Tomonari Nozaki

The paper investigates how host-derived lipids sustain membrane biogenesis in the obligate endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola, showing host lipid metabolism is critical for symbiont survival.

The paper studies the evolution of insect-Escherichia coli mutualism by analyzing transcriptional changes in bacterial lineages that improve host performance.

This study identifies and characterizes rare male and sexual mosaic individuals in the parthenogenetic stick insect Neohirasea japonica, providing morphological and quantitative data on sexual traits.

This study examines symbiont replacement in aphids, showing how new and resident symbionts adapt, with insights into genome erosion and co-evolution.

The paper shows that uric acid accumulation in termite workers increases their susceptibility to infectious diseases by reducing reactive oxygen species levels, linking colony health to individual antioxidant balance.

This study shows Wolbachia in aphids bypasses the germ line by directly transmitting from maternal bacteriocytes to embryos, using the obligate symbiont transfer system.

This study examines how symbiotic bacteria in aphids change across their complex life cycles, finding that Buchnera is absent in sexual males and less abundant in gall-forming generations.

This study shows that synchronized swarming flight in termites results from collective decision-making and social interactions, supported by both simulation models and empirical experiments.