Takuma Sakamoto

The paper identifies a miR-3260 mutation in the loop structure of Bombyx mori and shows it does not affect dicing activity or phenotypic outcomes.

The paper investigates how the metabolic system of Papilio memnon larvae transforms host plant components into bioactive substances, identifying two chlorophyll catabolites with anti-cancer and anti-amyloid properties.

The paper reports the long-read genome assembly of the Japanese strain of Copidosoma floridanum, identifying genomic differences between Japanese and US strains that may underlie caste determination.

The paper develops a functional annotation workflow for insect transcriptomes, improving annotation of both protein and ncRNA sequences and integrating expression data, applied to stick insects and silkworms.