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Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biomedicine, Graduate School of Medicine (Department of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine), Juntendo University

Degree: PhD (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)(May, 2015, Yale University)

Researcher number: 70993864
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2409-7276
J-GLOBAL ID: 202401001688229113
researchmap Member ID: R000067129

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2024 - Present

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biomedicine, Graduate School of Medicine (Department of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine), Juntendo University
Dec, 2023 - Mar, 2024

Postdoctoral Researcher, Program of Functional Genomics and Evolution, CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra Institut de Biologia Evolutiva
Sep, 2020 - Sep, 2023

la Caixa Postdocotral Junior Leader, Program of Functional Genomics and Evolution, CSIC-Univesitat Pompeu Fabra Institut de Biologia Evolutiva
Feb, 2019 - Sep, 2020

Postdoctoral Ressearch Assistant, School of Life Sciences, Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Dundee
Feb, 2017 - Feb, 2019

JSPS Researchers overseas, School of Life Sciences, Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Univesity of Dundee
Sep, 2015 - Feb, 2017

EMBO Long-term Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Dundee
Jun, 2015 - Oct, 2015

Postdoctoral Research Assistant, School of Life Sciences, Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Dundee

Education

Aug, 2008 - May, 2015

Deartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale Univerisity
Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2008

Master's program in Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2006

School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2001 - Mar, 2004

Natural Sciences II, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Awards

Oct, 2020

“la Caixa” Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowship, "la Caixa" Foundation
Feb, 2017

JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship, Japan Society of the Promotion of Sciences
Oct, 2015

EMBO long-term fellowship, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Jun, 2013

Travel Fellowship, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology
Apr, 2008

Ishizaka Foundation PhD Scholarship, Ishizaka Foundation
Mar, 2008

Exemption from Repayment for Outstanding Academic Achievements, Japanese Student Services Organization
Mar, 2008

Dean’s award for excellent research, University of Tsukuba

Papers

Multimerization of HIF enhances transcription of target genes containing the hypoxia ancillary sequence.

Tamara Rosell-Garcia, Sergio Rivas-Muñoz, Koryu Kin, Verónica Romero-Albillo, Silvia Alcaraz, Carlos Fernandez-Tornero, Fernando Rodriguez-Pascual

Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mechanisms, 1866(4) 194963-194963, Dec, 2023
Emerging roles for diguanylate cyclase during the evolution of soma in dictyostelia.

Yoshinori Kawabe, Qingyou Du, Takaaki B Narita, Craig Bell, Christina Schilde, Koryu Kin, Pauline Schaap

BMC ecology and evolution, 23(1) 60-60, Oct 6, 2023
The Origin of Metazoan Multicellularity: A Potential Microbial Black Swan Event.

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo, Koryu Kin, Elena Casacuberta

Annual review of microbiology, 77 499-516, Sep 15, 2023
The protein kinases of Dictyostelia and their incorporation into a signalome.

Koryu Kin, Zhi-Hui Chen, Gillian Forbes, Hajara Lawal, Christina Schilde, Reema Singh, Christian Cole, Geoffrey J Barton, Pauline Schaap

Cellular signalling, 108 110714-110714, Aug, 2023
Unusual occurrence of domestication syndrome amongst African mole-rats: Is the naked mole-rat a domestic animal?

Guillermo Serrano Nájera, Koryu Kin

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, Nov 28, 2022
Evolution of a novel cell type in Dictyostelia required gene duplication of a cudA-like transcription factor.

Koryu Kin, Zhi-Hui Chen, Gillian Forbes, Pauline Schaap

Current biology : CB, 32(2) 428-437, Jan 24, 2022
Interactome and evolutionary conservation of Dictyostelid small GTPases and their direct regulators.

Gillian Forbes, Christina Schilde, Hajara Lawal, Koryu Kin, Qingyou Du, Zhi-Hui Chen, Francisco Rivero, Pauline Schaap

Small GTPases, 13(1) 239-254, Jan, 2022
Novel RNAseq-Informed Cell-type Markers and Their Regulation Alter Paradigms of Dictyostelium Developmental Control.

Gillian Forbes, Zhi-Hui Chen, Koryu Kin, Pauline Schaap

Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 10 899316-899316, 2022
Evolution of Multicellular Complexity in The Dictyostelid Social Amoebas.

Koryu Kin, Pauline Schaap

Genes, 12(4), Mar 27, 2021
Cold climate adaptation is a plausible cause for evolution of multicellular sporulation in Dictyostelia.

