Megumu Tsujimoto

Profile Information

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University

Degree: Ph.D.(Graduate School for Advanced Studies)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201301073422239020
researchmap Member ID: B000232950

「極域の生物多様性の理解と保全」を柱に、南極、北極に生きる生物について、幅広く研究しています。現在の主なテーマは南極のクマムシ。極限環境を生き抜くその生態に迫っています。

＜これまでの極域フィールド調査＞
英国南極基地シグニー島（2016/17）
第56次日本南極地域観測隊夏隊（2014/15）
北極カナダベルチャー諸島調査（2010, 2019）
第49次日本南極地域観測隊夏隊（2007/08）
☆講師としての南極半島訪問（2010, 2011, 2012）

Research Interests

Research Areas

Life sciences / Ecology and environmental science /

Research History

Apr, 2019 - Present

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2019

Postdoctoral Researcher, Bioscience Group, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
Jun, 2013 - Sep, 2013

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Fellow, British Antarctic Survey
Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2012

Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Dec, 2004 - Mar, 2007

Technical Assistant, Bioscience Group, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan

Committee Memberships

Jul, 2018 - Present

Core member, SCAR Integrated Conservation Planning for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (Ant-ICON)
Aug, 2016 - Present

Secretary, SCAR Antarctic Near-shore and Terrestrial Observing System (ANTOS) Expert group
Aug, 2014 - Jul, 2016

Secretary, SCAR Antarctic Near-shore and Terrestrial Observing System (ANTOS) Action group

Awards

Apr, 2017

Young Scientist Prize, FY2017 Ministerial Awards for Science and Technology

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Jul, 2012

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Fellowship 2012-13

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Jul, 2003

University of California Education Abroad Program Scholarship

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Jun, 2002

Graduated with High Honors (Dean’s List 1999-2002), San Diego Mesa College

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Education

Apr, 2007 - Mar, 2012

Ph.D. in Polar Science, Department of Multidisciplinary Science, Graduate School for Advanced Studies, Tokyo, Japan
Sep, 2002 - Jun, 2004

B.S. in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of California San Diego
Jul, 2003 - Dec, 2003

University of California Education Abroad Program, University of Tasmania, Hobart
Aug, 1999 - Jun, 2002

A.A. in Transfer Studies, San Diego Mesa College

Papers

A New Species of Bisexual Milnesium (Eutardigrada: Apochela) Having Aberrant Claws from Innhovde, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

Atsushi C. Suzuki, Kenta Sugiura, Megumu Tsujimoto, Ryosuke Nakai, Sandra J. McInnes, Hiroshi Kagoshima, Satoshi Imura

Zoological Science, 40(3) 246-261, Feb 7, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Threat management priorities for conserving Antarctic biodiversity

Jasmine R Lee, Aleks Terauds, Josie Carwardine, Justine D Shaw, Richard A Fuller, Hugh P Possingham, Steven L Chown, Peter Convey, Neil Gilbert, Kevin A Hughes …

PLoS biology, 20(12) e3001921, Dec, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Taxonomy, genetic diversity, and phylogeny of the Antarctic mud dragon, Polacanthoderes (Kinorhyncha: Echinorhagata: Echinoderidae)

Hiroshi Yamasaki, Shinta Fujimoto, Hayato Tanaka, Daisuke Shimada, Masato Ito, Yuki Tokuda, Megumu Tsujimoto

Zoologischer Anzeiger, 301 42-58, Nov, 2022 Peer-reviewedLast author
Microbiomic Analysis of Bacteria Associated with Rock Tripe Lichens in Continental and Maritime Antarctic Regions

Zichen He, Takeshi Naganuma, Ryosuke Nakai, Satoshi Imura, Megumu Tsujimoto, Peter Convey

Journal of Fungi, 8(8) 817-817, Aug 3, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Two New Species of Free-living Marine Nematodes (Nematoda: Axonolaimidae and Tripyloididae) from the Coast of Antarctica

Daisuke Shimada, Atsushi C. Suzuki, Megumu Tsujimoto, Satoshi Imura, Keiichi Kakui

Species Diversity, 26(1) 49-63, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Molecular identity of the Antarctic heteronemertean Parborlasia corrugata (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Lützow-Holm Bay

Natsumi Hookabe, Kentaro Watanabe, Megumu Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Kajihara

Polar Science, 25 100535-100535, Sep, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Marine tardigrades from Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica with the description of a new species

Shinta Fujimoto, Atsushi C. Suzuki, Masato Ito, Takeshi Tamura, Megumu Tsujimoto

Polar Biology, 43(6) 679-693, Jun, 2020 Peer-reviewedLast author
Reproductive performance of the Antarctic tardigrades Acutuncus antarcticus (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) revived after being frozen for over 30 years and of their offspring

Tsujimoto M, Kagoshima H, Kanda H, Watanabe K, Imura S

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 188(3) 839-847, Mar, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
A new free-living marine nematode species of the genus Graphonema (Nematoda: Chromadorida: Chromadoridae) from Antarctica.

