Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Shoji Kawamura


Personal Data
　　Born September 26, 1962, Nagasaki City, Japan
　　Male
　　Nationality: Japanese

Business Address
　　Department of Integrated Biosciences
　　Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
　　The University of Tokyo
　　Seimeitou 502
　　5-1-5 Kashiwanoha
　　Kashiwa-City, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
　　tel: +81-4-7136-3683
　　fax: +81-4-7136-3692
　　e-mail: kawamura[at]edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Education

1986.3 BS, Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
1988.3 MS, Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Under supervision of Dr. Shintaroh Ueda and Prof. Keiichi Omoto
Thesis: Genomic organization of hominoid immunoglobulin epsilon and alpha genes
1991.3 PhD, Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Under supervision of Prof. Shintaroh Ueda
Thesis: Evolution of the immunoglobulin alpha gene in higher primates
1991.4 Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Department of Anthropology, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Shintaroh Ueda Laboratory {~1992.7}
Evolution of immunoglobulin CH genes in primates
1992.1 Postdoctoral Research Associate of Syracuse University
Department of Biology
Shozo Yokoyama laboratory {~1996.8}
Genomic and spectral characterization of visual pigment genes of American chameleon and pigeon

Professional Positions

1996.9 Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo {~1999.3}
1999.4 Associate Professor
Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2010.10 Full Professor
Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2017.4 Head, Department of Integrated Biosciences {~2019.3}
2022.4 Head, Department of Integrated Biosciences {~2023.3}
2023.4 Chair, Division of Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences {~2025.3}
2025.4 Vice Dean, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences {~2027.3}


Publications

[PDF or reprint is available upon request (kawamura@edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp)]