Hajara M Lawal, Christina Schilde, Koryu Kin, Matthew W Brown, John James, Alan R Prescott, Pauline Schaap

Scientific reports, 10(1) 8797-8797, May 29, 2020
Loss of the Polyketide Synthase StlB Results in Stalk Cell Overproduction in Polysphondylium violaceum.

Takaaki B Narita, Yoshinori Kawabe, Koryu Kin, Richard A Gibbs, Adam Kuspa, Donna M Muzny, Stephen Richards, Joan E Strassmann, Richard Sucgang, Kim C Worley …

Genome biology and evolution, 12(5) 674-683, May 1, 2020
Phylogeny-wide conservation and change in developmental expression, cell-type specificity and functional domains of the transcriptional regulators of social amoebas.

Gillian Forbes, Zhi-Hui Chen, Koryu Kin, Hajara M Lawal, Christina Schilde, Yoko Yamada, Pauline Schaap

BMC genomics, 20(1) 890-890, Nov 21, 2019
A well supported multi gene phylogeny of 52 dictyostelia.

Christina Schilde, Hajara M Lawal, Koryu Kin, Ikumi Shibano-Hayakawa, Kei Inouye, Pauline Schaap

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 134 66-73, May, 2019
Cell-type specific RNA-Seq reveals novel roles and regulatory programs for terminally differentiated Dictyostelium cells.

Koryu Kin, Gillian Forbes, Andrew Cassidy, Pauline Schaap

BMC genomics, 19(1) 764-764, Oct 22, 2018
The Transcriptomic Evolution of Mammalian Pregnancy: Gene Expression Innovations in Endometrial Stromal Fibroblasts.

Koryu Kin, Jamie Maziarz, Arun R Chavan, Manasi Kamat, Sreelakshmi Vasudevan, Alyssa Birt, Deena Emera, Vincent J Lynch, Troy L Ott, Mihaela Pavlicev …

Genome biology and evolution, 8(8) 2459-73, Aug 25, 2016
Inferring cell type innovations by phylogenetic methods-concepts, methods, and limitations.

Koryu Kin

Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution, 324(8) 653-61, Dec, 2015
Cell-type phylogenetics and the origin of endometrial stromal cells.

Koryu Kin, Mauris C Nnamani, Vincent J Lynch, Elias Michaelides, Günter P Wagner

Cell reports, 10(8) 1398-409, Mar 3, 2015
Molecular evolution of HoxA13 and the multiple origins of limbless morphologies in amphibians and reptiles.

Marina E Singarete, Mariana B Grizante, Sarah R Milograna, Mariana F Nery, Koryu Kin, Günter P Wagner, Tiana Kohlsdorf

Genetics and molecular biology, 38(3) 255-62, 2015
Immunohistological study of the endometrial stromal fibroblasts in the opossum, Monodelphis domestica: evidence for homology with eutherian stromal fibroblasts.

Koryu Kin, Jamie Maziarz, Günter P Wagner

Biology of reproduction, 90(5) 111-111, May, 2014
Evolution of mammalian pregnancy and the origin of the decidual stromal cell.

Günter P Wagner, Koryu Kin, Louis Muglia, Mihaela Pavlicev

The International journal of developmental biology, 58(2-4) 117-26, 2014

Misc.

第14 回海外研究室だより―イェール大学生態・進化生物学科

金孝竜

日本進化学会ニュース, 13(2) 38-43, 2012 InvitedLead author
書評：生命最初の30億年

金孝竜

生物科学, 57(2) 118, 2006 Lead author

Books and Other Publications

海洋の生命史: 生命は海でどう進化したか

西田睦, 編, 金孝竜, 和田洋 (Role: Contributor)

Jun, 2009

Professional Memberships

Sep, 2024 - Present

日本細胞性粘菌学会
Apr, 2024 - Present

Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
Apr, 2024 - Present

Japan Society of Developmental Biologists

Research Projects

細胞性粘菌における新規細胞分化制御ネットワークの進化過程の解明

科学研究費助成事業, 研究活動スタート支援, 日本学術振興会, Jul, 2024 - Mar, 2026

金孝竜
Exploring the evolutionary origins of size regulation and cell differentiation in premetazoan multicellularity

"la Caixa" Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowship, “la Caixa” Foundation, Sep, 2020 - Sep, 2023
From genomes to cell types: exploring the molecular basis of cell type evolution

Overseas Research Fellowships, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellows, Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences, Feb, 2017 - Feb, 2019
From genomes to cell types: exploring the molecular basis of cell type evolution

EMBO Long term fellowship, European Molecular Biology Organization, Oct, 2015 - Feb, 2017