Shimada D, Tsujimoto M, Watanabe K

Species Diversity, 24(1) 61-67, May, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Pathways for the Introduction of Terrestrial Non-Native species

Huiskes AHL, Lebouvier M, Molina Montenegro MA, Pertierra LR, Tsujimoto M

Antarctic Environments Portal, Nov, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Oncholaimus langhovdensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Enoplea: Oncholaimida), a new species of free-living marine nematode from Langhovde, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

Daisuke Shimada, Atsushi C. Suzuki, Megumu Tsujimoto, Satoshi Imura, Keiichi Kakui

Species Diversity, 22(2) 151-159, Dec 1, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Cystobasidium tubakii and Cystobasidium ongulense, new basidiomycetous yeast species isolated from East Ongul Island, East Antarctica

Masaharu Tsuji, Megumu Tsujimoto, Satoshi Imura

MYCOSCIENCE, 58(2) 103-110, Mar, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Gilbert Rahm and the Status of Mesotardigrada Rahm, 1937

Gary T. Grothman, Carl Johansson, Glen Chilton, Hiroshi Kagoshima, Megumu Tsujimoto, Atsushi C. Suzuki

ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 34(1) 5-10, Feb, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Meiofaunal Richness in Highly Acidic Hot Springs in Unzen-Amakusa National Park, Japan, Including the First Rediscovery Attempt for Mesotardigrada

Atsushi C. Suzuki, Hiroshi Kagoshima, Glen Chilton, Gary T. Grothman, Carl Johansson, Megumu Tsujimoto

ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 34(1) 11-17, Feb, 2017 Peer-reviewedLast author
A new species and the shallowest record of Flabegraviera Salazar-Vallejo, 2012 (Annelida: Flabelligeridae) from Antarctica

Naoto Jimi, Megumu Tsujimoto, Kentaro Watanabe, Keiichi Kakui, Hiroshi Kajihara

ZOOTAXA, 4221(4) 477-485, Jan, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Effect of lifespan and age on reproductive performance of the tardigrade Acutuncus antarcticus: minimal reproductive senescence

Megumu Tsujimoto, Osamu Komori, Satoshi Imura

HYDROBIOLOGIA, 772(1) 93-102, Jun, 2016 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Recovery and reproduction of an Antarctic tardigrade retrieved from a moss sample frozen for over 30 years

Megumu Tsujimoto, Satoshi Imura, Hiroshi Kanda

CRYOBIOLOGY, 72(1) 78-81, Feb, 2016 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Life history of the Antarctic tardigrade, Acutuncus antarcticus, under a constant laboratory environment

Megumu Tsujimoto, Atsushi C. Suzuki, Satoshi Imura

POLAR BIOLOGY, 38(10) 1575-1581, Oct, 2015 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Preliminary description of tardigrade species diversity and distribution pattern around coastal Syowa Station and inland Sor Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

Megumu Tsujimoto, Sandra J. McInnes, Peter Convey, Satoshi Imura

POLAR BIOLOGY, 37(9) 1361-1367, Sep, 2014 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Aliens in Antarctica: Assessing transfer of plant propagules by human visitors to reduce invasion risk

Ad H. L. Huiskes, Niek J. M. Gremmen, Dana M. Bergstrom, Yves Frenot, Kevin A. Hughes, Satoshi Imura, Kate Kiefer, Marc Lebouvier, Jennifer E. Lee, Megumu Tsujimoto …

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 171 278-284, Mar, 2014 Peer-reviewed

Books and Other Publications

南極色彩魚拓図録

長瀬望秋, 国立極地研究所, 福地光男, ハービー・ジェイ・マーチャント, 岩見哲夫, 辻本惠 (Role: Joint translator)

テラパブ, Nov, 2006

Misc.

Limnological parameters in Sôya Coast lakes between the 55th and 56th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition in 2014-2015 –Long-term monitoring study–

Sakae Kudoh, Kunio T. Takahashi, Tomoko Ishihara, Megumu tsujimoto, Ryosuke Nakai, Atsushi C. Suzuki, Yukiko Tanabe, Masaki Uchida, Satoshi Imura

JARE Data Rep, 344 (Ter. Biol. 14) 7p, 2016
Meteorological data from ice-free areas in Yukidori Zawa, Langhovde, Kizahashi Hama, Skarvsnes and Skallen in Sôya Coast, East Antarctica during 2014–2015

Sakae KUDOH, Kunio T. TAKAHASHI, Tomoko ISHIHARA, Megumu TSUJIMOTO, Ryosuke NAKAI, Atsushi C. SUZUKI, Yukiko TANABE, Masaki UCHIDA, Satoshi IMURA

JARE DATA REPORTS, 339 1-6, Jul, 2015
Biosecurity measures being implemented on board a tourist ship in Antarctic Peninsula

Tsujimoto Megumu

Antarctic record, 54(3) 236-244, Nov 30, 2010
南極への外来種持ち込み調査に見いだされたコケ植物(ポスター発表,<特集>第38回日本蘚苔類学会埼玉大会特集)

辻本惠, 伊村智

蘚苔類研究, 10(1) 32-32, Feb, 2010
Report on limnological, biological and ecological observations of lakes on the Soya Coast, East Antarctica

Kudoh Sakae, Tanabe Yukiko, Iida Takahiro, Tsujimoto Megumu, Ogawa Mari, Imura Satoshi

Antarctic record, 52(3) 421-436, Nov 28, 2008

Research Projects

極限環境を生き抜く南極クマムシの生存戦略としての耐性機構の解明

科学研究費助成事業, 若手研究, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2023

辻本惠
南極大陸を取り巻く海産微小底生動物の分化過程と進化史の解明

科学研究費助成事業, 新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2022

辻本惠
南極陸上植生コアに刻まれた人新世における地球環境変動の解析

科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(B), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2022

伊村智, 中澤暦, 永淵修, 金藤浩司, 辻本惠
Plasticity and diversity of lichens' symbiotic combinations - Pole-to-Pole phylogeography

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2020

Naganuma Takeshi
Elucidation of Changes in the fungal communities in seasonal variations using by next generation sequence

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2018

Tsuji Masaharu
Life history strategy of the Antarctic tardigrade

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017

Tsujimoto Megumu