* Corresponding author

<Original articles in peer-reviewed journals>
  1. *Jack, K. M., Kulick, N. K., Valerie A.M. Schoof, V. A. M., Wikberg, E., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M. (2025 Jan). And baby makes three: Postpartum changes in male-female affiliative interactions in white-faced capuchins. American Journal of Primatology, 87 (1): e23691.
  2. *Akhtar, M. S. and Kawamura, S. (2024 Jul 27). A protocol to extract a specific genomic region from a public whole-genome database and modify analytical bin length for population genetic studies. Methods and Protocols, 7 (4): 57.
  3. Hou, M., Akhtar, M. S., Hayashi, M., Ashino, R., Matsumoto-Oda, A., Hayakawa, T., Ishida, T, Melin, A. D., Imai, H. and *Kawamura, S. (2024 Jul). Reduction of bitter taste receptor gene family in folivorous colobine primates relative to omnivorous cercopithecine primates. Primates, 65: (4): 311-331. Press Release, Apr. 12, 2024
  4. Sakamoto, S., Matsushita, Y., Itoigawa, A., Ezawa, T., Fujitani, T., Takakura, K., Zhou, Y., Zhang, G., Grutzner, F., *Kawamura, S. and *Hayakawa, T. (2024 Jan 2). Color vision evolution in egg-laying mammals: insights from visual photoreceptors and daily activities of Australian echidnas. Zoological Letters, 10: 2.
  5. Suire, A., Kunita, I. Harel, R., Crofoot, M., Mutinda, M., Kamau, M., Hassel, J. M., Murray, S., Kawamura, S., *Matsumoto-Oda, A. (2023 Nov 8). Estimating individual exposure to predation risk in group-living baboons, Papio Anubis. PLoS ONE, 18(11): e0287357.
  6. *Hiramatsu, C., Takashima, T., Sakaguchi, H., Chen, X., Tajima, S., Seno, T. and Kawamura, S. (2023 Sep 13). Influence of colour vision on attention to, and impression of, complex aesthetic images. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290 (2006): 20231332.
  7. *#Melin, A. D., *#Veilleux, C. C., Janiak, M. C., Hiramatsu, C., Sanchez-Solano, K. G., Lundeen, I. K., Webb, S. E., Williamson, R. E., Mah, M. A., Murillo-Chacon, E., Schaffner, C. M., Hernandez-Salazar, L., Aureli, F. and *Kawamura, S. (2022 Aug 31). Anatomy and dietary specialization influence sensory behaviour among sympatric primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289 (1981): 20220847. #Equally contributed..
  8. *Munds, R. A., Cooper, E., Janiak, M. C., Lam, L. G., DeCasien, A., Surratt, S. B., Montague, M., Martinez, M., Cayo-Biobank-Research-Unit, Kawamura, S., *Higham, J. P. and *Melin, A. D. (2022 Aug). Variation and heritability of retinal cone ratios in a free-ranging population of rhesus macaques. Evolution, 76 (8): 1776-1789.
  9. Akhtar, M. S., Ashino, R., Oota, H., Ishida, H., Niimura, Y., Touhara, K., Melin, A. D. and *Kawamura, S. (2022 Jul 22). Genetic variation of olfactory receptor gene family in a Japanese population. Anthropological Science, 130 (2): 93-106.
  10. *Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Campos, F. A., Bergstrom, M. L., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M. (2022 July). Should I stay or should I go now: Dispersal decisions and reproductive success in male white-faced capuchins (Cebus imitator). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76 (7): 88.
  11. Toda, Y., Hayakawa, T., Itoigawa, A., Kurihara, Y., Nakagita, T., Hayashi, M., Ashino, R., Melin, A. D., Ishimaru, Y., *Kawamura, S., *Imai, H., and *Misaka, T. (2021 Oct 25). Evolution of the primate glutamate taste sensor from a nucleotide sensor. Current Biology, 31 (20): 4641-4649.e5. Correction (2021 Oct 25). Current Biology 31 (20): 4675-4676.
  12. *Veilleux, C. C., Kawamura, S., Montague, M. J., Hiwatashi, T., Matsushita, Y., Fernandez-Duque, E., Link, A., Di Fiore, A., D. and *Max Snodderly, M. (2021 May). Color vision and niche partitioning in a diverse neotropical primate community in lowland Amazonian Ecuador. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (10): 5742-5758.
  13. *Orkin, J. D., Montague, M. J., Tejada-Martinez, D., de Manuel, M., del Campo, J., Hernandez, S. C., Di Fiore, A., Fontsere, C., Hodgson, J. A., Janiak, M. C., Kuderna, L. F. K., Lizano, E., Martin, M. P., Niimura, Y., Perry, G. H., Valverde, C. S., Tang, J., Warren, W. C., de Magalhaes, J. P., Kawamura, S., Marques-Bonet, T., Krawetz, R. and *Melin, A. D. (2021 Feb 16). The genomics of ecological flexibility, large brains, and long lives in capuchin monkeys revealed with fecalFACS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (7): e2010632118.
  14. Hao, Q., Zheng, M., Weng, K., Hao, Y., Zhou, Y., Lin, Y., Gao, F., Kou, Z., Kawamura, S., Yao, K., Xu, P., Chen, J., *Zou, J. (2021 Jan 20). Crumbs proteins stabilize the cone mosaics of photoreceptors and improve vision in zebrafish. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 48 (1): 52-62.
  15. *Nishikawa, M., Ferrer, N., Cheves, S., Lopez, R., Kawamura, S., Fedigan, L. M., Melin, A. D., Jack, K. M. (2020). Infant cannibalism in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (23): 12679-12684.
  16. *Matsumoto, Y., Oda, S., Mitani, H. and *Kawamura, S. (2020). Orthologous divergence and paralogous anticonvergence in molecular evolution of triplicated green opsin genes in medaka fish, genus Oryzias. Genome Biology and Evolution, 12 (6): 911-923.
  17. Mackin, R. D., Frey, R. A., Gutierrez, C., Farre, A. A., Kawamura, S., Mitchell, D. M. and *Stenkamp, D. L. (2019). Endocrine regulation of multichromatic color vision. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (34): 16882-16891.
  18. *Melin, A. D., Nevo, O., Shirasu, M., Williamson, R. E., Garrett, E., Endo. M., Sakurai, K., Matsushita, Y., Touhara, K. and *Kawamura, S. (2019). Fruit scent and observer colour vision shape food-selection strategies in wild capuchin monkeys. Nature Communications, 10:2407.
  19. Kuroki-Kami, A., Nichuguti, N., Yatabe, H., Mizuno, S., Kawamura, S. and *Fujiwara, H. (2019). Targeted gene knockin in zebrafish using the 28S rDNA-specific non-LTR retrotransposon R2Ol. Mobile DNA, 10: 23.
  20. *Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Fedigan, L. M. and Kawamura, S. (2018). The effects of dispersal and reproductive patterns on the evolution of male sociality in white-faced capuchins.In Primate Life History, Sex Roles, and Adaptability - Essays in Honour of Linda M. Fedigan (Kalbitzer, U. and Jack, K. M. eds.), pp. 117-132, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland
  21. Sakai, Y., Kawamura, S. and *Kawata, M. (2018). Genetic and plastic variation in opsin gene expression, light sensitivity and female response to visual signals in the guppy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (48): 12247-12252.
  22. Hogan, J. D., Fedigan, L. M., Hiramatsu, C., Kawamura, S. and *Melin, A. D. (2018). Trichromatic perception of flower colour improves resource detection among New World monkeys. Scientific Reports, 8: 10883.
  23. *Brasington, L. F., Wikberg, E. C., Kawamura, S., Fedigan, L. M. and Jack, K. M. (2017). Infant mortality in white-faced capuchins: the impact of alpha male replacements. American Journal of Primatology, 79 (12): e22725.
  24. *Melin, A. D., Chiou, K. L., Walco, E. R., Bergstrom, M., L., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M. (2017). Trichromacy increases fruit intake rates of wild capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (39): 10402-10407.
  25. Jinam, T. A., Phipps, M. E., Aghakhanian, F., Majumder, P. P., Datar, F., Stoneking, M., Sawai, H., Nishida, N., Tokunaga, K., Kawamura, S., Omoto, K. and *Saitou, N. (2017). Discerning the origins of the Negritos, first Sundaland people: deep divergence and archaic admixture. Genome Biology and Evolution, 9 (8):2013-2022.
  26. Koganebuchi, K., Haneji, K., Toma, T., Joh, K., Soejima, H., Fujimoto, K., Ishida, H., Ogawa, M., Hanihara, T., Harada, S., Kawamura, S. and *Oota, H. (2017). The allele frequency of ALDH2*Glu504Lys and ADH1B*Arg47His for the Ryukyu islanders and their history of expansion among East Asians. American Journal of Human Biology, 29 (2), e22933.
  27. *Melin, A. D., Khetpal, V., Matsushita, Y., Zhou, K., Campos, F. A., Welker, B. and Kawamura, S. (2017). Howler monkey foraging ecology suggests convergent evolution of routine trichromacy as an adaptation for folivory. Ecology and Evolution, 7 (5): 1421-1434. Journal Cover Image
  28. *Kalbitzer, U., Bergstrom, M. L., Carnegie, S. D., Wikberg, E. C., Kawamura, S., Campos, F. A., Jack, K. M. and Fedigan, L. M. (2017). Female sociality and sexual conflict shape offspring survival in a Neotropical primate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (8): 1892-1897. New Scientist 6 Feb 2017, PHYS ORG 7 Feb 2017
  29. *Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Fedigan, L. M., Campos, F. A., Yashima, A. S., Bergstrom, M. L., Hiwatashi, T., Kawamura, S. (2017). Inbreeding avoidance and female mate choice shape reproductive skew in capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator). Molecular Ecology, 26 (2): 653-667. Journal Cover Image
  30. Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Misaka, T., Ishimaru, Y., Aurel, F., Melin, A. D., *Kawamura, S. and *Imai, H. (2016). Variation in ligand responses of the bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R4 among New World monkeys. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16: 208. Video
  31. Katsumura, T.†, Fukuyo, Y.†, Kawamura, S. and *Oota, H. (2016). A comparative study on the regulatory region of the PERIOD1 gene among diurnal/nocturnal primates. Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 35: 21. †Equally contributed.
  32. *Kawamura, S., Kasagi, S., Kasai, D., Tezuka, A., Shoji, A., Takahashi, A., Imai, H. and Kawata, M. (2016). Spectral sensitivity of guppy visual pigments reconstituted in vitro to resolve association of opsins with cone cell types. Vision Research, 127: 67-73.
  33. *Sargeant, E. J., Wikberg, E. C., Kawamura, S., Jack, K. M. and Fedigan, L. M. (2016). Paternal kin recognition and infant care in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Primatology, 78 (6): 659-668.
  34. Sakai, Y., Ohtsuki, H., Kasagi, S., Kawamura, S. and *Kawata, M. (2016). Effects of light environment during growth on the expression of cone opsin genes and behavioral spectral sensitivities in guppies (Poecilia reticulata). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16: 106.
  35. *Melin, A. D., Wells, K., Moritz, G. L., Kistler, L., Orkin, J. D., Timm, R. M., Bernard, H., Lakim, M. B., Perry, G. H., Kawamura, S. and *Dominy, N. J. (2016). Euarchontan opsin variation brings new focus to primate origins. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33 (4): 1029-1041.
  36. *Tsujimura, T., Masuda, R., Ashino, R. and *Kawamura, S. (2015). Spatially differentiated expression of quadruplicated green-sensitive RH2 opsin genes in zebrafish is determined by proximal regulatory regions and gene order to the locus control region. BMC Genetics, 16: 130.
  37. *Sargeant, E. J., Wikberg, E. C., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M. (2015). Allonursing in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) provides evidence for cooperative care of infants. Behaviour, 152 (12-13): 1841-1869.
  38. Mitchell, D. M., Stevens, C. B., Frey, R. A., Hunter, S. S., Ashino, R., Kawamura, S. and *Stenkamp, D. L. (2015). Retinoic acid signaling regulates differential expression of the tandemly-duplicated long wavelength-sensitive cone opsin genes in zebrafish. PLoS Genetics, 11 (8): e1005483.
  39. Nakagome, S., Sato, T., Ishida, H., Hanihara, T., Yamaguchi, T., Kimura, R., *Mano, S., *Oota, H., Omoto, K., Tokunaga, K., Saitou, N., Kawamura, S., Tanabe, H., Umetsu, K., Tajima, A., Osada, N., Yamamoto, T., Ohashi, J., Suto, Y., Nishida, N., Sakate, R. and Sawai, H. (2015). Model-based verification of hypotheses on the origin of modern Japanese revisited by Bayesian inference based on genome-wide SNP data. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32 (6): 1533-1543.
  40. *Kasagi, S., Mizusawa, K., Murakami, N., Andoh, T., Furufuji, S., Kawamura, S. and Takahashi, A. (2015). Molecular and functional characterization of opsins in barfin flounder (Verasper moseri). Gene, 556 (2): 182-191.
  41. Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Nakagome, S., Hanihara, T., Kataoka, H., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and *Oota, H. (2014). Natural allelic variations of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes pleiotropically affect sexual dimorphism in Oryzias latipes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281 (1797): 20142259.
  42. *Schoof, V. A. M., Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Fedigan, L. M., Ziegler, T. E. and Kawamura, S. (2014). Infanticides during periods of social stability: kinship, resumption of ovarian cycling, and mating access in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Neotropical Primates, 21 (2): 192-196.
