报告题目：Molecular mechanisms of making shapes in insects
报告人简介：小嶋徹也（KOJIMA, Tetsuya）副教授，1990年03月，东京大学理学部生物化学科毕业；1994年04月，东京大学大学院理学系研究科生物化学专业，助手；1997年03月，东京大学大学院理学博士；2005年04月，东京大学大学院新领域创成科学研究科先端生命科学专攻，副教授。小嶋副教授主要致力于以模式昆虫果蝇为代表，开展昆虫附肢形成及多样性的机制研究。近年来，其原创性研究成果发表于《Dev Biol》、《PloS Genet》等期刊。作为藤原教授研究团队的核心成员，小嶋副教授不仅在理论方面具有深厚的造诣，而且，在实验技能及实践操作等方面具有诸多独到的见解。
发表的论文:
[1] Ando T, Fujiwara H, Kojima T. The pivotal role of aristaless in development and evolution of diverse antennal morphologies in moths and butterflies. BMC Evol Biol. 2018，18(1):8.
[2] Kojima T. Developmental mechanism of the tarsus in insect legs. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2017，19:36-42
[3] Tajiri R, Ogawa N, Fujiwara H, Kojima T. Mechanical Control of Whole Body Shape by a Single Cuticular Protein Obstructor-E in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genet. 2017,13(1):e1006548
[4] Natori K, Tajiri R, Furukawa S, Kojima T. Progressive tarsal patterning in the Drosophila by temporally dynamic regulation of transcription factor genes. Dev Biol. 2012,361(2):450-62
[5] Tsubota T, Saigo K, Kojima T. Hox genes regulate the same character by different strategies in each segment. Mech Dev. 2008 ,125(9-10):894-905.
[6] Tajiri R, Tsuji T, Ueda R, Saigo K, Kojima T. Fate determination of Drosophila leg distal regions by trachealess and tango through repression and stimulation, respectively, of Bar homeobox gene expression in the future pretarsus and tarsus. Dev Biol. 2007, 303(2):461-473
[7] Kozu S, Tajiri R, Tsuji T, Michiue T, Saigo K, Kojima T. Temporal regulation of late expression of Bar homeobox genes during Drosophila leg development by Spineless, a homolog of the mammalian dioxin receptor. Dev Biol. 2006 , 294(2):497-508
[8] Kojima T, Tsuji T, Saigo K. A concerted action of a paired-type homeobox gene, aristaless, and a homolog of Hox11/tlx homeobox gene, clawless, is essential for the distal tip development of the Drosophila leg. Dev Biol. 2005 , 279(2):434-445.