Hiroo Imai

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Kyoto University

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Hiroo Imai is a Vice Director and Professor at Kyoto University in Japan. His research encompasses diverse areas including the establishment of intestinal organoids, genetic polymorphisms affecting taste perception, and the evolutionary implications of genome studies in various species. Recent publications highlight his work on memory variance in nonhuman primates and the functional diversity of animal rhodopsins and taste receptors.

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Molecular Basis of Primate Feeding Behaviors

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Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Primate Chemical Senses.

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Kimiko Shimizu

project associate professor

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

JAPAN

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Takao Oishi

准教授 / Associate Professor

Kyoto University

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Takashi Hayakawa

Assistant professor

Hokkaido University

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Yoshitaka Fukada

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JAPAN

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M. Elise Lauterbur

Assistant Professor

University of Vermont

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Adrian Manning

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Australian National University

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Frank Grutzner

Professsor, Group Leader

University of Adelaide

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Establishment of Intestinal Organoids from Common Marmosets

Effects of the genetic polymorphisms of TAS2R43 and TAS2R46 on receptors’ function and on perceived bitterness of caffeine by human subjects

Gelada genomes highlight events of gene flow, hybridisation and local adaptation that track past climatic changes

Diurnal variation in declarative memory and the involvement of SCOP in cognitive functions in nonhuman primates

Function of animal rhodopsins and related proteins: Report for the session 9

Functional diversity and evolution in animal rhodopsins: Report for the session 11

Optogenetics II, sponsored by JST: Report for the session 13

Identification of microRNAs Derived from Transposable Elements in the Macaca mulatta (Rhesus Monkey) Genome

New localities and sexual dichromatism in Blue-green eyed Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus wilsoni Helgen et Flannery, 2004 (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Phalangeridae) from Biak Island, Indonesia

Functional Diversity and Evolution of Bitter Taste Receptors in Egg-Laying Mammals

Functional divergence of the pigmentation gene melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) in six endemic Macaca species on Sulawesi Island

Interleukin-4 Promotes Tuft Cell Differentiation and Acetylcholine Production in Intestinal Organoids of Non-Human Primate

Lowered sensitivity of bitter taste receptors to β-glucosides in bamboo lemurs: an instance of parallel and adaptive functional decline in TAS2R16?

Expression of TAS2R14 in the intestinal endocrine cells of non-human primates

Generation of intestinal chemosensory cells from nonhuman primate organoids

Collaborators (7)

Kimiko Shimizu

Takao Oishi

Takashi Hayakawa

Yoshitaka Fukada

M. Elise Lauterbur

Adrian Manning

Frank Grutzner

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