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2023
  1. Kawamura, S.: Color vision variation of capuchins, spider monkeys and howler monkeys in Santa Rosa, Costa Rica, and its implications. Ecology, Biology, Health, and Behavior of White-Faced Capuchins: Celebrating and Promoting Longitudinal Research and Conservation, Conference Hall, The Santa Rosa Sector of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, November 15-18, 2023. (Oral)
  2. Wu, Z., Hou, M., Naoi, T., Hayashi, M., Ashino, R., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.: Toward understanding genetic diversity of chemical sensor multigene families in relation to dietary and color-vision diversity in platyrrhine primates. Ecology, Biology, Health, and Behavior of White-Faced Capuchins: Celebrating and Promoting Longitudinal Research and Conservation, Conference Hall, The Santa Rosa Sector of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, November 15-18, 2023. (Oral)
  3. Hou, M., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.: Differentiation of bitter taste receptor family composition in dietarily divergent cercopithecid primates. Ecology, Biology, Health, and Behavior of White-Faced Capuchins: Celebrating and Promoting Longitudinal Research and Conservation, Conference Hall, The Santa Rosa Sector of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, November 15-18, 2023. (Poster)
  4. Lin, Z., Sun, S., Ren, Z., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.: Differentiation of bitter taste receptor family composition in dietarily divergent cercopithecid primates. Ecology, Biology, Health, and Behavior of White-Faced Capuchins: Celebrating and Promoting Longitudinal Research and Conservation, Conference Hall, The Santa Rosa Sector of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, November 15-18, 2023. (Poster)
  5. Fernandes, A. G., Duytschaever, G., Munds, R. A., Hernandez, S. C., Navaro, R. L., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.: Droplet digital PCR for color vision assessment in Cebus imitator. International Primatological Society - Malaysian Primatological Society (IPS - MPS) Joint Meeting 2023, Primates And People: A New Horizon, Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, August 19 - 25, 2023. (Oral)
  6. Fernandes, A. G., Duytschaever, G., Munds, R. A., Hernandez, S. C., Navaro, R. L., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.: Droplet digital PCR for color vision assessment in Cebus imitator. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2023 Annual Meeting (ARVO 2023), The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, April 23 - 27, 2023. (Poster)
2022
  1. 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.: Anatomy and dietary specialization influence sensory behaviour among sympatric frugivorous primates. The 18th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress (ISBE 2022), Stockholm, Sweden, July 28 - August 2, 2022. (Oral) (Invited)
  2. Akhtar, M. S., Niimura, Y. Touhara, K., Melin, A. D., and Kawamura, S.: Genetic differentiation and balancing selection signature of olfactory receptor multigene family in human populations. The 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution (SMBEeverywhere 2022-23), Online, July 11, 2022. (Poster)
  3. Sakamoto, S., Matsushita, Y., Kawamura, S. and Hayakawa, T.: Molecular genetics of visual adaptation in monotremes. The 17th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto University and online, March 7-8, 2022. (Poster)
  4. Kawamura, S., Matsushita, Y., Takezaki, N. and Melin, A. D.: Ancient origin of catarrhine L and M opsin genes in anthropoid common ancestor. Joint Meeting of the International Primatological Society and the Latin American Society of Primatology (IPS-SLAPrim 2022), Quito, Ecuador and online, January 9-15, 2022. (Oral)
  5. Hou, M., Ashino, R., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.: Differentiation of bitter taste receptor family composition in cercopithecids. Joint Meeting of the International Primatological Society and the Latin American Society of Primatology (IPS-SLAPrim 2022), Quito, Ecuador and online, January 9-15, 2022. (Oral)
  6. Munds, R. A., Janiak, M. C., Montague, M. J., Martinez, M., Kawamura, S., Melin, A. D., and Higham, J. P: The heritability of red-green cone ratios in a population of free-ranging rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Joint Meeting of the International Primatological Society and the Latin American Society of Primatology (IPS-SLAPrim 2022): Symposium 'The "neglected sense" revisited - advances in the study of olfaction in primate behavior, ecology, and evolution', Quito, Ecuador and online, January 9-15, 2022. (Oral) (Symposium organized by Heymann, E. W. and Melin, A. D.)
2021
  1. Melin, A. D., Munds, R. A., Cooper, E., Janiak, M. C., Lam, L. G., DeCasien, A., Bauman, S., Montague, M., Martinez, M., Kawamura, S. and Higham, J. P.: Cone ratio variation and heritability in free-ranging Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). The 2nd AsiaEvo Conference: Symposium "New approaches in evolutionary anthropology", Online, August 16-19, 2021. (Oral) (Symposium organized by Nakayama, K.and Kawamura, S.) (Invited)

  2. Melin, A. D., Munds, R. A., Cooper, E., Janiak, M. C., Lam, L. G., DeCasien, A., Bauman, S., Montague, M., Martinez, M., Kawamura, S. and Higham, J. P.: Cone ratio variation in free-ranging Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). The 2021 Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution (SMBE 2021): Symposium "Evolutionary and Functional Genomics of Primates", Online, July 4-8, 2021. (Oral) (Symposium organized by Liu, Z.and Roos, C.) (Selected)

  3. Matsushita, Y., Takezaki, N., Melin, A. D., and Kawamura, S.: Allelic origin of human L and M opsin genes predating catarrhine-platyrrhine split. The 2021 Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution (SMBE 2021), Online, July 4-8, 2021. (Poster)

  4. Akhtar, M. S., Ashino, R., Niimura, Y. Touhara, K., Melin, A. D., and Kawamura, S.: Genetic variation of olfactory receptor repertoire across human populations. The 2021 Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution (SMBE 2021), Online, July 4-8, 2021. (Poster)

  5. Hou, M., Hayashi, M., Ashino, R., Melin, A. D., and Kawamura, S.: Evolutionary diversity of bitter taste receptor gene repertoire compared among cercopithecid and platyrrhine monkeys. The 2021 Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution (SMBE 2021), Online, July 4-8, 2021. (Poster)

  6. Munds, R. A., Cooper, E., Janiak, M. C., Lam, L. G., DeCasien, A., Bauman, S., Montague, M., Martinez, M., Kawamura, S., Higham, J. P. and Melin, A. D.: Sex and age variation and heritability of cone ratios in a free-ranging population of Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). The 2021 Joint Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN) (Evolution 2021), Online, June 21-25, 2021. (Oral)

  7. Stenkamp, D. L., Mackin, R. D., Ashino, R. and Kawamura, S.: Cis-regulatory elements required for thyroid hormone-mediated differential expression of the tandemly-replicated long wavelength-sensitive (lws) opsin genes of the zebrafish. The 2021 Annual Meeting of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO 2021), Online, May 1-7, 2021. (Poster)

2020
  1. Tejada-Martinez, D., Orkin, J. D., Montague, M. J., Warren, W. C., Kawamura, S., de Magalhaes, J. P., Melin, A. D.: Genes under positive selection in the capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator) provide new insight into the evolution of long lives. The 10th meeting on Mechanisms of Aging, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, On Line, September 22 - 25, 2020. (Poster)

2019
  1. Kawamura, S.: Sensory genetics of fish to primates. The 3rd Joint Symposium on Integrated Biosciences between Zhejiang University and the University of Tokyo, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, November 21-25, 2019. (Oral)

