FUJIWARA Takayuki

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Affiliation

Applied Algal Ecology & Blue Innovation Research Unit (Energy)

Position
Senior Researcher
Final Education
Completed the Doctoral Program in Life Science, Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University
Degree(s)
Doctor of Science
Research Keywords
Algae, Organelle DNA Replication, Chloroplasts, Cell Cycle, Molecular Genetics
Research Area
Algal Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Organelle Biology, Biotechnology
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Academic Affiliations

  • The Botanical Society of Japan
  • The Japanese Society of Plant Morphology
  • The Japan Mendel Society 

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Patents / Industrial Property Rights

  • Japanese Patent No. 7580801, “Drug Delivery Composition”
    Inventors: Takayuki Fujiwara, Shunsuke Hirooka, Shin-ya Miyagishima, and Tsutomu Omatsu
    Patent Holder: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) 
  • Japanese Patent No. 7233667, “Method for Producing Disintegrable Unicellular Red Algae and Medium for Disintegrable Unicellular Red Algae”
    Inventors: Yume Kokubun, Gaku Ehara, Shin-ya Miyagishima, Shunsuke Hirooka, and Takayuki Fujiwara
    Patent Holders: DIC Corporation and Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) 

Peer-Reviewed Papers

  • IPTG- and estradiol-inducible gene expression systems in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Fujiwara, T.Hirooka, S., Yamashita, S., and Miyagishima, S.-Y. Plant Physiology, 200(1), kiaf575 (2026).
  • Development of a rapamycin-inducible protein-knockdown system in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Fujiwara, T.Hirooka, S., Yamashita, S., Yagisawa, F., and Miyagishima, S.-Y. Plant Physiology, 196(1), 77–94 (2024).
  • Relationship between cell cycle and diel transcriptomic changes in metabolism in a unicellular red alga. Fujiwara, T.Hirooka, S., Ohbayashi, R., Onuma, R., and Miyagishima, S.-Y. Plant Physiology, 183(4), 1484–1501 (2020). 

Books

Contributed:
Cyanidioschyzon merolae: A New Model Eukaryote for Cell and Organelle Biology.
Kuroiwa, T., Miyagishima, S.-Y., Matsunaga, S., Sato, N., Nozaki, H., Tanaka, K., and Misumi, O. (eds.) Springer Singapore (2018). 

・Cell Cycle and Organelle Division Cycle in Cyanidioschyzon merolaeFujiwara, T. pp. 177–185.
・Procedures for Transformation and Their Applications in Cyanidioschyzon merolaeFujiwara, T., and Ohnuma, M. pp. 87–103.
・“Omics” Analyses of Cyanidioschyzon merolae Based on Complete Genome Information.Yoshida, M., and Fujiwara, T. pp. 73–85. 

 

Lectures / Oral Presentations, etc.

  • Takayuki Fujiwara, “Contributions to the Continuous Development of Research Tools and Technologies for the Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae”, The 2nd Meeting of the Japan Mendel Society, Fukui, Japan, June 14, 2025 
  • Takayuki Fujiwara, “Toward Molecular Genetic Studies on Acidothermophilic Red Algae in Their Natural Habitats”, ICOP/ISOP 2025, Republic of Korea, June 25, 2025

  • Takayuki Fujiwara “Development of a Rapamycin-Inducible Protein Knockdown System in the Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae”, Symbiosis Symposium, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea, February 16, 2024 

Awards

  • June 14, 2025, The 11th CYTOLOGIA Incentive Award,  “Contributions to the Continuous Development of Research on the Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, The Japan Mendel Society
  • September 15, 2016, Young Investigator Award, the 28th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Morphology, “Toward Understanding the Relationship between Diel Rhythms and Cell-Cycle Progression in Eukaryotic Algae”, The Japanese Society of Plant Morphology 

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