  43. Tezuka, A., Kasagi, S., van Oosterhout, C., McMullan, M., Iwasaki, W. M., Kasai,D., Yamamichi, M., Innan, H., *Kawamura, S. and *Kawata, M. (2014). Divergent selection for opsin gene variation in guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations of Trinidad and Tobago. Heredity, 113 (5): 381-389.
  44. *Wikberg, E. V., Jack, K. M., Campos, F. A., Fedigan, L. M., Sato, A., Bergstrom, M. L., Hiwatashi, T. and Kawamura, S. (2014). The effect of male parallel dispersal on the kin composition of groups in white-faced capuchins. Animal Behaviour, 96: 9-17.
  45. *Takezawa, Y., Kato, K., Oota. H., Caulfield, T., Fujimoto, A., Honda, F., Kamatani, N., Kawamura, S., Kawashima, K., Kimura, R., Matsumae, H., Saito, A., Savage, P. E., Seguchi, N., Shimizu, K., Terao, S., Yamaguchi-Kabata, Y., Yasukouchi, A., Yoneda, M. and Tokunaga, K. (2014). Correspondence: Human genetic research, race, ethnicity and the labeling of populations: recommendations based on an interdisciplinary workshop in Japan. BMC Medical Ethics, 15: 33.
  46. Matsumoto, Y., Hiramatsu, C., Matsushita, Y., Ozawa, N., Ashino, R., Nakata, M., Kasagi, S., Di Fiore, A. Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Melin, A. D. and *Kawamura, S. (2014). Evolutionary renovation of L/M opsin polymorphism confers a fruit discrimination advantage to ateline New World monkeys. Molecular Ecology, 23 (7): 1799-1812.
  47. Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B. J., Pavelka, M. S. and *Kawamura, S. (2014). Color vision variation as evidenced by hybrid L/M opsin genes in wild populations of trichromatic Alouatta New World monkeys. International Journal of Primatology, 35 (1): 71-87.
  48. *Melin, A. D., Hiramatsu, C., Parr, N. A., Matsushita, Y., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M. (2014). The behavioral ecology of color vision: considering fruit conspicuity, detection distance and dietary importance. International Journal of Primatology, 35 (1): 258-287.
  49. *Fedigan, L. M., Melin, A. D., Addicott, J. F. and Kawamura, S. (2014). The heterozygote superiority hypothesis for polymorphic color vision is not supported by long-term fitness data from wild Neotropical monkeys. PLoS One, 9 (1): e84872.
  50. Suzuki, S. C., Bleckert, A., Williams, P. R., Takechi, M., Kawamura, S. and *Wong, R. O. L. (2013). Cone photoreceptor types in zebrafish are generated by symmetric terminal divisions of dedicated precursors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (37): 15109-15114.
  51. *Aureli, F., Di Fiore, A., Murillo-Chacon, E., Kawamura, S. and Schaffner, C. M. (2013). Male philopatry in spider monkeys revisited. American Journal of Physical Anthropology., 152 (1): 86-95.
  52. *Melin, A. D., Matsushita, Y., Moritz, G. L., Dominy, N. J. and *Kawamura, S. (2013). Inferred L/M cone opsin polymorphism of ancestral tarsiers sheds dim light on the origin of anthropoid primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280 (1759): 20130189. Journal Cover Image. The New York Times, 1 April 2013.
  53. Fang, W., Bonaffini, S., Zou, J., Wang, X., Zhang, C., Tsujimura, T., Kawamura, S. and *Wei, X. (2013). Characterization of transgenic zebrafish lines that express GFP in the retina, pineal gland, olfactory bulb, hatching gland, and optic tectum. Gene Expression Patterns, 13 (5-6): 150-159.
  54. Japanese Archipelago Human Population Genetics Consortium: Jinam, T., Nishida, N., Hirai, M., Kawamura, S., Oota, H., Umetsu, K., Kimura, R., Ohashi, J., Tajima, A., Yamamoto, T., Tanabe, H., Mano, S., Suto, Y., Kaname, T., Naritomi, K., Yanagi, K., Niikawa, N., *Omoto, K., *Tokunaga, K. and *Saitou, N. (2012). The history of human populations in the Japanese Archipelago inferred from genomewide SNP data with a special reference to the Ainu and the Ryukyuan populations. Journal of Human Genetics, 57 (12): 787-795.
  55. Koganebuchi, K., Katsumura, T., Nakagome, S., Ishida, H., Kawamura, S., *Oota, H. and The Asian Archival DNA Repository Consortium (2012). Autosomal and Y-chromosomal STR markers reveal a close relationship between Hokkaido Ainu and Ryukyu islanders. Anthropological Science, 120 (3): 199-208.
  56. *Li, Y. N., Tsujimura, T., Kawamura, S. and Dowling, J. E. (2012). Bipolar cell-photoreceptor connectivity in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) retina. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 520 (16): 3786-3802.
  57. Nakagome, S., Mano, S., Kozlowski, L., Bujnicki, J. M., Shibata, H., Fukumaki, Y., Kidd, J. R., Kidd, K. K., Kawamura, S. and *Oota, H. (2012). Crohn's disease risk alleles on the NOD2 locus have been maintained by natural selection on standing variation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29 (6): 1569-1585.
  58. Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Tsukamoto, K., Sekiya, Y., Yamashita, T., Aso, M., Hata, M., Nonaka, M., Mano, S., Ishida, H., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and *Oota, H. (2012). A population genetic study on the relationship between medaka fish and the spread of wet-rice cultivation across the Japanese archipelago. Anthropological Science, 120 (1): 81-89.
  59. Wu, P. C., Chen, J.-B., Kawamura, S., Roos, C., Merker, S., Shih, C.-C., Hsu, B.-D., Lim, C. and *Chang, T. W. (2012). The IgE gene in primates exhibits extraordinary evolutionary diversity. Immunogenetics, 64 (4): 279-287.
  60. *Melin, A. D., Moritz, G. L., Fosbury, R. A. E., Kawamura, S. and *Dominy, N. J. (2012). Commentary: Why aye-ayes see blue. American Journal of Primatology, 74 (3):185-192.
  61. Hiwatashi, T., Mikami, A., Katsumura, T., Suryobroto, B., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D., Malaivijitnond, S., Siriaroonrat, B., Oota, H., Goto, S. and *Kawamura, S. (2011). Gene conversion and purifying selection shape nucleotide variation in gibbon L/M opsin genes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 312.
  62. *Miyazaki, T., Nakata, M., Kasagi, S., Iwami, T., Yamauchi, M. and Kawamura, S. (2011). Molecular cloning of ultraviolet-sensitive visual pigment in juvenile Champsocephalus gunnari (Channichthyidae). Polar Biology, 34 (2): 235-242.
  63. Tsujimura, T., Hosoya, T. and *Kawamura, S. (2010). A single enhancer regulating the differential expression of duplicated red-sensitive opsin genes in zebrafish. PLoS Genetics, 6 (12): e1001245.
  64. *Allison, W. T., Barthel, L. K., Skebo, K. M., Takechi, M., Kawamura, S. and Raymond, P. A. (2010). Ontogeny of cone photoreceptor mosaics in zebrafish. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 518 (20): 4182-4195.
  65. Matsukusa, H., *Oota, H., Haneji, K., Toma, T., Kawamura, S. and Ishida, H. (2010). A genetic analysis of the Sakishima islanders reveals no relationship with Taiwan aborigines but shared ancestry with ainu and main-island Japanese. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 142 (2): 211-223.
  66. *Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Young, H. C. and Kawamura, S. (2010). Can color vision variation explain sex differences in invertebrate foraging by capuchin monkeys? Current Zoology, 56 (3): 300-312.
  67. Nakagome, S., Takeyama, Y., Mano, S., Sakisaka, S., Matsui, T., Kawamura, S. and *Oota, H. (2010). Population-specific susceptibility to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; dominant and recessive relative risks in the Japanese population. Annals of Human Genetics, 74 (2): 126-136.
  68. Hiwatashi, T., Okabe, Y., Tsutsui, T., Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Oota, H., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. M., Innan, H. and *Kawamura, S. (2010). An explicit signature of balancing selection for color-vision variation in New World monkeys. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27 (2): 453-464.
  69. *Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Hiramatsu, C., Hiwatashi, T., Parr, N. and *Kawamura, S. (2009). Fig foraging by dichromatic and trichromatic white-faced capuchin monkeys in a tropical dry forest. International Journal of Primatology, 30 (6): 753-775.
  70. *Kimura, R., Yamaguchi, T., Takeda, M., Kondo, O., Toma, T., Haneji, K., Hanihara, T., Matsukusa, H., Kawamura, S., Maki, K., Osawa, M., Ishida, H., Oota, H. (2009). A common variation in EDAR is a genetic determinant of shovel-shaped incisors. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 85 (4): 528-535.
  71. Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mano, S., Suguro, N., Watanabe, K., Mitani, H., *Oota, H. and Kawamura, S. (2009). Genetic differentiation among local populations of medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) evaluated through grid- and deme-based sampling. Gene, 443 (1-2): 170-177.
  72. Matsumoto, Y., *Oota, H., Asaoka, Y., Nishina, H., Watanabe, K., Bujnicki, J. M., Oda, S., Kawamura, S. and *Mitani, H. (2009). Medaka: a promising model animal for comparative population genomics. BMC Research Notes, 2:88.
  73. Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Vorobyev, M., and *Kawamura, S. (2009). Interplay of olfaction and vision in fruit foraging of spider monkeys. Animal Behaviour, 77 (6): 1421-1426.
  74. Takechi, M., Seno, S. and *Kawamura, S. (2008). Identification of cis-acting elements repressing blue opsin expression in zebrafish UV cones and pineal cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283 (46): 31625-31632.
  75. Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Vorobyev, M., Matsumoto, Y. and *Kawamura, S. (2008). Importance of achromatic contrast in short-range fruit foraging of primates. PLoS One, 3 (10): e3356.
  76. *Kozmik, Z., Ruzickova, J., Jonasova, K., Matsumoto, Y., Vopalensky, P., Kozmikova, I., Strnad, H., Kawamura, S., *Piatigorsky, J., Paces, V. and *Cestmir, V. (2008). Assembly of the cnidarian camera-type eye from vertebrate-like components. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (26): 8989-8993.
  77. *Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Hiramatsu, C. and *Kawamura, S. (2008). Polymorphic color vision in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus): Is there foraging niche divergence among phenotypes? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62 (5): 659-670.
  78. *Fukamachi, S., Kinoshita, M., Tsujimura, T., Shimada, A., Oda, S., Shima, A., Meyer, A., Kawamura, S. and Mitani, H. (2008). Rescue from oculocutaneous albinism type 4 using medaka slc45a2 cDNA driven by its own promoter. Genetics, 178 (2): 761-769.
  79. Tsujimura, T., Chinen, A. and *Kawamura, S. (2007). Identification of a locus control region for quadruplicated green-sensitive opsin genes in zebrafish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104 (31): 12813-12818. Brief Summary
  80. *Kawata, M., Shoji A., Kawamura, S. and Seehausen, O. (2007). A genetically explicit model of speciation by sensory drive within a continuous population in aquatic environments. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7: 99.
  81. *Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Hiramatsu, C., Sendall, C. and *Kawamura, S. (2007). Effects of colour vision phenotype on insect capture by a free-ranging population of white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Animal Behaviour, 73 (1): 205-214. ScienceNOW Daily News, 9 January 2007. DISCOVER, 2 April 2007. Brief Summary
  82. *Wei, X., Zou, J., Takechi, M., Kawamura, S. and Li, L. (2006). Nok plays an essential role in maintaining the integrity of the outer nuclear layer in the zebrafish retina. Experimental Eye Research, 83 (1): 31-44.
  83. Matsumoto, Y., Fukamachi, S., Mitani, H. and *Kawamura, S. (2006). Functional characterization of visual opsin repertoire in Medaka (Oryzias latipes). Gene, 371 (2): 268-278. Brief Summary
  84. Hiramatsu, C., Tsutsui, T., Matsumoto, Y., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. M. and *Kawamura, S. (2005). Color vision polymorphism in wild capuchins (Cebus capucinus) and spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in Costa Rica. American Journal of Primatology, 67 (4): 447-461. Brief Summary
  85. *Saito, A., *Mikami, A., *Kawamura, S., Ueno, Y., Hiramatsu, C., Widayati, K. A., Suryobroto, B., Teramoto, M., Mori, Y., Nagano, K., Fujita K., Kuroshima, H. and Hasegawa, T. (2005). Advantage of dichromats over trichromats in discrimination of color-camouflaged stimuli in non-human primates. American Journal of Primatology, 67 (4): 425-436. Brief Summary
  86. *Saito, A., *Kawamura, S., *Mikami, A., Ueno, Y., Hiramatsu C., Koida, K., Fujita, K., Kuroshima, H. and Hasegawa, T. (2005). Demonstration of genotype-phenotype correlation in polymorphic color vision of a non-callitrichine New World monkey, capuchin (Cebus apella). American Journal of Primatology, 67 (4): 471-485.