  2. Matsushita, Y., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.: Gene conversion on L and M opsin genes and natural selection against it shape color vision in humans and other catarrhine primates. The 3rd Joint Symposium on Integrated Biosciences between Zhejiang University and the University of Tokyo, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, November 21-25, 2019. (Poster) The Best Poster Award

  3. Hou, M., Hayashi, M., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.: Dynamic evolution of the bitter taste receptor family among dietarily divergent Old World monkeys. The 3rd Joint Symposium on Integrated Biosciences between Zhejiang University and the University of Tokyo, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, November 21-25, 2019. (Poster)

  4. Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.: The sensory ecology of food detection and selection by wild primates, roles of vision and olfaction. The 10th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 2019 (ICCPB 2019): Symposium "Primates and Insects: Parallel Evolution of Multimodal Foraging Ecology", Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Canada, August 5th - 9th 2019. (Oral) (Invited) (Symposium organized by M. Ozaki and R. Raguso)

  5. Matsushita, Y., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.: Nucleotide divergence pattern between L and M opsin genes shows human uniqueness among catarrhine primates possibly correlated with color vision variation in humans. Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2019 (SMBE 2019), Manchester Central, Manchester, England, July 21st - 25th 2019. (Poster)

  6. Hou, M., Hayashi, M., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.: Dynamic evolution of the bitter taste receptor family among dietarily divergent Old World monkeys. Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2019 (SMBE 2019), Manchester Central, Manchester, England, July 21st - 25th 2019. (Poster)

  7. Veilleux, C. C., Hiramatsu, C., Webb, S., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.: I see, you smell: interspecific variation in sensory use for fruit evaluation among sympatric New World monkeys. The 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, March 27-30, 2019. (Oral)

  8. Hogan, J. D., Fedigan, L. M., Hiramatsu, C., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.: Seeing the flowers for the trees: trichromacy provides food detection advantages for whitefaced capuchins. The 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, March 27-30, 2019. (Poster)

  9. Nishikawa, M., 〇Hayakawa, T., Dosho, A., Ichihara, R., Nemoto, K., Melin, A. D., Kawamura, S.: Genetic polymorhism of color vision type of Bolivian squirrel monkeys in Japan Monkey Centre. The 63nd Primates Conference, Japan Monkey Centre, Inuyama, January 26 - 27, 2019. (Poster)

2018
  1. Veilleux, C. C., Hiramatsu, C., Webb, S., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.: What are the roles of vision, olfaction, and touch in fruit evaluation? A comparison of sensory foraging behavior in three sympatric platyrrhines. 2018 Annual Meeting of the Texas Association of Biological Anthropologists, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA, November 9-10, 2018. (Oral)

  2. Veilleux, C. C., Hiramatsu, C., Webb, S., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.: Interspecific differences in sensory foraging behavior among sympatric platyrrhines. The 41st Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas, USA, August 8-11, 2018. (Poster)

  3. Hiramatsu, C., Takashima, T., Sakaguchi, H., Tajima, S., Seno, T. and Kawamura, S.: Individual differences in gaze patterns and visual impressions are attributed to polymorphic color vision. The 41st Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society: Symposium "Neural basis for emergence of individuality and face-body expression", Kobe Convention Center, Kobe, Japan, July 26th -29th, 2018. (Oral) (Symposium organized by N. Osumi and M. K. Yamaguchi)

  4. Orkin, J. D., Montague, M., Doherty, A., Magalhaes, J. P., Warren, W., Kawamura, S., Marques-Bonet, T. and Melin, A. D.: Population genomics of white faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator) with unbiased fecal genomes. Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018 (SMBE 2018): Symposium "Genomic underpinnings of primate phenotypic evolution and diversity", Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, July 8th - 12th 2018. (Oral) (Symposium organized by A. D. Melin and S. Kawamura)

  5. Kawamura, S., Matsushita, Y., Di Fiore, A., Aureli, F. and Melin, A. D.: Unequal allele frequencies of the L/M opsin gene in New World monkeys. Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018 (SMBE 2018), Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, July 8th - 12th 2018. (Poster)

  6. Matsushita, Y., Takezaki, N., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.: Nucleotide divergence between L and M opsin genes in New and Old World primates. Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018 (SMBE 2018), Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, July 8th - 12th 2018. (Poster)

  7. Ashino, R., Niimura, Y., Touhara, K., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.: Divergent evolution of olfactory receptor repertoire in New and Old World primates revealed by target capture and massive-parallel sequencing. Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018 (SMBE 2018), Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, July 8th - 12th 2018. (Poster)

  8. Kawamura, S.: Evolution diversity and adaptation of color vision and chemical senses in New World monkeys. The 1st AsiaEvo Conference: Symposium "Molecular and genetic basis of adaptive evolution", Sheraton Dameisha Resort, Shenzhen, China, April 18-20, 2018. (Oral) (Invited) (Symposium organized by K. Tamura and S. Kawamura)

  9. Orkin, J. D., Montague, M. J., Doherty, A., Magalhaes, J., Warren, W.C., Kawamura, S., Marques-Bonet, T. and Melin, A. D.: Population genomics of white faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator) with unbiased fecal genomes. American Association of Physical Anthropologists 87th Annual Meeting (AAPA 2018), Hyatt Regency Austin and JW Marriott Austin, Austin, Texas, USA, April 11th - 14th 2018. (Oral)

  10. Veilleux, C. C., Hiramatsu, C., Valenta, K., Webb, S., Aureli, F., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.: Interspecific and intraspecific variation in the use of manual touch during fruit foraging in primates. American Association of Physical Anthropologists 87th Annual Meeting (AAPA 2018), Hyatt Regency Austin and JW Marriott Austin, Austin, Texas, USA, April 11th - 14th 2018. (Oral)

  11. Snodderly, M., Veilleux, C., Kawamura, S., Fernandez-Duque, E., Link, A., Di Fiore, A.: Genetic diversity of color vision in four sympatric New World primates (Ateles, Lagothrix, Pithecia, Plecturocebus) at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in Amazonian Ecuador. American Association of Physical Anthropologists 87th Annual Meeting (AAPA 2018), Hyatt Regency Austin and JW Marriott Austin, Austin, Texas, USA, April 11th - 14th 2018. (Poster)

  12. Kawamura, S.: Sensory genetics of primates to fish. Department of Anthropology and Archeology Seminar, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, March 12, 2018. (Oral) (Invited)

  13. Kawamura, S.: Evolutionary genetics of vision and chemical sense in humans, wild primates and fish. The International Alliance Research Internship (IARI) Symposium 4th Workshop in Biosciences, ENS de Lyon, Cancer Research Centre of Lyon, INSA Lyon, Lyon, France, February 27 - March 1, 2018. (Oral) (Invited)

  14. Kawamura, S.: Divergent Evolution of Olfactory and Taste Receptor Repertoire in New World Monkeys. The 62nd Primates Conference, Japan Monkey Centre, Inuyama, January 27 - 28, 2018. (Oral) (Invited)

2017
  1. Kawamura, S.: Vision and chemical sense in humans, wild primates and fish. Zhejiang University- The University of Tokyo Joint Symposium 2017, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Campus Library, Media Hall, November 29 - 30, 2017. (Oral)

