Researchers

SAITO Takamune

SAITO Takamune
Associate Professor
Faculty Department of Genetic Engineering / Graduate School of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/takamune.t.saito

Education and Career

Education

  • 1997/04 - 2001/03 , Kindai University, Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology,
  • 2001/04 - 2003/03 , Osaka University, Graduate School of Science,
  • 2003/04 - 2006/03 , Osaka University, Graduate School of Science,

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2024 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology Department of Genetic Engineering Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2024 , Kindai University Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Department of Genetic Engineering Lecturer
  • Jun. 2015 - Mar. 2018 , Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics Research Associate
  • Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2016 , Kindai University Institute of Advanced Technology Researcher
  • Aug. 2014 - Mar. 2015 , Tohoku University Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer Research Assistant Professor
  • Apr. 2006 - Jul. 2014 , Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics Research Fellow
  • Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2009 , Postdoctral Fellowship for Research Abroad (Harvard Medical School)
  • Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2007 , JSPS research fellow (PD) (Harvard Medical School)
  • Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2006 , JSPS research fellow (DC2) (Osaka University)

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Life sciences, Genetics
  • Life sciences, Molecular biology
  • Life sciences, Cell biology
  • Life sciences, Genomics
  • Life sciences, Evolutionary biology
  • Life sciences, Developmental biology
  • Life sciences, Tumor biology

Research Interests

Gene conversion, chromosomal rearrangement, Interchromosomal effect, meiosis, meiotic recombination, Crossover control, Holliday junction, Holliday junction resolvase, structure specific endonuclease, Homologous recombination, Genomic instability, Progeroid syndromes, Bloom syndrome, Xeroderma pigmentosum, Fanconi anemia, DNA repair, Chromosome dynamics, Genomic integrity, mitosis, RNAi

Published Papers

  1. Frequency and Distribution of Crossovers in Caenorhabditis elegans Meiosis by SNP Genotyping using Real-time PCR
    Miku Koishihara; Akihide Onishi; Akari Hirose; Takamune T. Saito
    Journal of Visualized Experiments  221  , e68183-, 11, Jul. 2025  , Refereed
  2. Caenorhabditis elegans brc-1 mutation increases the number of COSA-1 foci in him-8 and zim-2 mutants
    Takamune T. Saito; Koki Yamamoto; Hirohito Minami; Taiki Tsujiue
    microPublication Biology  , 001077-, 25, Jul. 2024  , Refereed
  3. GRAS-1 is a novel regulator of early meiotic chromosome dynamics in C. elegans
    Marina Martinez-Garcia; Pedro Robles Naharro; Marnie W. Skinner; Kerstin A. Baran; Laura I. Lascarez-Lagunas; Saravanapriah Nadarajan; Nara Shin; Carlos G. Silva-García; Takamune T. Saito; Sara Beese-Sims; Brianna N. Diaz-Pacheco; Elizaveta Berson; Ana B. Castañer; Sarai Pacheco; Enrique Martinez-Perez; Philip W. Jordan; Monica P. Colaiácovo
    PLOS Genetics  19  (2)  , e1010666-e1010666, 21, Feb. 2023  , Refereed

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Conference Activities & Talks

  1. Chromosomal rearrangements alter the crossover distribution in C. elegans , Takamune T. Saito; Akihide Onishi; Neo Ogawa , 95th Japanese Society of Genetics , 11, Sep. 2025
  2. Chromosomal rearrangements alter the crossover distribution , Akihide Onish; Neo Ogawa; Takamune T. Saito , 25th International Worm Meeting , 1, Jul. 2025
  3. Investigation of interchromosomal effects on meiotic recombination regulation , Akihide Onishi; Takamune T. Saito , Kansai-Chubu Worm Meetin , 12, Jan. 2025

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MISC

  1. 相同染色体間のギャップ形成が多様性を生む？ , 齋藤貴宗 , 実験医学 , 40 , 8 , 1276 , 1277 , May. 2022
  2. 線虫の染色体対合異常による新規な交差形成制御機構 , 山本航暉; 南寛仁; 齋藤貴宗 , 日本遺伝学会大会プログラム・予稿集 , 94th (CD-ROM) , 2022
  3. Switching of autosomal crossover formations by unpaired sex chromosomes in C. elegans oocytes , 南寛仁; 齋藤貴宗 , 日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・要旨集(Web) , 44th , 2021

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Awards & Honors

  1. Dec. 2013, The Molecular Biology Society of Japan, The invitation plan for postdoctoral fellows from overseas
  2. May. 2011, Genetics Society of America, DeLill Nasser Awards
  3. Sep. 2010, Harvard Medical School, Postdoctoral Travel Awards

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Regulatory mechanisms of multinuclease complex , Kindai University
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Novel machinery of maintenance of genomic integrity by multinuclease complexes , Kindai University
  3. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Tissue-specific maintenance of genomic integrity by multinuclease complexes , 東北大学

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