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Takeshi Igawa
Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
Institute for Amphibian Biology
Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
Phone: +81-82-424-4494
Fax: +81-82-424-0739
E-mail: tigawa (atmark) hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Work Experience
2009- Assistant Professor (Special Appointment), Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
2008-2009, Research Associate, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Advisor: Dr. Y. Satta
Education
2003-2008, Ph.D., Hiroshima University. Advisor: Dr. M. Sumida
1999-2003, Bachelor of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University.
Research Interests:
Speciation and Evolution of Amphibians
Molecular and Genome Evolution
Honor:
2008, Eligibility for Exemption from Repayment of Scholarship Loan Programs (JASSO) by having achieving particularly outstanding results during the course
2006, The Excellent Student Scholarship, Hiroshima University
Publication:
Igawa T., S, Oumi, S. Katsuren, M. Sumida. (in press) Population structure and landscape genetics of two endangered frog species of Genus Odorrana: different scenarios on two islands. Heredity
Kim, H. L., M. Iwase, T. Igawa, T. Nishioka, S. Kaneko, Y. Katsura, N. Takahata and Y. Satta. (2012) Genomic structure and evolution of multigene families: "Flowers" on the human genome. Int. J. Evol. Biol. 2012: Article ID 917678. doi:10.1155/2012/917678
Sugawara, H., T. Igawa, M. Yokogawa, M. Okuda, S. Oumi, S. Katsuren, S. Kaneko, T. Umino, Y. Isagi, M. Sumida.
Isolation and characterization of ten microsatellite loci of endangered Anderson’s crocodile newt, Echinotriton andersoni. Conser. Genet. Resour., 4: 595-598.
Hasan, M., M. M. Islam, M. M. R. Khan, M. S. Alam, A. Kurabayashi, T. Igawa, M. Kuramoto, and M. Sumida. (2012) Cryptic anuran biodiversity in Bangladesh revealed by mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene sequences. Zool. Sci. 29: 162-172.
Sumida, M., Satou, N., Yoshikawa, N., Kurabayashi, A., Islam, M. M., Igawa, T.,, Oumi, S., Katsuren, S., Ota, H., Shintani, N., Fukuniwa, H., Sano, N., and Fujii T (2011) Artificial production and natural breeding of the endangered frog species Odorrana ishikawae, with special reference to fauna conservation in the laboratory. Zool. Sci., 28: 834-839.
Igawa, T., Okuda, M., Oumi, S., Katsuren, S., Kurabayashi, A., Umino, T., Sumida, M. (2011) Isolation and characterization of twelve microsatellite loci of endangered Ishikawa's frog (Odorrana ishikawae). Conserv. Genet. Res. 3: 421-424.
Kim, H. L.*, Igawa, T.*, Kawashima, A., Satta, Y. and Takahata, N. (2010) Divergence, Demography and Gene Loss along the
Human Lineage. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B, 365: 2451-2457.
*authors equally contributed.
Kurniawan, N., Islam, M. M., Djong, T. H., Igawa, T., Daicus, M. B., Yong, H. S., Wanichanon, R., Khan M. M. R., Iskandar, D. T., Nishioka, M. and Sumida, M. (2010) Genetic divergence and Evolutionary relationship in Fejervarya cancrivora from Indonesia and other Asian countries inferred from allozyme and mtDNA sequence analyses. Zool. Sci., 27: 222-233.
Alam, M. S., Igawa, T., Khan, M. M. R., Islam, M. M., Kuramoto, M., Matsui, M., Kurabayashi, A. and Sumida M. (2008) Genetic divergence and evolutionary relationships in six species of genera Hoplobatrachus and Euphlyctis (Amphibia: Anura) from Bangladesh and other Asian countries revealed by mitochondrial gene sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 48: 515-527.
Igawa, T., Kurabayashi, A., Usuki, C., Fujii T. and Sumida M. (2008) Complete mitochondrial genomes of three neobatrachian anurans: A case study of divergence time estimation using different data and calibration settings. GENE , 402: 116-129.
Sumida, M., Kotaki, M., Islam, M. M., Djong, H. T., Igawa, T., Kondo, Y., Matsui, M., De Silva, A., Khonsue W. and Nishioka, M. (2007) Evolutionary relationships and reproductive isolating mechanisms in the rice frog Fejervarya limnocharis complex from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan inferred from mtDNA gene sequence analysis, allozyme analysis and crossing experiments. Zool. Sci., 24: 547-562.
Igawa, T., Kurabayashi, A., Nishioka M. and Sumida M. (2006) Molecular phylogenetic relationship of toads distributed in the Far East and Europe inferred from the nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA genes. Mol. Phylognet.Evol., 38: 250-260.