  2. Melin, A. D., Chiou, K. L., Walco, E. R., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M.: Red-green colour vision increases fruit intake rates of wild capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator). Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology 45th Annual Meeting, Matrix Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 25th - 28th 2017. (Oral)

  3. Kawamura, S., Naoi, T., Hayashi, M., Ashino, R., Niimura, Y., Touhara, K., Imai, H., Veilleux, C. C., Garrett, E. C., Melin, A. D.: Divergent evolution of olfactory and taste receptor repertoire in New World monkeys with diverse color vision types and feeding habits. Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2017 (SMBE 2017), JW Marriott hotel, Austin, USA, July 2nd - 6th 2017. (Oral) (Selected)

  4. Kawamura, S.: Sensory genetics, ecology and evolution: Color vision of primates and fish, and study extension to chemical sense in primates. The International Alliance Research Internship (IARI) Symposium, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Campus Library, Media Hall, January 30th, 2017. (Oral) (Invited)

2016
  1. Kawamura, S.: Color vision study of New World monkeys in Santa Rosa: the genetic perspective. Linda Marie Fedigan Festschrift Symposium 2016, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada, December 1st-4th, 2016. (Oral) (Invited)

  2. Matsushita, Y. and Kawamura, S.: Changing views on selective advantage, diversity and evolution of trichromatic color vision in primates via genetic and field studies. Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA, August 21-27, 2016. (Oral)

  3. Melin, A. D., Orkin, J. D., Garrett, E. C., Montague, M. J., Bankoff, R., Perry, G., Warren, W. C. and Kawamura, S.: Behavioral ecology and sensory genomics of white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) in a comparative context. Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA, August 21-27, 2016. (Oral)

  4. Wikberg, E. C., Campos, F. A., Sato, A., Bergstrom, M. L., Hiwatashi, T., Jack, K. M., Fedigan, L. M. and Kawamura, S.: Parallel dispersal and its effect on the kin composition of wild white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus) groups in Costa Rica. Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA, August 21-27, 2016. (Oral)

  5. Williamson, R. E., Rothman, J. M., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.: How reliable are color and softness as fruit nutritional cues? Integrating food properties and foraging data from Costa Rican capuchins in a dry tropical forest. Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA, August 21-27, 2016. (Oral)

  6. Kalbitzer, U., Bergstrom, M. L., Carnegie, S. D., Kawamura, S., Wikberg, E. C., Campos, F. A. and Fedigan, L. M.: Infant survival in relation to female social bonds and alpha male replacements in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys. Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA, August 21-27, 2016. (Poster)

  7. Walco, E. R., Chiou, K. L., Kawamura, S., Fedigan, L. M. and Melin, A. D.: Color vision and age affect fruit foraging rates of wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) in sector Santa Rosa. Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA, August 21-27, 2016. (Poster)

  8. Endo, M., Shirasu, M., Williamson, R. E., Nevo, O., Melin, A. D., Touhara, K. and Kawamura, S.: Fruit odor as a dietary signal for a wild population of capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica. The 17th International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (ISOT2016), PACIFICO Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, June 5-9, 2016. (Poster)

  9. Kawamura, S.: Sensory genetics, ecology and evolution: Vision and chemical sense in humans, wild primates and fish. Department of Anthropology and Archeology Seminar, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, March 8, 2016. (Oral) (Invited)

2015
  1. Kawamura, S.: Color vision diversity and significance in primates inferred from genetic and field studies. International Conference of the Genetics Society of Korea, 2015 (GSK2015), Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, December 4-5, 2015. (Oral) (Invited)

  2. Khetpal, V., Welker, B., Matsushita, Y., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.: Howler monkey foraging ecology suggests convergent evolution of routine trichromacy as an adaptation for folivory. Midwest Primate Interest Group Conference, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, Missouri., USA, October 9-10, 2015. (Oral)

  3. Kawamura, S.: Significance of color vision diversity in primates inferred from genetic and field studies. The 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Evolutionary Studies, Japan: Symposium "Sensory genetics, ecology and evolution of primates", Chuo University Korakuen Campus, Tokyo. August 20-23, 2015. (Oral) (Symposium organized by S. Kawamura and H. Imai)

  4. Melin, A. D., Shirasu, M., Matsushita, Y., Venkataraman, V., Rothman, J. M., Touhara, K. and Kawamura, S.: Sensory ecology of wild capuchins: Integrating fruit signals, nutrition, and foraging behavior. The 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Evolutionary Studies, Japan: Symposium "Sensory genetics, ecology and evolution of primates", Chuo University Korakuen Campus, Tokyo. August 20-23, 2015. (Oral) (Invited) (Symposium organized by S. Kawamura and H. Imai)

  5. Sakai, Y., Kasagi, S., Kawamura, S., Ohtsuki, H. and Kawata, M.: Variation of absorption spectrum and gene expression pattern of red opsins under different light environments and its effect on behavioral spectral sensitivity in guppies, Poecilia reticulata. 15th congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, The University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 10-14, 2015. (Oral)

  6. Kawamura, S.: Evolutionary diversity of colour vision in primates: implications from field and genetic studies. The 23rd Symposium of the International Colour Vision Society (ICVS 2015), Tohoku University Katahira Campus Sakura Hall, Sendai, Japan, July 3-7, 2015. (Oral) (Invited)

  7. Pablo-Rodriguez, M., Matsushita, Y., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Hernandez-Salazar, L. T. and Kawamura, S.: Prevalencia de dicromacia y tricromacia anomala en una poblacion silvestre de monos arana (Ateles geoffroyi) en Yucatan, Mexico (Prevalence of dichromacy and anomalous trichromacy in a wild population of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in Yucatan, Mexico). El V Congreso Mexicano de Primatologia (The 5th Mexican Congress of Primatology), USBI, Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, June 29 - July 2, 2015. (Poster) (In Spanish)

  8. Melin, A. D., Shirasu, M., Matsushita, Y., Myers, M. S., Bergstrom, M. B., Venkataraman, V., Rothman, J. M., Fedigan, L. M., Touhara, K. and Kawamura, S.: Examining the links among fruit signals, nutritional value, and the sensory behaviors of wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). The 84th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, March 25-28, 2015. (Oral)

  9. Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Campos, F. A., Sato, A., Bergstrom, M. L., Hiwatashi, T., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M.: Alternative routes to reproductive success may explain male cooperation in a primate population (Cebus capucinus) with high reproductive skew. The 84th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, March 25-28, 2015. (Oral)

2014
  1. Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M.: Male cooperation despite high reproductive skew may be explained by reproductive queuing in white-faced capuchin monkeys. 2014 NAKFI Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, Irvine, California, USA, November 13-15, 2014. (poster) (Invited)

  2. Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Welker, B. J., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S. and Imai, H.: Interspecific variation of ligand sensitivity and evolution of bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R4 in New World monkeys. 12th International Symposium on Molecular and Neural Mechanisms ofTaste and Olfactory Perception, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, November 2-3, 2014. (Poster)

  3. Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Welker, B. J., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S. and Imai, H.: Interspecific variation in ligand sensitivity of G-protein-coupled bitter taste receptors in New World monkeys. 16th International Conference on Retinal Proteins, Nagahama Royal Hotel, Nagahama, Japan, October 5-10, 2014. (Poster)

