno Hagenbeek; Miriam N Ojima; Hiromi Takada; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Hidenori Shimizu; Keita Nishiyama; Hisashi Ashida; Junko Hirose; Maria Suarez-Diez; Makoto Nishiyama; Ikuo Kimura; Keith A Stubbs; Shinya Fushinobu; Takane Katayama

  Nature Chemical Biology, Mar. 2023, Peer-reviewed

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• Gut bacterial aromatic amine production: aromatic amino acid decarboxylase and its effects on peripheral serotonin production

  Yuta Sugiyama; Yumiko Mori; Misaki Nara; Yusuke Kotani; Emiko Nagai; Hiroki Kawada; Mayu Kitamura; Rika Hirano; Hiromi Shimokawa; Akira Nakagawa; Hiromichi Minami; Aina Gotoh; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Noriho Iida; Takashi Koyanagi; Takane Katayama; Shigefumi Okamoto; Shin Kurihara

  Gut Microbes, Dec. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Human milk oligosaccharide utilization in intestinal bifidobacteria is governed by global transcriptional regulator NagR

  Aleksandr A. Arzamasov; Aruto Nakajima; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Miriam N. Ojima; Takane Katayama; Dmitry A. Rodionov; Andrei L. Osterman

  mSystems, Sep. 2022, Peer-reviewed

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• Priority effects shape the structure of infant-type Bifidobacterium communities on human milk oligosaccharides.

  Miriam N Ojima; Lin Jiang; Aleksandr A Arzamasov; Keisuke Yoshida; Toshitaka Odamaki; Jinzhong Xiao; Aruto Nakajima; Motomitsu Kitaoka; Junko Hirose; Tadasu Urashima; Toshihiko Katoh; Aina Gotoh; Douwe van Sinderen; Dmitry A Rodionov; Andrei L Osterman; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Takane Katayama

  The ISME Journal, Jun. 2022, Peer-reviewed

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• A simple method that enhances minority species detection in the microbiota: 16S metagenome-DRIP (Deeper Resolution using an Inhibitory Primer)

  Aruto Nakajima; Keisuke Yoshida; Aina Gotoh; Toshihiko Katoh; Miriam N. Ojima; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Jin-Zhong Xiao; Toshitaka Odamaki; Takane Katayama

  Microbiome Research Reports, May 2022, Peer-reviewed

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• Diversification of a fucosyllactose transporter within the genus Bifidobacterium.

  Miriam N Ojima; Yuya Asao; Aruto Nakajima; Toshihiko Katoh; Motomitsu Kitaoka; Aina Gotoh; Junko Hirose; Tadasu Urashima; Satoru Fukiya; Atsushi Yokota; Maher Abou Hachem; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Takane Katayama

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Jan. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Corresponding author

  
• Bifidobacterium species associated with breastfeeding produce aromatic lactic acids in the infant gut.

  Martin F Laursen; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Nicole von Burg; Urs Mörbe; Daniel Andersen; Janne Marie Moll; Ceyda T Pekmez; Aymeric Rivollier; Kim F Michaelsen; Christian Mølgaard; Mads Vendelbo Lind; Lars O Dragsted; Takane Katayama; Henrik L Frandsen; Anne Marie Vinggaard; Martin I Bahl; Susanne Brix; William Agace; Tine R Licht; Henrik M Roager

  Nature Microbiology, Oct. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Next-generation prebiotic promotes selective growth of bifidobacteria, suppressing Clostridioides difficile

  Rika Hirano; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Kazuto Yoshimi; Naohisa Sugimoto; Syogo Eguchi; Yuko Yamauchi; Misaki Nara; Shingo Maeda; Yuta Ami; Aina Gotoh; Takane Katayama; Noriho Iida; Tamotsu Kato; Hiroshi Ohno; Satoru Fukiya; Atsushi Yokota; Mamoru Nishimoto; Motomitsu Kitaoka; Hiroyuki Nakai; Shin Kurihara

  Gut Microbes, Sep. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Evolution of milk oligosaccharides: Origin and selectivity of the ratio of milk oligosaccharides to lactose among mammals

  Tadasu Urashima; Takane Katayama; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Kenji Fukuda; Michael Messer

  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, Sep. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Ecological and molecular perspectives on responders and non-responders to probiotics and prebiotics.