Institute for Amphibian Biology
Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
Phone: +81-82-424-4494
Fax: +81-82-424-0739
E-mail: tigawa (atmark) hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Work Experience
2009- Assistant Professor (Special Appointment), Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
2008-2009, Research Associate, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Advisor: Dr. Y. Satta
Education
2003-2008, Ph.D., Hiroshima University. Advisor: Dr. M. Sumida
1999-2003, Bachelor of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University.
Research Interests:
Speciation and Evolution of Amphibians
Molecular and Genome Evolution
Honor:
2008, Eligibility for Exemption from Repayment of Scholarship Loan Programs (JASSO) by having achieving particularly outstanding results during the course
2006, The Excellent Student Scholarship, Hiroshima University
Publication:
Igawa T., S, Oumi, S. Katsuren, M. Sumida. (in press) Population structure and landscape genetics of two endangered frog species of Genus Odorrana: different scenarios on two islands. Heredity
Kim, H. L., M. Iwase, T. Igawa, T. Nishioka, S. Kaneko, Y. Katsura, N. Takahata and Y. Satta. (2012) Genomic structure and evolution of multigene families: "Flowers" on the human genome. Int. J. Evol. Biol. 2012: Article ID 917678. doi:10.1155/2012/917678
Sugawara, H., T. Igawa, M. Yokogawa, M. Okuda, S. Oumi, S. Katsuren, S. Kaneko, T. Umino, Y. Isagi, M. Sumida.
Isolation and characterization of ten microsatellite loci of endangered Anderson’s crocodile newt, Echinotriton andersoni. Conser. Genet. Resour., 4: 595-598.
Hasan, M., M. M. Islam, M. M. R. Khan, M. S. Alam, A. Kurabayashi, T. Igawa, M. Kuramoto, and M. Sumida. (2012) Cryptic anuran biodiversity in Bangladesh revealed by mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene sequences. Zool. Sci. 29: 162-172.
Sumida, M., Satou, N., Yoshikawa, N., Kurabayashi, A., Islam, M. M., Igawa, T.,, Oumi, S., Katsuren, S., Ota, H., Shintani, N., Fukuniwa, H., Sano, N., and Fujii T (2011) Artificial production and natural breeding of the endangered frog species Odorrana ishikawae, with special reference to fauna conservation in the laboratory. Zool. Sci., 28: 834-839.
Igawa, T., Okuda, M., Oumi, S., Katsuren, S., Kurabayashi, A., Umino, T., Sumida, M. (2011) Isolation and characterization of twelve microsatellite loci of endangered Ishikawa's frog (Odorrana ishikawae). Conserv. Genet. Res. 3: 421-424.
Kim, H. L.*, Igawa, T.*, Kawashima, A., Satta, Y. and Takahata, N. (2010) Divergence, Demography and Gene Loss along the
Human Lineage. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B, 365: 2451-2457.
*authors equally contributed.
Kurniawan, N., Islam, M. M., Djong, T. H., Igawa, T., Daicus, M. B., Yong, H. S., Wanichanon, R., Khan M. M. R., Iskandar, D. T., Nishioka, M. and Sumida, M. (2010) Genetic divergence and Evolutionary relationship in Fejervarya cancrivora from Indonesia and other Asian countries inferred from allozyme and mtDNA sequence analyses. Zool. Sci., 27: 222-233.
Alam, M. S., Igawa, T., Khan, M. M. R., Islam, M. M., Kuramoto, M., Matsui, M., Kurabayashi, A. and Sumida M. (2008) Genetic divergence and evolutionary relationships in six species of genera Hoplobatrachus and Euphlyctis (Amphibia: Anura) from Bangladesh and other Asian countries revealed by mitochondrial gene sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 48: 515-527.
Igawa, T., Kurabayashi, A., Usuki, C., Fujii T. and Sumida M. (2008) Complete mitochondrial genomes of three neobatrachian anurans: A case study of divergence time estimation using different data and calibration settings. GENE , 402: 116-129.
Sumida, M., Kotaki, M., Islam, M. M., Djong, H. T., Igawa, T., Kondo, Y., Matsui, M., De Silva, A., Khonsue W. and Nishioka, M. (2007) Evolutionary relationships and reproductive isolating mechanisms in the rice frog Fejervarya limnocharis complex from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan inferred from mtDNA gene sequence analysis, allozyme analysis and crossing experiments. Zool. Sci., 24: 547-562.
Igawa, T., Kurabayashi, A., Nishioka M. and Sumida M. (2006) Molecular phylogenetic relationship of toads distributed in the Far East and Europe inferred from the nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA genes. Mol. Phylognet.Evol., 38: 250-260.