  4. Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Welker, B. J., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S. and Imai, H.: Interspecific variation of ligand sensitivity and evolution of bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R4 in New World monkeys. The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan, September 25-27, 2014. (Poster)

  5. Melin, A. D., Moritz, G. L., Wells, K., Danosi, C., Matsushita, Y., Kistler, L., McCracken, G. F., Perry, G., Kawamura, S. and Dominy, N. J.: Activity patterns, diet and the evolution of color vision in "Archonta". The 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Marriott Hotel, Decatur, Geaogia, USA, September 12-15, 2014. (Oral)

  6. Kawamura, S., Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Matsushita, Y., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Shirasu, M., Melin A. D., Bergstrom M. L., Welker B. J., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. M., Touhara, K. and Imai, H.: Towards understanding evolutionary diversity of chemical sensors in New World monkeys with polymorphic color vision. The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2014), Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 11-16, 2014. (Oral)

  7. Matsushita, Y., Pablo-Rodriguez, M., Schaffner, C. M., Ramos-Fernandez, G., Aureli, F. and Kawamura, S.: Novel L/M opsin alleles create unique color vision in Mexican spider monkeys. The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2014), Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 11-16, 2014. (Oral)

  8. Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Fedigan, L. M., Campos, F. A., Sato, A., Bergstrom, M. L., Hiwatashi, T. and Kawamura, S.: Male reproductive success in white-faced capuchins. The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2014), Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 11-16, 2014. (Oral)

  9. Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Welker, B. J., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S. and Imai, H.: Functional diversity of bitter taste receptors in new world monkeys. The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2014), Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 11-16, 2014. (Poster)

  10. Stenkamp, D. L., Stevens, C. B., Frey, R. A. and Kawamura, S.: Retinoic acid signaling regulates expression of the tandemly duplicated LWS1 and LWS2 genes in zebrafish. 2014 Annual Meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO 2014), Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA, May 4-8, 2014. (Oral)

  11. Jack, K. M., Brasington, L. F., Ritchotte, K., Wikberg, E. C., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M.: Bide your time: Method of alpha male replacement, infant deaths, and time to conception in Cebus capucinus. The 83rd Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA), Hyatt Regency Calgary and Telus Convention Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 8-12, 2014. (Poster)

  12. Schoof, V. A., Wikberg, E. C., Fedigan, L. M., Jack, K. M., Ziegler, T. E. and Kawamura, S.: Infanticides during a socially stable period in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). The 83rd Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA), Hyatt Regency Calgary and Telus Convention Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 8-12, 2014. (Oral)

2013
  1. Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S., Imai, H.: Functional diversity of bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R4 in New World monkeys. The 11th International Symposium on Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Taste and Olfactory Perception (YR Umami Forum 2013: ISMNTOP 2013), Kyushu Uniersity Station-I and II, Collaborative Research, Fukuoka, Japan, October 31-November 2, 2013. (Poster)

  2. Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S., Imai, H.: Functional diversity of bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R4 in New World monkeys. The 51st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan, October 28-30, 2013. (Poster)

  3. Ashino, R., Kasagi, S., Okuda, H., Kawamura, S.: Functional complementation between two classes of green sensitive opsin genes in teleost fish. 19th Japanese Medaka and Zebrafish Meeting, Sendai City Information & Industry Plaza, Sendai, Japan, September 20-21, 2013. (Poster)

  4. Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S., Oota, H.: Naturally occurring variation of CYP xenobiotic enzyme alleles in medaka sheds a new light on sexual dimorphism variation among human populations. 19th Japanese Medaka and Zebrafish Meeting, Sendai City Information & Industry Plaza, Sendai, Japan, September 20-21, 2013. (Oral) The Best Oral Award

  5. Kawamura, S., Matsushita, Y., Melin, A. D., Mortiz, G. L. and Dominy, N. J.: Possible mesopic origin of primate trichromatic color vision inferred from L/M opsin polymorphism of ancestral tarsiers. Annual Conference of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2013 (SMBE 2013), Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 7-11, 2013. (Poster)

  6. Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B., Pavelka, M. and Kawamura, S.: Variability of trichromatic color vision in howler monkeys by L/M hybrid opsin genes. Annual Conference of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2013 (SMBE 2013), Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 7-11, 2013. (Poster)

  7. Ashino, R., Kasagi, S., Okuda, H. and Kawamura, S.: Functional complementation between two classes of green sensitive opsin genes in teleost fish. Annual Conference of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2013 (SMBE 2013), Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 7-11, 2013. (Poster)

2012
  1. Kawamura, S., Matsumoto, Y., Matsushita, Y., Ozawa, N., Nakata, M., Kasagi, S. and Hiramatsu, C.: Improvement of chromatic resolution of L/M opsin alleles in atelid New World monkeys. The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2012), Cancun Convention Center, Cancun, Mexico, August 12-17, 2012. (Oral)

  2. Kawamura, S., Sakurai, K., Bergstrom, M., Shirasu, M., Matsushita, Y., Melin, A., Imai, H., Touhara, K., Oota, H., Aureli, F. and Fedigan, L.: Assessment of bitter taste receptor gene variation and dietary fruit odorants in natural populations of color-vision polymorphic New World Monkeys. The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2012), Cancun Convention Center, Cancun, Mexico, August 12-17, 2012. (Oral)

  3. Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B., Pavelka, M. and Kawamura, S.: Possible anomalous trichromacy of color vision by hybrid L/M opsin genes in wild howler monkeys, Alouatta. The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2012), Cancun Convention Center, Cancun, Mexico, August 12-17, 2012. (Oral)

  4. Melin, A. D., Moritz, G. L., Wells, K., Kawamura, S. and Dominy, N. J.: Visual pigments, treeshrews, and the origins of primates. The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2012), Cancun Convention Center, Cancun, Mexico, August 12-17, 2012. (Oral)

  5. Schaffner, C. M., Murillo, E., Di Fiore, A., Kawamura, S. and Aureli, F.: Male immigration in spider monkeys? The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2012), Cancun Convention Center, Cancun, Mexico, August 12-17, 2012. (Oral)

  6. Kawamura, S., Matsumoto, Y., Matsushita, Y., Ozawa, N., Nakata, M., Kasagi, S. and Hiramatsu, C.: Mutations improving chromatic resolution of L/M opsin alleles in atelid New World monkeys. The 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2012 (SMBE 2012), The Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland, June 23-26, 2012. (Poster)

  7. Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B., Pavelka, M. and Kawamura, S.: Color vision variation of trichromacy by L/M hybrid genes in wild populations of New World howler monkeys. The 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2012 (SMBE 2012), The Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland, June 23-26, 2012. (Poster)

  8. Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.: Medaka (Oryzias latipes) as a population model for studying functional differences between the alleles of human polymorphisms. The 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2012 (SMBE 2012), The Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland, June 23-26, 2012. (Poster)

  9. Kawamura, S.: Molecular mechanism and adaptive significance of evolutionary diversification of visual opsins. The 89th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan: Symposium 38: Functional evolution of sensing receptors: Toward the comprehensive understanding by fusion of research in the different fields (Organized by Makoto Tominaga and Hioo Imai), Shinshu University Matsumoto Campus, Matsumoto, Japan, March 29-31, 2012. (Oral) (Invited)