  87. *Kawamura, S., Takeshita, K., Tsujimura, T., Kasagi, S. and Matsumoto, Y. (2005). Evolutionary conserved and divergent regulatory sequences in the fish rod opsin promoter. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B, 141 (4): 391-399.
  88. Nagao, K., Takenaka, N., Hirai, M. and *Kawamura, S. (2005). Coupling and decoupling of evolutionary mode between X- and Y-chromosomal red-green opsin genes in owl monkeys. Gene, 352: 82-91. Brief Summary
  89. Chinen, A., Matsumoto, Y. and *Kawamura, S. (2005). Reconstitution of ancestral green visual pigments of zebrafish and molecular mechanism of their spectral differentiation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 22 (4): 1001-1010. Brief Summary
  90. Takechi, M. and *Kawamura, S. (2005). Temporal and spatial changes in the expression pattern of multiple red and green subtype opsin genes during zebrafish development. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 208 (7): 1337-1345. Brief Summary
  91. Chinen, A., Matsumoto, Y. and *Kawamura, S. (2005). Spectral differentiation of blue opsins between phylogenetically close but ecologically distant goldfish and zebrafish. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280 (10): 9460-9466.
  92. Kim, I.-C., Kim, Y. J., Yoon, Y.-D., Kawamura, S., Lee, Y.-S. and *Lee, J.-S. (2004). Cloning of cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) genes from the hermaphrodite fish Rivulus marmoratus and the Japanese medaka Oryzias latipes. Marine Environmental Research, 58 (2-5): 125-129.
  93. Hiramatsu, C., Radlwimmer, F. B., Yokoyama, S. and *Kawamura S. (2004). Mutagenesis and reconstitution of middle-to-long-wave-sensitive visual pigments of New World monkeys for testing the tuning effect of residues at sites 229 and 233. Vision Research, 44 (19): 2225-2231. Brief Summary

