Taisuke SEIKE, Ph.D.

Research

Investigations of potential phenotypes of wild yeasts and construction of useful yeast

Career path

• Since 2021.10: ACT-X researcher, JST
• Since 2020.9: Assistant Professor, Analytical Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Bioinformatic Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
• Since 2020.9: Visiting Researcher, Laboratory for Multiscale Biosystems Dynamics, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN
• 2018.4 - 2020.8: Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory for Multiscale Biosystems Dynamics, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN
• 2015.4 - 2018.3: JSPS Research Fellow PD, Microbial Physiology Laboratory, Department of Gene Function and Phenomics, National Institute of Genetics
• 2014.4 - 2015.3: Postdoctoral Researcher, Bio-design group, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• 2014.3: Ph.D from Osaka City University

Honors

• 2019.5: Letter of thanks from President of RIKEN
• 2019.3: Best Poster Award, Annual Meeting of the Society of Genome Microbiology, Japan
• 2018.11: Dr. Yoshifumi Jigami Memorial Fund, The Society of Yeast Scientists
• 2018.3: Young Scientist Award, Society of Genome Microbiology, Japan
• 2017.2: Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists, Inoue Foundation for Science
• 2011.3: Hot Topics Award, Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry

Contact

• Address

Analytical Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Bioinformatic Engineering,

Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University

1-5, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

• Telephone

+81-6-6879-7433

Publications

1. Morita K, Seike T, Ishii J, Matsuda F, *Shimizu H (2022) Improvement of 2, 3-butanediol production by dCas9 gene expression system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae., J Biosci Bioeng, 133(3): 208-212 [Link]
2. *Seike T, Sakata N, Shimoda C, Niki H, Furusawa C (2021) The sixth transmembrane region of a pheromone G-protein coupled receptor, Map3, is implicated in discrimination of closely related pheromones in Schizosaccharomyces pombe., Genetics, 219(4): iyab150 [Link]
3. Yatabe F, Okahashi N, Seike T, *Matsuda F (2021) Comparative 13C-metabolic flux analysis indicates elevation of ATP regeneration, carbon dioxide, and heat production in industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains., Biotechnol J, 13: e2000438 [Link]
4. *Seike T, Sakata N, Matsuda F, Furusawa C (2021) Elevated sporulation efficiency in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus strains isolated from Drosophila., J Fungi, 7(5): 350 [Link]
5. Seike T, Narazaki Y, Kaneko Y, Shimizu H, *Matsuda F (2021) Random transfer of Ogataea polymorpha genes into Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals a complex background of heat tolerance., J Fungi, 7(4): 302 [Link]
6. *Seike T, Maekawa H, Nakamura T, Shimoda C (2019) The asymmetric chemical structures of two mating pheromones reflect their differential roles in mating of fission yeast., J Cell Sci, 132(12): jcs230722 [Link]
7. Seike T, Kobayashi Y, Sahara T, Ohgiya S, Kamagata Y, *Fujimori KE (2019) Molecular evolutionary engineering to improve catalytic activity and performance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae xylose isomerase for micro-aerobic glucose/xylose co-fermentation., Biotechnol Biofuels, 12:139 [Link]
8. *Fujimori KE, Kobayashi Y, Seike T, Sahara T, Ohgiya S, Kamagata Y (2019) Whole genome sequence of an isogenic haploid strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae IR-2idA30(MATa) established from the industrial diploid strain IR-2., Microbiol Resour Announc, 8(17):e00018-19 [Link]
9. *Seike T (2019) The evolution of peptide mating pheromones in fission yeast., Curr Genet, 65(5): 1107-1111 [Link]
10. *Seike T, Shimoda C (2019) Role of pheromone recognition systems in creating new species of fission yeast., Microb Cell, 6(4): 209-211 [Link]
11. *Seike T, Shimoda C, Niki H (2019) Asymmetric diversification of mating pheromones in fission yeast., PLoS Biol, 17(1): e3000101 [Link]
12. Seike T, *Niki H (2017) Mating response and construction of heterothallic strains of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces octosporus., FEMS Yeast Res, 17(5): fox045 [Link]
13. Seike T, Nakamura T, *Shimoda C (2015) Molecular coevolution of a sex pheromone and its receptor triggers reproductive isolation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe., PNAS, 112(14): 4405-4410 [Link]
14. *Seike T, Nakamura T, Shimoda C (2013) Distal and proximal actions of peptide pheromone M-factor control different conjugation steps in fission yeast., PLoS ONE, 8(7): e69491 [Link]
15. Seike T, Yamagishi Y, Iio H, Nakamura T, *Shimoda C (2012) Remarkably simple sequence requirement of the M-factor pheromone of Schizosaccharomyces pombe., Genetics, 191(3): 815-825 [Link]