  10. Kawamura, S.: Color vision polymorphism in wild New World monkeys and adaptive significance of primate color vision. The 8th Okazaki Biology Conference (OBC8): Speciation and Adaptation II - Environment and Epigenetics - , Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Japan, March 18-23, 2012. (Oral) (Invited)

2011
  1. Kawamura, S.: Evolution of visual opsin genes in fish and primates. 15th Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marseilles (15th EBM), Regional Center of Educational Documentation ("Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique"), Marseilles, France, September 27-30, 2011. (Oral) (Invited)

  2. Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.: Allelic variations of cytochrome P450 genes in wild medaka populations: curious similarities to humans' polymorphisms and their functions. Isogenic Medaka Workshop, European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Hinxton, UK, September 26-27, 2011. (Oral)

  3. Ashino, R., Tsujimura, T., Hoyoya, T. and Kawamura, S.: Identification of regulatory region for differential expression of duplicated red sensitive opsin genes in zebrafish. 17th Japanese Medaka and Zebrafish Meeting, Toray Human Resource Development Center, Mishima, Japan, September 8-9, 2011. (Oral)

  4. Aso, M., Takishima, N., Matsumoto, Y., Oda, S., Mitani, H. and Kawamura, S.: Comparison of gene organization and expression of blue-sensitive (SWS2) opsins among medaka fish species. 17th Japanese Medaka and Zebrafish Meeting, Toray Human Resource Development Center, Mishima, Japan, September 8-9, 2011. (Poster)

  5. Kawamura, S.: Evolutionary study of vertebrate color vision: from fish transgenesis to field primatology, and to human variation. Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011), Kyoto University (Clock Tower Centennial Hall and Shiran Kaikan) and Miyako Messe, Kyoto, Japan, July 26-30, 2011. (Oral) (Invited) Plenary Talk

  6. Nakagome, S., Mano, S., Kozlowski, L., Bujnicki, J. M., Shibata, H., Fukumaki, Y., Kidd, J. R., Kidd, K. K., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.: Population specific distribution of Crohn's disease risk alleles on the NOD2 locus and natural selection on standing variation. Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011), Kyoto University (Clock Tower Centennial Hall and Shiran Kaikan) and Miyako Messe, Kyoto, Japan, July 26-30, 2011. (Oral) Post-doc Travel Award

  7. Kasagi, S., Tezuka, A., Kawata, M. and Kawamura, S.: Spectral characterization of guppy visual opsins. Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011), Kyoto University (Clock Tower Centennial Hall and Shiran Kaikan) and Miyako Messe, Kyoto, Japan, July 26-30, 2011. (Poster)

  8. Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.: Allelic variations of cytochrome P450 genes in wild medaka populations: a parallelism to human alleles. Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011), Kyoto University (Clock Tower Centennial Hall and Shiran Kaikan) and Miyako Messe, Kyoto, Japan, July 26-30, 2011. (Poster)

  9. Ashino, R., Tsujimura, T., Hoyoya, T. and Kawamura, S.: Exploration of regulatory region for differential expression of duplicated red-sensitive opsin genes in zebrafish. Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011), Kyoto University (Clock Tower Centennial Hall and Shiran Kaikan) and Miyako Messe, Kyoto, Japan, July 26-30, 2011. (Poster)

  10. Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B., Pavelka, M. and Kawamura, S.: Finding a polymorphism of the L-M opsin gene in howler monkeys which have been supposed to have uniform trichromacy in New World monkeys. Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011), Kyoto University (Clock Tower Centennial Hall and Shiran Kaikan) and Miyako Messe, Kyoto, Japan, July 26-30, 2011. (Poster)

  11. Aso, M., Takishima, N., Matsumoto, Y., Oda, S., Mitani, H. and Kawamura, S.: Comparison of gene organization and expression of blue-sensitive (SWS2) opsins among medaka fish species. Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011), Kyoto University (Clock Tower Centennial Hall and Shiran Kaikan) and Miyako Messe, Kyoto, Japan, July 26-30, 2011. (Poster)

  12. Ishizaki, N., Shirai, K., Fukuyo, Y., Ishida, H., Kidd, K. K., Oota, H. and Kawamura, S.: Toward understanding evolutionary force behind color vision polymorphism in humans. Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011), Kyoto University (Clock Tower Centennial Hall and Shiran Kaikan) and Miyako Messe, Kyoto, Japan, July 26-30, 2011. (Poster)

  13. Sakurai, K., Bergstrom, M., Shirasu, M., Imai, H., Touhara, K.,Oota, H., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. and Kawamura, S.: Toward understanding importance of chemical sense in primates: a study of natural populations of color-vision polymorphic New World monkeys. Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011), Kyoto University (Clock Tower Centennial Hall and Shiran Kaikan) and Miyako Messe, Kyoto, Japan, July 26-30, 2011. (Poster)

  14. Sato, A., Campos, F., Oota, H., Jack, K., Di Fiore, A., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. and Kawamura, S.: Genetic variation in wild capuchins and spider monkeys in Costa Rica: implications for dispersal patterns. Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011), Kyoto University (Clock Tower Centennial Hall and Shiran Kaikan) and Miyako Messe, Kyoto, Japan, July 26-30, 2011. (Poster)

  15. Nakagome, S., Mano, S., Kozlowski, L., Bujnicki, J. M., Kidd, J. R., Kidd, K. K., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.: An evolutionary study of human complex diseases. Molecular Evolutionary Studies in Post-Genomic Era, Yanta International Hotel, Xian, China, June 8 - 17, 2011. (Oral) (Invited)

  16. Li, Y. N., Tsujimura, T., Kawamura, S. and Dowling, J. E.: Bipolar cell-photoreceptor connections in the zebrafish retina. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2011, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, May 1-5, 2011. (Oral)

2010
  1. Kawamura, S., Hiwatashi, T., Okabe, Y., Tsutsui, T., Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Oota, H., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. M. and Innan, H.: A population genetic test of balancing selection for color vision variation in New World monkeys. The 23rd International Primatological Society Congress Kyoto 2010: Symposium "Variation and Evolution of Primate Color Vision Revealed by Cross-disciplinary Studies", Kyoto University (Yoshida Main Campus), Kyoto, Japan, September 12-18, 2010. (Oral) (Symposium organized by S. Kawamura and A. D. Melin)

  2. Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Parr, N. and Kawamura, S.: Dietary selectivity by white-faced capuchins: how important are colourful fruits? The 23rd International Primatological Society Congress Kyoto 2010: Symposium "Variation and Evolution of Primate Color Vision Revealed by Cross-disciplinary Studies", Kyoto University (Yoshida Main Campus), Kyoto, Japan, September 12-18, 2010. (Oral) (Symposium organized by S. Kawamura and A. D. Melin)

  3. Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Vorobyev, M. and Kawamura, S.: Challenging advantage of trichromacy in fruit foraging behavior of wild spider monkeys. The 23rd International Primatological Society Congress Kyoto 2010: Symposium "Variation and Evolution of Primate Color Vision Revealed by Cross-disciplinary Studies", Kyoto University (Yoshida Main Campus), Kyoto, Japan, September 12-18, 2010. (Oral) (Invited) (Symposium organized by S. Kawamura and A. D. Melin)

  4. Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B. and Kawamura, S.: Toward deeper understanding color vision of howler monkeys. The 23rd International Primatological Society Congress Kyoto 2010, Kyoto University (Yoshida Main Campus), Kyoto, Japan, September 12-18, 2010. (Poster)

