Tomoko F. Shibata, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Biomedical Information Analysis,
Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization,
Tohoku University
Address: 4F Tohoku Medical Megabank Building, Tohoku University
2-1 Seiryo, Aoba, Sendai 980-8573, Japan
E-mail: tshibata <at> megabank.tohoku.ac.jp
Work History
April 2015- Assistant Professor, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University
Jan. 2012- March 2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Basic Biology
April 2011-Dec. 2011 Visiting Researcher, Yokohama City University
May 2010-Dec. 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Miami
April 2008-March 2010 Research Fellow, Misaki Marine Biological Station, the University of Tokyo
April 2006-March 2008 Research Fellow of JSPS (DC2)
Education
March 2009 Ph. D., Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo
March 2003 Master’s degree, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo
March 2001 Bachelor’s degree, Department of Geology, the University of Tokyo
Awards
April 2014 Best Poster Award in Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference on Genome Assisted Biology of Crops and Model Plant Systems
Sep. 2010 Encouragement Award for Young Women Scientists (OM Award) from Zoological Society of Japan
Sep. 2009 Zoological Science Award and Fujii Award for the paper, “Development and Growth of the Feather Star Oxycomanthus japonicus to Sexual Maturity”, Zoological Science 25: 1075-1083, 2008
Jan. 2004 Best Presentation Award in Conference on Lipid Messenger Signaling
Publications
Original Articles
・ Oleg Gusev, Yoshitaka Suetsugu, Richard Cornette, Takeshi Kawashima, Maria D. Logacheva, Alexey S. Kondrashov, Aleksey A. Penin, Rie Hatanaka, Shingo Kikuta, Sachiko Shimura, Hiroyuki Kanamori, Yuichi Katayose, Takashi Matsumoto, Elena Shagimardanova, Dmitry Alexeev, Vadim Govorun, Jennifer Wisecaver, Alexander Mikheyev, Ryo Koyanagi, Manabu Fujie, Tomoaki Nishiyama, Shuji Shigenobu, Tomoko F. Shibata, Veronika Golygina, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Takashi Okuda, Nori Satoh, Takahiro Kikawada. Comparative genome sequencing reveals genomic signature of extreme desiccation tolerance in the anhydrobiotic midge. Nature Communications, 5:4784, 2014
・Kazutaka Takeshita**, Tomoko F. Shibata**, Naruo Nikoh, Tomoaki Nishiyama, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Takema Fukatsu, Shuji Shigenobu, and Yoshitomo Kikuchi. Whole-Genome Sequence of Burkholderia sp. Strain RPE67, Bacterial Gut Symbiont of the Bean Bug Riptortus Pedestris. Genome Announcements, 2: e00556-14, 2014. **: Co-first authors
・Yoshikazu Furuta, Hiroe Namba-Fukuyo, Tomoko F. Shibata, Tomoaki Nishiyama, Shuji Shigenobu, Yutaka Suzuki, Sumio Sugano, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Ichizo Kobayashi. Methylome diversification through changes in DNA methyltransferase sequence specificity. PLOS Genetics, 10:e1004272, 2014
・Tomoko F. Shibata, Taro Maeda, Naruo Nikoh, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Kenshiro Oshima, Masahira Hattori, Tomoaki Nishiyama, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Takema Fukatsu, Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Shuji Shigenobu. Complete genome sequence of Burkholderia sp. strain RPE64, bacterial symbiont of the bean bug Riptortus pedestris. Genome Announcements, 1:e00441-13. 2013
・Ryo Matsumoto, Tomoko F. Shibata, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Mamoru Sekifuji, Natsuko Sugii, Hiroaki Nakajima, Noriaki Kojima, Yuki Fujii, Sarkar M.A. Kawsar, Hidetaro Yasumitsu, Jiharu Hamako, Taei Matsui and Yasuhiro Ozeki. Glycomics of a novel type-2 N-acetyllactosamine-specific lectin purified from the feather star, Oxycomanthus japonicus (Pelmatozoa: Crinoidea). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 158: 266-273. 2011
・Tomoko F. Shibata*, Tatsuo Oji, Koji Akasaka, and Kiyokazu Agata. Staging of regeneration process of an arm of the feather star Oxycomanthus japonicus focusing on the oral-aboral boundary. Developmental Dynamics, 239: 2947–2961. 2010. *Corresponding author
・Tomoko F. Shibata*, Atsuko Sato, Tatsuo Oji and Koji Akasaka. Development and growth of the feather star Oxycomanthus japonicus to sexual maturity. Zoological Science, 25: 1075–1083. 2008. *Corresponding author
・Tomoko F. Shibata* & Tatsuo Oji. Kiimetra miocenica, a new genus and species of the family Calometridae (Echinodermata, Crinoidea) from the Middle Miocene of southwestern Japan. Journal of Paleontology, 81: 397-404. 2007. *Corresponding author
・ Tomoko F. Shibata* & Tatsuo Oji. Autotomy and arm number increase in Oxycomanthus japonicus (Echinodermata, Crinoidea). Invertebrate Biology, 122: 375-379. 2003. *Corresponding author
Books
・柴田朋子・笠原雅弘・重信秀治・西山智明・長谷部光泰. 一分子シークエンサーを用いた非モデル生物のde novoゲノム解読. 林崎良英監修, 伊藤昌可・伊藤恵美編集「次世代シーケンサー活用術 トップランナーの最新研究事例に学ぶ」化学同人. 2014
・ T. F. Shibata* & T. Oji. Post-larval ontogeny of Oxycomanthus japonicus (Crinoidea). In “Echinoderms: München”. Edited by T. Heinzeller and J.H. Nebelsick. 65-68, 2004. *Corresponding author
・A. Sato, S. Amemiya, T.F.Shibata & T. Oji. Development of skeletal components in the larval stalk of the feather star Oxycomanthus japonicus. In “Echinoderms: München”, Edited by T. Heinzeller and J.H. Nebelsick. 61-64, 2004
Others
・柴田 朋子. ニッポンウミシダの発生と長期飼育. 日本動物学会ウェブサイト. 2009年9月
・Tomoko F. Shibata. Development and culture of feather stars. in CoralScience.org. June, 2009.