  Miriam N Ojima; Keisuke Yoshida; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Lin Jiang; Toshitaka Odamaki; Takane Katayama

  Current Opinion in Biotechnology, Aug. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Bifidobacterium response to lactulose ingestion in the gut relies on a solute-binding protein-dependent ABC transporter

  Keisuke Yoshida; Rika Hirano; Yohei Sakai; Moonhak Choi; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Shin Kurihara; Hisakazu Iino; Jin-zhong Xiao; Takane Katayama; Toshitaka Odamaki

  Communications Biology, May 2021, Peer-reviewed

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• Butyrate producing colonic Clostridiales metabolise human milk oligosaccharides and cross feed on mucin via conserved pathways

  Michael Jakob Pichler; Chihaya Yamada; Bashar Shuoker; Camila Alvarez-Silva; Aina Gotoh; Maria Louise Leth; Erwin Schoof; Toshihiko Katoh; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Takane Katayama; Chunsheng Jin; Niclas G. Karlsson; Manimozhiyan Arumugam; Shinya Fushinobu; Maher Abou Hachem

  Nature Communications, Jul. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Development of a new chromogenic method for putrescine quantification using coupling reactions involving putrescine oxidase

  Yuta Sugiyama; Hirokazu Ohta; Rika Hirano; Hiromi Shimokawa; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Takashi Koyanagi; Shin Kurihara

  Analytical Biochemistry, Mar. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Application of Recombinase-Based In Vivo Expression Technology to Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum for Identification of Genes Induced in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Mice

  Hiroka Koguchi; Natsumi Ishigami; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Kako Yoshida; Sayaka Hiratou; Mina Shimada; Satoru Fukiya; Kei Sonoyama; Atsushi Yokota

  Microorganisms, Mar. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Enzymatic Adaptation of Bifidobacterium bifidum to Host Glycans, Viewed from Glycoside Hydrolyases and Carbohydrate-Binding Modules

  Toshihiko Katoh; Miriam N. Ojima; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Hisashi Ashida; Aina Gotoh; Takane Katayama

  Microorganisms, Mar. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Varied Pathways of Infant Gut-Associated Bifidobacterium to Assimilate Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Prevalence of the Gene Set and Its Correlation with Bifidobacteria-Rich Microbiota Formation

  Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Aina Gotoh; Keisuke Yoshida; Toshitaka Odamaki; Hiroka Koguchi; Jin-zhong Xiao; Motomitsu Kitaoka; Takane Katayama

  Nutrients, Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

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• Evolutionary adaptation in fucosyllactose uptake systems supports bifidobacteria-infant symbiosis

  Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Morten Ejby Hansen; Aina Gotoh; Toshihiko Katoh; Keisuke Yoshida; Toshitaka Odamaki; Hiroyuki Yachi; Yuta Sugiyama; Shin Kurihara; Junko Hirose; Tadasu Urashima; Jin-zhong Xiao; Motomitsu Kitaoka; Satoru Fukiya; Atsushi Yokota; Leila Lo Leggio; Maher Abou Hachem; Takane Katayama

  Science Advances, Aug. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

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• Sharing of human milk oligosaccharides degradants within bifidobacterial communities in faecal cultures supplemented with Bifidobacterium bifidum

  Aina Gotoh; Toshihiko Katoh; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Yiwei Ling; Chihaya Yamada; Sadaki Asakuma; Tadasu Urashima; Yusuke Tomabechi; Ayako Katayama-Ikegami; Shin Kurihara; Kenji Yamamoto; Gaku Harata; Fang He; Junko Hirose; Motomitsu Kitaoka; Shujiro Okuda; Takane Katayama

  Scientific Reports, Dec. 2018, Peer-reviewed

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• Analysis of polyamine biosynthetic- and transport ability of human indigenous Bifidobacterium

  Yuta Sugiyama; Misaki Nara; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Aya Kitakata; Shujiro Okuda; Shin Kurihara

  Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, Sep. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• A Transposon Mutagenesis System forBifidobacterium longumsubsp.longumBased on an IS3Family Insertion Sequence, ISBlo11

  Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Shingo Nakakawaji; Shin Nakajima; Satoru Fukiya; Arisa Abe; Wataru Saburi; Haruhide Mori; Atsushi Yokota

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Jun. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Functional analysis of arginine decarboxylase gene speA of Bacteroides dorei by markerless gene deletion

  Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Yuta Sugiyama; Misaki Nara; Aya Kitakata; Shin Kurihara

  FEMS Microbiology Letters, Feb. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Comprehensive analysis of polyamine transport and biosynthesis in the dominant human gut bacteria: Potential presence of novel polyamine metabolism and transport genes

  Yuta Sugiyama; Misaki Nara; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Aina Gotoh; Aya Kitakata; Shujiro Okuda; Shin Kurihara

  The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Dec. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Use of Gifu Anaerobic Medium for culturing 32 dominant species of human gut microbes and its evaluation based on short-chain fatty acids fermentation profiles

  Aina Gotoh; Misaki Nara; Yuta Sugiyama; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Hiroyuki Yachi; Aya Kitakata; Akira Nakagawa; Hiromichi Minami; Shujiro Okuda; Toshihiko Katoh; Takane Katayama; Shin Kurihara

  Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, Oct. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Molecular Insight into Evolution of Symbiosis between Breast-Fed Infants and a Member of the Human Gut Microbiome Bifidobacterium longum

  Chihaya Yamada; Aina Gotoh; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Mitchell Hattie; Keith A. Stubbs; Ayako Katayama-Ikegami; Junko Hirose; Shin Kurihara; Takatoshi Arakawa; Motomitsu Kitaoka; Shujiro Okuda; Takane Katayama; Shinya Fushinobu

  Cell Chemical Biology, Apr. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• A Novel Putrescine Exporter SapBCDF ofEscherichia coli

  Yuta Sugiyama; Atsuo Nakamura; Mitsuharu Matsumoto; Ayaka Kanbe; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Kyohei Higashi; Kazuei Igarashi; Takane Katayama; Hideyuki Suzuki; Shin Kurihara

  Journal of Biological Chemistry, Dec. 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• Carboxyspermidine decarboxylase of the prominent intestinal microbiota species Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is required for spermidine biosynthesis and contributes to normal growth

  Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Yuta Sugiyama; Aya Kitakata; Takane Katayama; Shin Kurihara

  Amino Acids, Oct. 2016, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Isolation and transposition properties of ISBlo11, an active insertion sequence belonging to the IS3 family, from Bifidobacterium longum 105-A

  Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Satoru Fukiya; Ryoko Kobayashi; Arisa Abe; Yosuke Hirayama; Yasunobu Kano; Atsushi Yokota

  FEMS Microbiology Letters, 01 Apr. 2015, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Complete Genome Sequence of Bifidobacterium longum 105-A, a Strain with High Transformation Efficiency

  Y. Kanesaki; H. Masutani; M. Sakanaka; Y. Shiwa; T. Fujisawa; Y. Nakamura; A. Yokota; S. Fukiya; T. Suzuki; H. Yoshikawa

  Genome Announcements, Dec. 2014, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Functional analysis of bifidobacterial promoters in Bifidobacterium longum and Escherichia coli using the α-galactosidase gene as a reporter

  Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Saki Tamai; Yosuke Hirayama; Ai Onodera; Hiroka Koguchi; Yasunobu Kano; Atsushi Yokota; Satoru Fukiya

  Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Nov. 2014, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Development of a Double-Crossover Markerless Gene Deletion System in Bifidobacterium longum: Functional Analysis of the α-Galactosidase Gene for Raffinose Assimilation

  Yosuke Hirayama; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Hidenori Fukuma; Hiroki Murayama; Yasunobu Kano; Satoru Fukiya; Atsushi Yokota

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Jul. 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Technological Advances in Bifidobacterial Molecular Genetics: Application to Functional Genomics and Medical Treatments

  Satoru FUKIYA; Yosuke HIRAYAMA; Mikiyasu SAKANAKA; Yasunobu KANO; Atsushi YOKOTA

  Bioscience of Microbiota, Food and Health, Apr. 2012, Peer-reviewed

  

Misc.

• 実用化が見込まれるヒトミルクオリゴ糖2′-フコシルラクトースについて

  阪中幹祥; 堀米綾子; 小田巻俊孝; 片山高嶺

  科学と工業, 2024, Lead author

  
• 乳児期の腸内細菌叢とヒト母乳オリゴ糖：分子・菌体・菌叢レベルでの解析から見えてきたこと

  幹祥 阪中; 高嶺 片山

  Bulletin of Applied Glycoscience, 2022, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Diverse strategies for utilizing fucosylated human milk oligosaccharides found in bifidobacteria

  Mikiyasu Sakanaka

  Glycoforum, 2022, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• 人乳成分を介した乳児期の腸内細菌叢形成およびヒトとの相互作用

  阪中幹祥; 片山高嶺

  FFIジャーナル, 2022, Lead author

  
• ヒト母乳オリゴ糖に高く適応しているビフィズス菌種Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis

  阪中幹祥

  ミルクサイエンス, 2021, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• 諸外国で始まった乳児用調製粉乳への2′-フコシルラクトース添加—その科学的背景と現状—

  阪中幹祥; 片山高嶺

  化学と生物, 2020, Lead author

  
• ヒト母乳オリゴ糖を介した乳児腸管におけるビフィズスフローラ形成機構

  後藤愛那; 加藤紀彦; 阪中幹祥; 片山高嶺

  腸内フローラの形成と疾患, 2018

  
• Genetic manipulation and gene modification technologies in bifidobacteria

  Satoru Fukiya; Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Atsushi Yokota

  The bifidobacteria and related organisms: biology, taxonomy, applications, 2017

  
• 母乳オリゴ糖によって支えられる腸内細菌と宿主の共生

  阪中幹祥

  生物工学会誌, 2017, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• 遺伝子変異導入法の確立により見えてきたビフィズス菌の腸管定着因子