  5. Oota, H., Kaul, R., Shibata, H., Toyoda, A., Fijiyama, A., Speed, W. C., Kidd, J. R., Olson, M., Kawamura, S. and Kidd, K. K.: Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) gene cluster in primates. The 23rd International Primatological Society Congress Kyoto 2010: Symposium "Post-Genome Biology of Primates (symposium organized by H. Imai and Y. Go)", Kyoto University (Yoshida Main Campus), Kyoto, Japan, September 12-18, 2010. (Oral) (Invited)

  6. Kawamura, S.: Color vision polymorphism in wild New World monkeys as a model system to understand the adaptive significance of primate color vision. The 4th International Symposium of the Biodiversity and Evolution, Kyoto University Global COE project "Evolution of Sensor, Communication and Society", Shiran Kaikan, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, September 11-12, 2010. (Oral) (Invited)

  7. Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B. and Kawamura, S.: Molecular genetic reevaluation of the uniform-trichromacy hypothesis for howler monkeys. The 4th International Symposium of the Biodiversity and Evolution, Kyoto University Global COE project "Evolution of Sensor, Communication and Society", Shiran Kaikan, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, September 11-12, 2010. (Poster)

  8. Tsujimura, T., 〇Ashino, R., Hosoya, T. and Kawamura, S.: Identification of a single enhancer regulating differential expression of duplicated red-sensitive opsin genes in zebrafish. The 4th International Symposium of the Biodiversity and Evolution, Kyoto University Global COE project "Evolution of Sensor, Communication and Society", Shiran Kaikan, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, September 11-12, 2010. (Poster)

  9. Kawamura, S.: Testing adaptive significance of primate color vision by behavioral and genetic studies of wild populations of New World monkeys. International Symposium on Biodiversity Sciences (ISBDS) 2010 "Genome, Evolution and Environment", Nagoya City University (Hotel Rubra Ohzan), Nagoya, Japan, July 31-August 3, 2010. (Oral) (Invited)

  10. Tsujimura, T., Masuda, R., Matsumoto, Y., Hosoya, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H. and Kawamura, S.: Evolution of cis- and trans-acting factors in the regulation of duplicated opsin genes in zebrafish. Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2010, Lyon Convention Center, Lyon, France, July 4-8, 2010. (Oral) Postdoctoral Researcher Travel Award

  11. Nakagome, S., Mano, S., Kidd, J. R., Kidd, K. K., Kawamura, S., and Oota, H.: An evolutionary analysis of the NOD2 gene associated with Crohn's disease. Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2010, Lyon Convention Center, Lyon, France, July 4-8, 2010. (Poster)

  12. Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Young, H. and Kawamura, S.: Invertebrate Foraging by Costa Rican Capuchin Monkeys: Testing Predicted Sex Differences in Relation to Color Vision Variation. The 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Seelbach Hilton Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, June 16-19, 2010. (Oral)

  13. Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.: A study of functional differences between alleles in P450 genes for medaka fish. Genetics 2010: Model Organisms to Human Biology, Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, USA, June 12-15, 2010. (Poster)

  14. Suzuki, S. C., Takechi, M., Kawamura, S. and Wong, R. O. L.: Live-imaging of cone photoreceptor genesis in zebrafish retina. Gordon Research Conference, Visual System Development, Il Ciocco Hotel and Resort, Lucca (Barga), Italy, May 23-28, 2010. (Poster)

  15. Kawamura, S.: Polymorphic color vision in primates: evolutionary considerations. Hominization Conference 2010 Primate Genomics for Globalization of Collaboration Program: Post-genome biology of primates as the hub-research for understanding our species and neighbors, Inuyama International Sightseeing Center "Freude", Inuyama, Japan, March 4-6, 2010. (Oral) (Invited)

2009
  1. Mikami, A., Onishi, A., Hanazawa, A., Terao, K., Saito, A., Widayati, K. A., Suryobroto, B., Hiwatashi, T., Kawamura, S., Goto, S., Siriaroonrat, B., Malaivijitnond, S.: Color vision of non-human primates The 3rd International Congress on the Future of Animal Research, Rose Garden Riverside, Bangkok, Thailand, November 19-22, 2009. (Oral)

  2. Nakagome, S., Takeyama, Y., Mano, S., Sakisaka, S., Matsui, T., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.: A population specific susceptibility and genotype risk to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The 59th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, October 20-24, 2009. (Poster)

  3. Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.: Medaka (Oryzias latipes) as a model to study human polymorphic functions. The 59th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, October 20-24, 2009. (Poster)

  4. Kimura, R., Yamaguchi, T., Maki, K., Takeda, M., Kondo, O., Hanihara, T., Osawa, M., Ishida, H., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.: A nonsynonymous SNP in EDAR is associated with tooth shoveling. The 59th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, October 20-24, 2009. (Poster)

  5. Suzuki, S. C., Williams, P. R. Takechi, M., Kawamura, S. and Wong, R. O. L.: Time-lapse imaging of cone photoreceptor generation in zebrafish retina. The 39th Annual meeting of Society of Neuroscience (SFN2009), the McCormick Place Campus, Chicago, IL, USA, October 17-21, 2009. (Poster)

  6. Miyazaki, T., Iwami, T., Yamauchi, M., Yamauchi, S., Shimizu, R., Kasagi, S., Nakata, M. and Kawamura, S.: Retinal histology and molecular basis color vision in 0-2 age-class Champsocephalus gunnari (Channichthyidae). The Xth SCAR International Biology Symposium, Conference hall, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, July 26-31, 2009. (Poster)

  7. Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.: A population study on CYP genes in medaka (Oryzias latipes) as a model for investigating their functional polymorphisms in humans. 16th International Conference on Cytochrome P450: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Bankoku Shinryokan, Okinawa, Japan, June 21-25, 2009. (Poster)

  8. Nakagome, S., Takeyama, Y., Mano, S., Sakisaka, S., Matsui, T., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.: Genetic difference of susceptibility to inflammatory bowel diseases between Europeans and Japanese. Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2009, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, June 3-7, 2009. (Poster)

  9. Kawamura, S.: Evolutionary diversification of visual opsin repertoires in primates and fish: functional differentiation, behavioral significance and natural selection. Neotropical Primate Sensory and Cognitive Ecology Workshop, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, March 5-6, 2009. (Oral) (Invited)

2008
  1. Tsujimura T., Takechi, M., Chinen, A., Hosoya, T., Seno, S., Masuda, R. and Kawamura, S.: Evolutionary conservation and diversification of cis-regulatory mechanisms studied through cone opsin genes of zebrafish. The 16th CDB Meeting: Cis Sequence Regulation and Its Evolution, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan, September 29 - October 1, 2008. (Poster)

  2. Kawamura, S., Matsumoto, Y., Ozawa, N., Hiwatashi, T., Okabe, Y., Tsutsui, T., Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Innan, H., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F. and Fedigan, L. M.: Mutations creating novel spectral types of Atelid L/M opsin alleles and the natural selection acting to maintain allelic polymorphism of L/M opsin genes in wild populations of New World monkeys. International Primatological Society XXII Congress, The Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK, August 3-8, 2008. (Oral)