  94. *Kawamura, S. and Kubotera, N. (2004). Ancestral loss of short wave-sensitive cone visual pigment in lorisiform prosimians, contrasting with its strict conservation in other prosimians. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 58 (3): 314-321.
  95. *Kawamura, S. and Kubotera, N. (2003). Absorption spectra of reconstituted visual pigments of a nocturnal prosimian, Otolemur crassicaudatus. Gene, 321: 131-135.
  96. Takechi, M., Hamaoka, T. and *Kawamura, S. (2003). Fluorescence visualization of ultraviolet-sensitive cone photoreceptor development in living zebrafish. FEBS Letters, 553 (1-2): 90-94. Brief Summary
  97. Chinen, A., Hamaoka, T., Yamada, Y. and *Kawamura, S. (2003). Gene duplication and spectral diversification of cone visual pigments of zebrafish. Genetics, 163 (2): 663-675. Brief Summary
  98. Hamaoka, T., Takechi, M., Chinen, A., Nishiwaki, Y. and *Kawamura, S. (2002). Visualization of rod photoreceptor development using GFP-transgenic zebrafish. Genesis, 34 (3): 215-220. Brief Summary
  99. *Kawamura, S., Takenaka, N., Hiramatsu, C., Hirai, M. and Takenaka, O. (2002). Y-chromosomal red-green opsin genes of nocturnal New World monkey. FEBS Letters, 530 (1-3): 70-72. Brief Summary
  100. *Kawamura, S., Hirai, M., Takenaka, O., Radlwimmer, F. B. and Yokoyama, S. (2001). Genomic and spectral analyses of long to middle wavelength-sensitive visual pigments of common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Gene, 269 (1-2): 45-51. Brief Summary
  101. Kawamura, S., Blow, N. S. and *Yokoyama, S. (1999).Genetic analyses of visual pigments of the pigeon (Columba livia). Genetics, 153 (4): 1839-1850.

