Takayuki Watanabe

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly and transcriptome resource for the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana using PacBio and Hi-C data.

This study investigates the role of the doublesex homolog in crickets, finding it functions as an X-linked masculinizing factor for morphology but not behavioral sexual dimorphism.

This study shows that the histone acetyltransferase activity of Lymnaea CBP is essential for synaptic plasticity and long-term memory in the pond snail.