  3. Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Vorobyev, M. and Kawamura, S.: Effectiveness of chromatic and achromatic signals in fruit foraging of wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). International Primatological Society XXII Congress, The Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK, August 3-8, 2008. (Oral)

  4. Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Hiramatsu, C. and Kawamura, S.: Fig foraging by white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica: considering polymorphic color vision. International Primatological Society XXII Congress, The Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK, August 3-8, 2008. (Oral) (Invited) 3rd Place: Student Competition for Outstanding Oral Presentation

  5. Kawamura, S.: Evolutionary diversification of visual opsin subtypes in fish and primates: spectral differentiation, expression patterning and natural selection. The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV 2008): Comparative Colour Vision, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, Australia, July 18-21, 2008. (Oral) (Invited)

  6. Kawamura, S., Matsumoto, Y., Ozawa, N., Hiwatashi, T., Okabe, Y., Tsutsui, T., Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Innan, H., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F. and Fedigan, L. M.: Detection of natural selection acting to maintain allelic polymorphism of L/M opsin genes in wild populations of New World monkeys. Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2008, Palau de Congressos de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, June 5-8, 2008. (Poster)

  7. Tsujimura T., Chinen, A., Hosoya, T., Masuda, R. and Kawamura, S.: Regulatory mechanisms for the coordinated expression of duplicated green-sensitive and red-sensitive opsin genes in zebrafish and their evolution. Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2008, Palau de Congressos de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, June 5-8, 2008. (Oral) Nominated for Walter M. Fitch Student Award

  8. Oota, H., Matsumoto, Y., Asaoka, Y., Nishina, H., Watanabe, K., Bujnicki, J., Oda, S., Kawamura, S. and Mitani, H.: Are genes that are highly diversified between human populations also variable in the medaka populations? Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2008, Palau de Congressos de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, June 5-8, 2008. (Poster)

  9. Kawamura, S.: Color vision polymorphism in New World monkeys and its implication in primate evolution. The 1st International Symposium of the Biodiversity Global COE Project, "from Genome to Ecosystem", Shiran Kaikan, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, March 19-20, 2008. (Oral) (Invited)

  10. Kawamura, S., Matsumoto Y., Tsujimura T., Takechi, M. and Chinen, A.: Evolutionary diversification of visual opsin repertoires and their expression regulation in fish revealed by studies of zebrafish and medaka. The 54th NIBB Conference, New Frontiers for the Medaka Model: Genome, Bioresources and Biology, Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Japan, February 28-29, 2008. (Oral) (Invited)

2006
  1. Melin, A., Fedigan, L., Hiramatsu, C. and Kawamura, S.: Diet, foraging and colour Vision: evaluating the niche-divergence hypothesis as an explanatory mechanism of polymorphic colour vision in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). 34th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropologists, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, October 25-28, 2006. (Oral)

  2. Melin, A., Fedigan, L., Hiramatsu, C. and Kawamura, S.: Effects of color vision phenotype on insect capture by free-ranging white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, San Antonio, Texas, USA, August 16-19, 2006. (Oral)

  3. Kawamura, S., Tsutsui, T., Hiramatsu, C., Fedigan, L. and Innan, H.: A neutrality test of color vision polymorphism in a social group of wild capuchin monkeys. The Fourth Asian Conference on Vision (ACV2006), Kunibiki Messe, Matsue, Japan, July 28-31, 2006. (Oral)

  4. Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. and Kawamura, S.: Color vision polymorphism and fruit foraging in spider monkeys. The Fourth Asian Conference on Vision (ACV2006), Kunibiki Messe, Matsue, Japan, July 28-31, 2006. (Oral)

  5. Kawamura, S.: Evolutionary diversification of visual opsin subtypes in fish. 12th International Conference on Retinal Proteins (12/ICRP), Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center, Hyogo, Japan, June 4-8, 2006. (Oral) (Invited)

  6. Takechi, M. and Kawamura, S.: Identification of cis-regulatory regions of blue sensitive visual pigment gene (SWS2) in zebrafish. 12th International Conference on Retinal Proteins (12/ICRP), Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center, Hyogo, Japan, June 4-8, 2006. (Poster)

  7. Matsumoto, Y., Fukamachi, S., Mitani, H. and Kawamura, S.: Diversity of visual opsins in spectral sensitivity and expression pattern among congeneric medaka species. 12th International Conference on Retinal Proteins (12/ICRP), Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center, Hyogo, Japan, June 4-8, 2006. (Poster)

  8. Tsujimura, T., Chinen, A. and Kawamura, S.: Identification of a locus control region for quaduplicated green-sensitive opsin genes in zebrafish. 12th International Conference on Retinal Proteins (12/ICRP), Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center, Hyogo, Japan, June 4-8, 2006. (Poster)

  9. Kawamura, S.: Diverse evolution of fish visual opsin genes and their regulatory mechanisms. Gordon Research Conferences: Visual System Development, Il Ciocco, Lucca, Italy, May 14-19, 2006. (Oral) (Invited)

  10. Matsumoto, Y., Fukamachi, S., Mitani, H. and Kawamura, S.: Diversity of visual opsins in spectral sensitivity and expression pattern among congeneric medaka species. Gordon Research Conferences: Visual System Development, Il Ciocco, Lucca, Italy, May 14-19, 2006. (Poster)

  11. Tsujimura, T., Chinen, A. and Kawamura, S.: Identification of a locus control region for quaduplicated green-sensitive opsin genes in zebrafish. Gordon Research Conferences: Visual System Development, Il Ciocco, Lucca, Italy, May 14-19, 2006. (Poster)

  12. Allison W. T., Kuang, C., Worsham, C., Ross, J. L., Skebo, K. M., Barthel, L. K., Takechi, M., Kawamura, S. and Raymond, P. A.: Genetic analysis of the cone photoreceptor mosaic in zebrafish. Gordon Research Conferences: Visual System Development, Il Ciocco, Lucca, Italy, May 14-19, 2006. (Poster) The Best Image Award

  13. Kawamura, S., Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A., Tsutsui, T., Matsumoto, Y., Innan, H., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. and Fedigan, L.: Adaptive significance of color vision polymorphism in social groups of wild New World monkeys. Molecular Primatology: Progress and Promise, New York University, New York, USA, March 2-4, 2006. (Oral) (Invited)

  14. Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. and Kawamura, S.: Color vision and fruit foraging in spider monkeys. Molecular Primatology: Progress and Promise, New York University, New York, USA, March 2-4, 2006. (Poster)

  15. Melin, A., Hiramatsu, C., Fedigan, L. and Kawamura, S.: Color vision and insect foraging in capuchin monkeys. Molecular Primatology: Progress and Promise, New York University, New York, USA, March 2-4, 2006. (Poster)
2005
  1. Melin, A., Fedigan L. M., Hiramatsu, C., Aureli, F., Sendall, C. and Kawamura, S.: Relative success of trichromatic and dichromatic capuchins (Cebus capucinus) in foraging on camouflaged insects in a tropical dry forest. 2005 CAPA (Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology) Conference, Fort Gary Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, November. 2-5, 2005. (Oral)

  2. Kawamura, S.: Evolutionary diversity of subtype repertoire of visual opsins in fish and primates. International Symposium: Evolution of Biological Function of Seven Transmembrane Receptors, Tokyo Institute of Technology Suzukake-dai Campus, Yokohama, Japan, October. 17-19, 2005. (Oral) (Invited)