  阪中幹祥; 吹谷智; 横田篤

  日本乳酸菌学会誌, 2013, Lead author

  

Presentations

• 細菌の遺伝子機能から見る腸内細菌とヒトの共生

  関西バイオものづくりフォーラム2025, 05 Mar. 2025, Invited

  
• Evolutionary adaptation of oligosaccharide uptake systems within the genus Bifidobacterium

  Sakanaka M

  The 1st International Symposium on Bifidobacterium Research, 12 Oct. 2024, Invited

  
• 留学報告：デンマークでの研究生活について

  阪中幹祥

  日本乳酸菌学会2023年度秋期セミナー, 20 Oct. 2023, Invited

  
• Bifidobacteria-infant symbiosis supported by human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) uptake

  Sakanaka M

  Danish Innovation Webinar in Pro/prebiotics and Gut Health - Good Health and Well-Being (SDG3), 10 Nov. 2020, Invited

  
• 有用腸内細菌ビフィズス菌のランダム変異導入系の開発

  阪中幹祥

  平成27年度日本農芸化学会北海道支部第2回講演会, 14 Nov. 2015, Invited

  
• 母乳成分の代謝から捉える腸内細菌とヒトの共生

  阪中幹祥

  第一回微生物代謝研究会, 11 May 2024, Invited

  
• ビフィズス菌とヒトの共生を支える腸内代謝物

  阪中 幹祥

  日本微生物生態学会第36回浜松大会, 28 Nov. 2023, Invited

  
• ヒト乳児腸内に棲息するビフィズス菌の生理学的役割：母乳成分の代謝から分かってきたこと

  阪中幹祥

  第95回日本細菌学会総会, 30 Mar. 2022, Invited

  
• 母乳オリゴ糖利用戦略から見えてきたビフィズス菌と宿主の共進化の軌跡

  阪中幹祥

  酪農科学シンポジウム2021, 24 Sep. 2021, Invited

  
• 人乳成分の代謝から考えるビフィズス菌の適応進化戦略

  阪中幹祥

  ビフィズス菌研究会設立記念第一回シンポジウム, 12 Mar. 2021, Invited

  
• Adaptive evolution strategy of bifidobacteria found from the characterization of human milk oligosaccharide transporters

  Sakanaka M

  The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, 03 Dec. 2020, Invited

  
• 乳児腸内で優勢なビフィズス菌の母乳オリゴ糖の資化戦略

  阪中幹祥

  第10回北陸合同バイオシンポジウム, 11 Nov. 2017, Invited

  

External funds: Kakenhi

• Molecular mechanisms underlying the utilisation of oligosaccharides by infant gut-associated bacteria

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 38020:Applied microbiology-related

  Kyoto University

  Mikiyasu Sakanaka

  From 01 Apr. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2023, Project Closed

  腸内細菌;ビフィズス菌;オリゴ糖;分子機構

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K14770/
• Sugar utilization strategy of bifidobacteria that supports the symbiosis with their hosts

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 38020:Applied microbiology-related

  Kyoto University;Ishikawa Prefectural University

  Mikiyasu Sakanaka

  From 01 Apr. 2018, To 31 Mar. 2021, Project Closed

  ビフィズス菌;母乳オリゴ糖;トランスポーター;遺伝子操作;共生;遺伝子破壊

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14379/
• シアロオリゴ糖代謝を起点とした腸内細菌と宿主の共生機構の解明

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

  Basic Section 43030:Functional biochemistry-related

  Kyoto University

  阪中 幹祥

  From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted

  腸内細菌;ビフィズス菌;シアロオリゴ糖;シアル酸

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23H02435/
• シアロオリゴ糖代謝を起点とした腸内細菌と宿主の共生機構の解明

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

  Basic Section 43030:Functional biochemistry-related

  Kyoto University

  阪中 幹祥

  From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted

  腸内細菌;ビフィズス菌;シアロオリゴ糖;シアル酸

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23K27128/
• ヒト腸内におけるダークマター「腸内ファージ」の生態的および生理的意義の解明に挑む

  Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

  Medium-sized Section 45:Biology at organismal to population levels and anthropology, and related fields

  Kyoto University

  阪中 幹祥

  From 28 Jun. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2027, Adopted

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-24K21989/
• ヒト腸内におけるダークマター「腸内ファージ」の生態的および生理的意義の解明に挑む

  Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

  Medium-sized Section 45:Biology at organismal to population levels and anthropology, and related fields

  Kyoto University

  阪中 幹祥

  From 28 Jun. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2027, Granted

  腸内細菌;ファージ;ゲノム;遺伝学的解析

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-24K21989/

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Experimental Practice in Biology I

  N420, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Experimental Practice in Biology I

  N420, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Experimental Practice in Biology I

  N420, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2