RESEARCHERID

Tomoya Nakayama

Co-Principal Investigator, Designated Lecturer

Website：https://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~aphysiol/
E-mail：nakayama.tomoya.r8[at]f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp　(Please replace [at] with @ when sending an email.)

Profile

2012B.S.; Nagoya University
2014M.S.; Nagoya University
2014-2015Sekisui Medical Co., Ltd.
2019Dr. Agr.; Nagoya University
2018-2019JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC2)
2019-2020JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (PD)
2020-2025Designated Assistant Professor (YLC); Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University
2025-2025Designated Assistant Professor; Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University
2025-presentDesignated Lecturer; WPI-ITbM, Nagoya University

Research Highlights

Selected Awards and Honors

2025 Japanese Society for Chronobiology Young Investigator Award
2025 Wakashachi Incentive Award, Basic Research Division, Excellence Award
2024 The Zoological Society of Japan Young Investigator Award

Selected Publications

  • Nakayama, T.; Tanikawa, M.; Okushi, Y.; Itoh, T.; Shimmura, T.; Maruyama, M.; Yamaguchi, T.; Matsumiya, A.; Shinomiya, A.; Guh, Y.J.; Chen, J.; Naruse, K.; Kudoh, H.; Kondo, Y.; Naoki, H.; Aoki, K.; Nagano, A.J.; Yoshimura, T. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2023, 120, e2313514120. A transcriptional program underlying the circannual rhythms of gonadal development in medaka. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313514120
  • Nakayama, T.; Okimura, K.; Shen, J.; Guh, Y.J.; Tamai, T.K.; Shimada, A.; Minou, S.; Okushi, Y.; Shimmura, T.; Furukawa, Y.; Kadofusa, N.; Sato, A.; Nishimura, T.; Tanaka, M.; Nakayama, K.; Shiina, N.; Yamamoto, N.; Loudon, A.S.; Nishiwaki-Ohkawa, T.; Shinomiya, A.; Nabeshima, T.; Nakane, Y.; Yoshimura, T. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2020, 117, 9594-9603. Seasonal changes in NRF2 antioxidant pathway regulates winter depression-like behavior. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2000278117
  • Nakayama, T.; Shimmura, T.; Shinomiya, A.; Okimura, K.; Takehana, Y.; Furukawa, Y.; Shimo, T.; Senga, T.; Nakatsukasa, M.; Nishimura, T.; Tanaka, M.; Okubo, K.; Kamei, Y.; Naruse, K.; Yoshimura, T. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 2019, 3, 845-852. Seasonal regulation of the lncRNA LDAIR modulates self-protective behaviors during the breeding season. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0866-6
  • Shimmura, T.; Nakayama, T.; Shinomiya, A.; Fukamachi, S.; Yasugi, M.; Watanabe, E.; Shimo, T.; Senga, T.; Nishimura, T.; Tanaka, M.; Kamei, Y.; Naruse, K.; Yoshimura T. Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 412. Dynamic plasticity in phototransduction regulates seasonal changes in color perception. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00432-8