  3. Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A., Tsutsui, T., Matsumoto, Y., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. M. and Kawamura, S.: Red-green opsin allele frequency in natural populations of New World monkeys and behavioral observation of color-typed individuals. Tri-National Young Investigators' Workshop in the 12th annual meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, June 24-26, 2005. (Oral) (Invited)

  4. Allison, W. T., Barthel, L. K., Yan, B., Chi, C., Ross, J. L., Yang, X., Kuang, C., Goldman, D. J., Kawamura, S., Raymond, P. A.: Genetic analysis of the cone photoreceptor mosaic in zebrafish. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2005 Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, May 1-5, 2005. (Poster)

2004
  1. Hiramatsu, C., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. M. and Kawamura, S.: Testing spectral tuning residues of visual pigments and color-vision typing of wild New World monkeys in Costa Rica. 20th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS20), Torino, Italy, August 22-28, 2004. (Oral)

  2. Saito, A., Mikami, A., Ueno, Y., Kawamura, S., Widayati, K. A., Suryobroto, B., Teramoto, M., Mori, Y., Nagano, K. and Hasegawa, T.: Advantage of dichromats over trichromats in discrimination of colour-camouflaged stimuli. 20th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS20), Torino, Italy, August 22-28, 2004. (Oral)

  3. Takechi, M. and Kawamura, S.: Differential expression of duplicated visual opsin genes in zebrafish retina. 6th International Meeting on Zebrafish Development & Genetics, Madison, USA, July 29-August 2, 2004. (Poster)

2003
  1. Hiramatsu, C. and Kawamura, S.: Spectral tuning of M/LWS visual pigments and noninvasive color-vision typing of New World monkeys. The 10th annual meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Newport Beach, California, USA, June 26-29, 2003. (Oral)

  2. Chinen, A. and Kawamura, S.: Gene duplication, spectral diversity and expressional regulation of zebrafish visual pigments. The 10th annual meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Newport Beach, California, USA, June 26-29, 2003. (Oral)
2002
  1. Kawamura, S., Takenaka, N., Hiramatsu, C., Hirai, M. and Takenaka, O.: Y-chromosomal red-green opsin genes of nocturnal New World monkey. COE International Symposium "Evolution of the Apes and the Origin of the Human Beings", Inuyama International Sightseeing Center "Freude", Inuyama, Japan, November 14-17, 2002. (Poster)
  2. Hiramatsu, C., Takenaka, O., Saito, A. and Kawamura, S.: Color-vision typing of New World monkeys by examining DNA from fecal samples. COE International Symposium "Evolution of the Apes and the Origin of the Human Beings", Inuyama International Sightseeing Center "Freude", Inuyama, Japan, November 14-17, 2002. (Poster)
  3. Kubotera, N. and Kawamura, S.: Genomic and spectral analyses of visual pigments of nocturnal prosimian primates. COE International Symposium "Evolution of the Apes and the Origin of the Human Beings", Inuyama International Sightseeing Center "Freude", Inuyama, Japan, November 14-17, 2002. (Poster)
  4. Kawamura, S., Hirai, M., Takenaka, N., Hiramatsu, C., Radlwimmer, F. B., Yokoyama, S. and Takenaka, O.: Y-chromosomal red-green visual pigment genes of nocturnal New World monkey, Aotus trivirgatus. Inter-Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences 2002 (IUAES 2002), Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, September 22-27, 2002. (Oral)
  5. Hiramatsu, C., Kawamura, S., Takenaka, O. and Saito, A.: Color-vision typing of New World monkeys by examining DNA from fecal samples. Inter-Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences 2002 (IUAES 2002), Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, September 22-27, 2002. (Poster)
  6. Kubotera, N. and Kawamura, S.: Genomic and spectral analyses of visual pigments of prosimian primates. Inter-Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences 2002 (IUAES 2002), Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, September 22-27, 2002. (Poster)
  7. Kawamura, S., Hirai, M., Takenaka, N., Hiramatsu, C., Radlwimmer, F. B., Yokoyama, S. and Takenaka, O.: Y-chromosomal red-green visual pigment genes of nocturnal New World monkey, Aotus trivirgatus. The 19th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS19), Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing, China, August 4-9, 2002. (Oral)
  8. Hiramatsu, C.,.Takenaka, O., Saito, A. and Kawamura, S.: Color-vision typing of New World monkeys by examining DNA from fecal samples. The 19th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS19), Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing, China, August 4-9, 2002. (Poster)
  9. Kubotera, N. and Kawamura, S.: Genomic and spectral analyses of visual pigments of prosimian primates. The 19th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS19), Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing, China, August 4-9, 2002. (Poster)
  10. Saito, A., Ueno, Y., Kawamura, S. and Hasegawa, T.: Adaptive significance of trichromatic color vision among capuchin monkeys. The 19th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS19), Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing, China, August 4-9, 2002. (Poster)
  11. Saito, A., Ueno, Y., Kawamura, S. and Hasegawa, T.: Adaptive significance of trichromatic color vision among capuchin monkeys. The 2nd International Symposium on Comparative Cognitive Science, Inuyama International Sightseeing Center “Freude”, Inuyama, Japan, February 17-19, 2002. (Oral)
2001
  1. Takenaka, N., Hirai, M. and Kawamura, S.: Y-chromosomal LWS/MWS visual pigment genes of owl monkey. International Symposium on Evolutionary Genetics: New Paradigm of Biology in the 21st Century, National Institute of Genetics, Atami, Japan, November 4-6, 2001. (Poster)

  2. Kawamura, S., Hamaoka, T., Chinen, A., Kasagi, S., Takechi, M. and Yamada, Y.: Y-chromosomal LWS/MWS visual pigment genes of owl monkey. International Symposium on Evolutionary Genetics: New Paradigm of Biology in the 21st Century, National Institute of Genetics, Atami, Japan, November 4-6, 2001. (Poster)

  3. Saito, A., Ueno, Y., Kawamura, S. and Hasegawa, T.: Food search behavior of trichromatic and dichromatic capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). The 27th International Ethological Conference, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tubingen, Germany, August 22-29, 2001. (Poster)
  4. Kawamura, S.: Evolution of color vision and visual pigment genes of New World monkeys and zebrafish. RIKEN BSI FORUM, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Japan, February 14, 2001. (Oral) (Invited)

1999
  1. Kawamura, S., Hirai, M. and Takenaka, O.: Red/green visual pigment gene organization of owl monkeys and common marmosets. COE International Symposium: Evolution of the Apes and the Origin of the Human Beings, Inuyama International Sightseeing Center “Freude”, Inuyama, Japan, November 18-20, 1999. (Poster)

  2. Kawamura, S., Hirai, M. and Takenaka, O.: Assessment of single-locus X-chromosomal theory on red/green visual pigment genes of New World monkeys. Gordon Research Conference: Molecular Evolution, Graduate University for Advanced Studies and Shonan Village Center, Hayama, Japan, Octorber 24-29, 1999. (Poster)

  3. Kawamura, S., Hirai, M. and Takenaka, O.: Assessment of single-locus X-chromosomal theory on red/green visual pigment genes of New World monkeys. Fifth International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (ICCPB 99), University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, August 23-28, 1999. (Poster)



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