  102. *Yokoyama, S., Radlwimmer, F. B. and Kawamura, S. (1998). Regeneration of ultraviolet pigments of vertebrates. FEBS Letters, 423 (2): 155-158.

  103. Kawamura, S. and *Yokoyama, S. (1998). Functional characterization of visual and nonvisual pigments of American chameleon (Anolis carolinensis). Vision Research, 38 (1): 37-44.

  104. *Sumiyama, K., Kawamura, S., Takenaka, O. and Ueda, S. (1998). A high sequence variety in the immunoglobulin C-alpha hinge region among Old World monkeys. Anthropological Science, 106 (1): 31-39.
  105. Kawamura, S. and *Yokoyama, S. (1997). Expression of visual and nonvisual opsins in American chameleon. Vision Research, 37 (14): 1867-1871.

  106. Kawamura, S. and *Yokoyama, S. (1996). Molecular characterization of the pigeon P-opsin gene. Gene, 182 (1-2): 213-214.

  107. Kawamura, S. and *Yokoyama, S. (1996). Phylogenetic relationships among short wavelength-sensitive opsins of American chameleon (Anolis carolinensis) and other vertebrates. Vision Research, 36 (18): 2797-2804.

  108. Kawamura, S. and *Yokoyama, S. (1995). Paralogous origin of the rhodopsinlike opsin genes in lizards. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 40 (6): 594-600.

  109. Kawamura, S. and *Yokoyama, S. (1994). Cloning of the rhodopsin-encoding gene from the rod-less lizard Anolis carolinensis. Gene, 149 (2): 267-270.

  110. Kawamura, S. and *Yokoyama, S. (1993). Molecular characterization of the red visual pigment gene of the American chameleon (Anolis carolinensis). FEBS Letters, 323 (3): 247-251.

  111. Kawamura, S. and *Ueda, S. (1992). Immunoglobulin CH gene family in hominoids and its evolutionary history. Genomics, 13 (1): 194-200.

  112. Kawamura, S., Saitou, N. and *Ueda, S. (1992). Concerted evolution of the primate immunoglobulin alpha-gene through gene conversion. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 267 (11): 7359-7367.

  113. Kawamura, S., Tanabe, H., Watanabe, Y., Kurosaki, K., Saitou, N. and *Ueda, S. (1991). Evolutionary rate of immunoglobulin alpha noncoding region is greater in hominoids than in Old World monkeys. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 8 (6): 743-752.

  114. Kawamura, S., Omoto, K. and *Ueda, S. (1990). Evolutionary hypervariability in the hinge region of the immunoglobulin alpha gene. Journal of Molecular Biology, 215 (2): 201-206.

  115. Kawamura, S., Omoto K. and *Ueda, S. (1989). Nucleotide sequence of the gorilla immunoglobulin alpha1 gene. Nucleic Acids Research, 17 (16): 6732.

<Journal Reviews written in English>
  1. *Kawamura, S. (2024). Through cross-disciplinary collaboration. Primates, 65 (1): 7-13.
  2. *Melin. A. D., Hogan, J. D., Campos, F. A., Wikberg, E., King-Bailey, G., Webb, S., Kalbitzer, U., Asensio, N., Murillo-Chacon, E., Hernandez, S. C., Chavarria, A. G., Schaffner, C. M., Kawamura, S., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L., Jack, K. M. (2020). Primate life history, social dynamics, ecology, and conservation: contributions from long-term research in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Biotropica, 52 (6): 1041-1064.
  3. *Kawamura, S. (2016). Color vision diversity and significance in primates inferred from genetic and field studies. Genes & Genomics, 38 (9): 779-791.

<Book Chapter Reviews written in English>
  1. *Kawamura, S. (2018). Color vision genetics learned from New World monkeys in Santa Rosa, Costa Rica.In Primate Life History, Sex Roles, and Adaptability - Essays in Honour of Linda M. Fedigan (Kalbitzer, U. and Jack, K. M. eds.), pp. 257-277, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland
  2. *Kawamura, S. and *Melin, A. D. (2017). Evolution of genes for color vision and the chemical senses in primates. In: Evolution of the Human Genome I: The Genome and Genes (Saitou, N. ed.), pp. 181--216, Springer Japan, Tokyo, Japan.
  3. *Melin, A. D., Hiramatsu, C., Fedigan, L. M., Schaffner, C. M, Aureli, F. and *Kawamura, S. (2012). Polymorphism and adaptation of primate colour vision. In: Evolutionary Biology: Mechanisms and Trends (Pontarotti, P. ed.), pp. 225-241, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, Germany.
  4. *Kawamura, S., Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Schaffner, C. M, Aureli, F. and Fedigan, L. M. (2012). Polymorphic color vision in primates: evolutionary considerations. In: Post-Genome Biology of Primates (Hirai, H., Imai, H. and Go, Y. eds.), pp. 93-120, Springer, Tokyo, Japan.
  5. *Kawamura, S. (2011). Evolutionary diversification of visual opsin genes in fish and primates. In: From Genes to Animal Behavior: Social Structures, Personalities, Communication by Color (Inoue-Murayama, M., Kawamura, S. and Weiss, A. eds.), pp. 329-349, Springer, Tokyo, Japan.
  6. Kawamura, S., Tanabe, H., Watanabe, Y., Kurosaki, K., Omoto, K. and *Ueda, S. (1991). Evolution of the immunoglobulin alpha gene in primates. In: Primatology Today, A. Ehara, T. Kimura, O. Takenaka and M. Iwamoto (eds.), pp. 623-626, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
  7. *Ueda, S. and Kawamura, S. (1990). Hominoid immunoglobulin alpha genes: multiple recombinational events in their hinge regions. In: Molecular Evolution, M. T. Clegg and S. T. O'Brien (eds.), pp. 13-18, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York.


International conference/symposium hosting

New approaches in evolutionary anthropology
The 2nd AsiaEvo Conference
Online, August 18, 2021.
Organized by Kazuhiro Nakayama and Shoji Kawamura
　Amanda D. MELIN (University of Calgary, Canada)
　Cone ratio variation and heritability in free-ranging Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
　Marie SAITOU (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway)
　Network-based analysis of allele frequency distribution among multiple populations identifies adaptive genomic structural variants
　Ryosuke KIMURA (Ryukyu University, Japan)
　Molecular understanding of morphological variations in humans
　Takafumi KATSUMURA (Kitasato University, Japan)
　An approach to understand the phenotypic diversity of human populations using local medaka populations as a model (Macaca mulatta)
　Kazuhiro NAKAYAMA (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
　Recent advances in understanding human genetic adaptation to cold environments

New developments in molecular evolutionary anthropology
The 44th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (MBSJ2021)
On Line, December 1 - 3, 2020.
Organized by Hiroki Oota and Shoji Kawamura
　 Hiroki Oota (University of Tokyo)
　Introduction
　David Gokhman (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
　Reconstructing Denisovan anatomy using DNA methylation maps
　Yasuka Toda (Meiji University)
　Evolution of glutamate taste perception in primates
　Masanori Imamura (Kyoto University)
　Modeling of early neural development in vitro by direct neurosphere formation culture of human/non-human primate induced pluripotent stem cells
　Yoko Kurotaki (Central Institute for Experimental Animals)
　An approach to molecular evolutionary anthropology by genetically modified marmoset
　Shoji Kawamura
　Conclusions

The 3rd Joint Symposium on Integrated Biosciences between Zhejiang University and the University of Tokyo
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Nov 21 ~25, 2019
Organized by Yanyuan Bao, Shoji Kawamura and Misato Ohtani

Genomic underpinnings of primate phenotypic evolution and diversity
Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018 (SMBE 2018)
Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, July 8th - 12th 2018.
Organized by Amanda D. Melin and Shoji Kawamura
　Amanda D. Melin (University of Calgary)
　General introduction
　Mariam Okhovat (Oregon Health & Science University)
　Molding the genome with LAVA: Exploring functional roles of a gibbon-specific retrotransposon
　Wesley Warren (Washington University School of Medicine)
　Variant discovery and consequence in the genomes of a bottlenecked vervet population
　Joseph Orkin (University of Calgary)
　Population genomics of white faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator) with unbiased fecal genomes
　Noah Snyder-Mackler (University of Washington)
　Genomic signatures of high altitude adaptation in gelada monkeys (Theropithecus gelada)
　Mareike C. Janiak (Rutgers University)
　Duplication and Convergent Evolution of the Pancreatic Ribonuclease Gene (RNASE1) in a Non-Colobine Primate, the Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)
　Jennifer E. Farrar (Georgia Institute of Technology)
　Ancient proteins and the thrifty gene hypothesis: Uric acid's contribution to primate evolution
　Shoji Kawamura
　Conclusions

Molecular and genetic basis of adaptive evolution
The 1st AsiaEvo Conference
Sheraton Dameisha Resort, Shenzhen, China, April 18-20, 2018.
Organized by Koichiro Tamura and Shoji Kawamura
　Koichiro Tammura (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
　General introduction
　Koichiro Tamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
　TBA
　Shoji Kawamura
　Evolution diversity and adaptation of color vision and chemical senses in New World monkeys
　Asano Ishikawa (National Institute of Genetics)
　TBA
　Zhao Qingyuan (Southwest University School of Life Sciences)
　Comparative transcriptome profiling of two loaches (Trilophysa bleekeri and T. rosa) reveals potential mechanisms for eye degeneration
　Xiaojia Zhu (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
　Divergent and parallel routes of biochemical adaptation in high-altitude passerine birds from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
　Shoji Kawamura
　Conclusions

Zhejiang University- The University of Tokyo Joint Symposium 2017
Media Hall, Kashiwa Library, Kashiwa Campus, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa
November 29 - 30, 2017.
Organized by Shoji Kawamura, Fugaku Aoki, Tetsuya Kojima and Kazuhiro Nakayama (Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

Zhejiang University
　College of Agriculture and Biotechnology
　College of Life Sciences
　College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
　Institute of Crop Sciences
　Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences
　Institute of Translational Medicine
　Institute of Insect Sciences
　Institute of Fruit Sciences
The University of Tokyo
　Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
　　Department of Integrated Biosciences
　　Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences

Vision and chemical sense in humans, wild primates and fish
　Shoji Kawamura
Cellular polarity and Retinal Development
　Mingjie Zheng, Yumei Hao, Qinlong Hao, Yao Zhou, Jian Zou
Synergistic-loop between FoxM1 and c-Myb is responsible for proliferative/invasive phenotypes of ATL cells
　Kazumi Nakano, Aki Nishida, Makoto Nakakido, Yohei Chihara, Seiichiro Kobayashi, Yuetsu Tanaka, Atae Utsunomiya, Kohei Tsumoto, Kaoru Uchimaru, Toshiki Watanabe
Microscopic level investigation of lignification in loquat fruits
　Nan Zhu, Di Wu, Kunsong Chen
Multiple miRNAs Jointly Regulate the Biosynthesis of Ecdysteroid in the Holometabolous Insects, Chilo suppressalis
　Kang He, Yang Sun, Huamei Xiao, Chang Ge, Fei Li, Zhaojun Han
Identification of doublesex direct target genes responsible for sexual differentiation of genitalia in Drosophila melanogaster
　Shunsuke Wagamitsu, Dan Takase, Fugaku Aoki, Masataka G. Suzuki
An La-related protein controls cell cycle arrest by nuclear retrograde transport of tRNAs during diapause formation in Artemia
　Dian-Fu Chen, Hiromichi Nagasawa, Wei-Jun Yang
Nutrient selective behavior in insects
　Shinji Nagata
Salt tolerance of the wild Vigna
　Ken Naito, Hiroaki Sakai
Pollen fertility and regulation in rice
　Jumin Tu, Xuejiao Liu, Yujun Liu, Xiaobo Zhang, Wenyi Wang
Novel role of phosphorus for aluminum tolerance in Tibetan wild barley
　Shengguang Cai, Zhonghua Chen, Guoping Zhang
Elimination of gossypol from cotton seeds by biotechnology
　Shuijin Zhu
Aging of Cognitive Functions in Mouse and Human
　Tatsuhiro Hisatsune
A Molecule Derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treatment of Age-related Diseases
　Jianhua Qi
Variable selective pressures at energy metabolism genes among East Asians
　Kazuhiro Nakayama
The Role of SUMO1 Modification of FEN1 in the Rescue of Stalled Replication Fork after DNA Damage
　Hong Xu, Xiaoli Xu, Zhigang Guo, Rongyi Shi, Liangyan Wang, Ye Zhao, Bing Tian, Yuejin Hua

Sensory genetics, ecology and evolution of primates
The 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Evolutionary Studies, Japan
Chuo University Korakuen Campus, Tokyo. August 20-23, 2015.
Organized by Shoji Kawamura and Hiroo Imai (Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University)
　Shoji Kawamura (Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
　General introduction
　Shoji Kawamura
　Significance of color vision diversity in primates inferred from genetic and field studies
　Amanda D. Melin (Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis)
　Sensory ecology of wild capuchins: Integrating fruit signals, nutrition, and foraging behavior
　Yoshihito Niimura (Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo; ERATO Touhara Chemosensory Project, JST)
　Evolution of olfactory receptor genes in primates and other mammals
　Takashi Hayakawa (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University; Japan Monkey Centre)
　Dietary adaptation and bitter taste receptor gene evolution in primates
　Yasuka Toda (Kikkoman Corporation; Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
　Evolution of the umami taste perception in primates
　Hiroo Imai (Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University)
　Functional analysis of bitter and sweet receptors of primates by cellular and behavioral experiments
　Hiroo Imai
　Conclusions

Variation and Evolution of Primate Color Vision Revealed by Cross-disciplinary Studies
The 23rd International Primatological Society Congress Kyoto 2010
Kyoto University (Yoshida Main Campus), Kyoto, Japan, September 12-18, 2010.
Organized by Shoji Kawamura and Amanda D. Melin (University of Calgary)
Session 1
　A.D. Melin
　Opening remarks
　G.H. Jacobs
　Discovery and evaluation of primate color vision polymorphisms
　D. Osorio
　The ecology of primate color vision
　M. Stevens, J.P. Higham
　Considering visual systems when exploring primates and color
　D.M.A. Pessoa, V.F. Pessoa
　The visual ecology of neotropical primates: food selection, predation avoidance and reproduction
　G.L. Moritz, N.J. Dominy
　The visual ecology of nocturnal primates
　A.D. Melin, L.M. Fedigan, N. Parr, S. Kawamura
　Dietary selectivity by white-faced capuchins: how important are colourful fruits?
Session 2
　N.G. Caine
　Behavioral tests of color vision hypotheses: where we have been and where we should go next
　A.C. Smith, A.K. Surridge, M.J. Prescott, D. Osorio, N.I. Mundy, H.M. Buchanan-Smith
　The effect of sex and colour vision status on insect prey capture efficiency by captive and wild tamarins (Saguinus spp.)
　C. Hiramatsu, A.D. Melin, F. Aureli, C.M. Schaffner, M. Vorobyev, S. Kawamura
　Challenging advantage of trichromacy in fruit foraging behavior of wild spider monkeys
　M.J. Montague, A. Di Fiore
　The implications of color vision on prey capture strategies for wild squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)
　N.I. Mundy
　Polymorphic colour vision compared among lemurs and new world monkeys
　S. Kawamura, T. Hiwatashi, Y. Okabe, T. Tsutsui, C. Hiramatsu, A.D. Melin, H. Oota, C.M. Schaffner, F. Aureli, L.M. Fedigan, H. Innan
　A population genetic test of balancing selection for color vision variation in new world monkeys
　S. Kawamura
　Closing remarks


Membership in Scientific Societies
The Anthropological Society of Nippon, Primate Society of Japan, The Genetics Society of Japan, Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan, The Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, International Primatological Society

Editorial Board
Anthropological Sciences, Primates

Referee for International Journals
American Journal of Primatology, BMC Developmental Biology, BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC Genomics, Brain Research Bulletin, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Ecological Research, FEBS Letters, Gene, Genes & Genetic Systems, Genetics, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Naturwissenschaften, PNAS, Primates

Courses taught
47140-21E Adaptive Evolutionary Genetics (English and Japanese language lectures are alternate yearly)
47140-27 Lessons in Writing Scientific Papers in English
47140-31 Basic Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research Grants
Principal Investigator

2023.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (23H02561 for 2023, 23K27252 for 2024~2028)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI {~2028.3}
2018.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (18H04005)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI {~2022.3}
2017.2 National Geographic Standard Grant, National Geographic Society
Fruit-Frugivore Interactions: From the Genes to the Community (Asia 67-16) {~2018 Feb}
2016.4 Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (16K14818)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI {~2019.3}
2015.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (15H02421)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI {~2018.3}
2011.4 Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (23657164)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI {~2013.3}
2010.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (22247036)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI {~2014.3}
2009.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas "Cellular Sensors" (21026007)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) KAKENHI {~2011.3}
2008.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas "Comparative Genomics" (20017008)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) KAKENHI {~2010.3}
2007.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (19207018)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI {~2010.3}
2004.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (16405015)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI {~2007.3}
2003.4 Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research (15657005)
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) KAKENHI {~2005.3}
2001.4 Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research (13874105)
JSPS KAKENHI {~2003.3}
2000.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (12440243)
JSPS KAKENHI {~2003.3}
1999.4 Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research (11878160)
JSPS KAKENHI {~2001.3}
1997.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (09554056)
The Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (MESSC) KAKENHI {~2000.3}
1997.4 Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (09740647)
MESSC KAKENHI {~1999.3}

Collaborative Investigator

2019.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI, Akiko Matsumoto)
JSPS KAKENHI {~2022.3}
2016.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI, Akiko Matsumoto)
JSPS KAKENHI {~2019.3}
2015.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI, Hiroo Imai)
JSPS KAKENHI {~2019.3}
2012.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI, Hiroo Imai)
JSPS KAKENHI {~2015.3}
2011.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI, Akiko Matsumoto)
JSPS KAKENHI {~2015.3}
2007.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (PI, Hiroki Oota)
JSPS KAKENHI {~2009.3}
2006.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI, Masakado Kawata)
JSPS KAKENHI {~2009.3}
1997.4 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI, Momoki Hirai)
MESSC KAKENHI {~1999.3}